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The Future of Work in the Automotive Sector in India
— by Harsh Bajpai, Ambika Tandon, and Amber Sinha — last modified Mar 18, 2020 09:00 AMThis report empirically studies the future of work in the automotive sector in India. The report has been authored by Harsh Bajpai, Ambika Tandon and Amber Sinha. Rakhi Sehgal and Aayush Rathi have edited the report.
Response to the Draft of The Information Technology [Intermediary Guidelines (Amendment) Rules] 2018
— by Gurshabad Grover, Elonnai Hickok, Arindrajit Basu, Akriti — last modified Feb 07, 2019 08:06 AMIn this response, we aim to examine whether the draft rules meet tests of constitutionality and whether they are consistent with the parent Act. We also examine potential harms that may arise from the Rules as they are currently framed and make recommendations to the draft rules that we hope will help the Government meet its objectives while remaining situated within the constitutional ambit.
CIS Submission to UN High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation
— by Aayush Rathi, Ambika Tandon, Arindrajit Basu and Elonnai Hickok — last modified Feb 07, 2019 07:26 AMThe UN high-level panel on Digital Cooperation issued a call for inputs that called for responses to various questions. CIS responded to the call for inputs.
CIS Submission to UN High Level Panel on Digital Co-operation
— by Aayush Rathi, Ambika Tandon, Arindrajit Basu and Elonnai Hickok — last modified Feb 19, 2019 01:41 AMThe High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation was convened by the UN Secretary-General to advance proposals to strengthen cooperation in the digital space among Governments, the private sector, civil society, international organizations, academia, the technical community and other relevant stakeholders. The Panel issued a call for input that called for responses to various questions. CIS responded to the call for inputs.
India should reconsider its proposed regulation of online content
— by Gurshabad Grover — last modified Jan 24, 2019 04:59 PMThe lack of technical considerations in the proposal is also apparent since implementing the proposal is infeasible for certain intermediaries. End-to-end encrypted messaging services cannot “identify” unlawful content since they cannot decrypt it. Presumably, the government’s intention is not to disallow end-to-end encryption so that intermediaries can monitor content.
Response to GCSC on Request for Consultation: Norm Package Singapore
— by Arindrajit Basu, Gurshabad Grover and Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jan 27, 2019 03:43 PMThe GCSC opened a public comment procedure to solicit comments and obtain additional feedback. CIS responded to the public call-offering comments on all six norms and proposing two further norms.
The DNA Bill has a sequence of problems that need to be resolved
— by Shweta Mohandas and Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jan 15, 2019 02:36 AMIn its current form, it’s far from comprehensive and fails to adequately address privacy and security concerns.
How to make EVMs hack-proof, and elections more trustworthy
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jan 14, 2019 03:34 PMFree and fair elections are the expression of democratic emancipation. India has always led by example: the Nehru Committee sought universal adult franchise in 1928, at a time when France didnât let women vote, and laws in the USA allowed disqualification of poor, illiterate, and African-American voters. But how reliable are our voting systems, particularly in terms of security?
Registering for Aadhaar in 2019
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Jan 03, 2019 02:59 PMIt is a lot less scary registering for Aadhaar in 2019 than it was in 2010, given how the authentication modalities have since evolved.
Economics of Cybersecurity: Literature Review Compendium
— by Natallia Khaniejo — last modified May 01, 2021 06:09 AMThe twenty first century has witnessed an unprecedented conflation of everyday experiences and technosocial practices. The emergence of technologies like the Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Digital Payment infrastructures are all emblematic of this conflation of technology with economic, social and political modes of existence.
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