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Conference on the Digitalization of the Indian Legal System
— by Leilah Elmokadem — last modified Nov 16, 2016 03:34 PMOn Legal Services Day, November 9, 2016, LegalDesk.com collaborated with iSPIRT to host a conference on the “Digitalization of the Indian Legal System”. The event invited prominent speakers to present their organizations’ work and to participate in a panel discussion followed by a Q&A period for the audience.
Big Data in India: Benefits, Harms, and Human Rights - Workshop Report
— by Vidushi Marda, Akash Deep Singh and Geethanjali Jujjavarapu — last modified Nov 18, 2016 12:58 PMThe Centre for Internet and Society held a one-day workshop on “Big Data in India: Benefits, Harms and Human Rights” at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on the 1st of October, 2016. This report is a compilation of the the issues discussed, ideas exchanged and challenges recognized during the workshop. The objective of the workshop was to discuss aspects of big data technologies in terms of harms, opportunities and human rights. The discussion was designed around an extensive study of current and potential future uses of big data for governance in India, that CIS has undertaken over the last year with support from the MacArthur Foundation.
Privacy after Big Data: Compilation of Early Research
— by Saumyaa Naidu — last modified Nov 12, 2016 01:37 AMEvolving data science, technologies, techniques, and practices, including big data, are enabling shifts in how the public and private sectors carry out their functions and responsibilities, deliver services, and facilitate innovative production and service models to emerge. In this compilation we have put together a series of articles that we have developed as we explore the impacts – positive and negative – of big data. This is a growing body of research that we are exploring and is relevant to multiple areas of our work including privacy and surveillance. Feedback and comments on the compilation are welcome and appreciated.
ICANN Begins its Sojourn into Open Data
— by Padmini Baruah and Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Nov 12, 2016 01:17 AMThe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recently announced that it will now set up a pilot project in order to introduce an Open Data initiative for all data that it generates. We would like to extend our congratulations to ICANN on the development of this commendable new initiative, and would be honoured to support the creation of this living document to be prepared before ICANN 58.
How Workstream 2 Plans to Improve ICANN's Transparency
— by Asvatha Babu — last modified Nov 11, 2016 10:05 AMThe Centre for Internet and Society has worked extensively on ICANN’s transparency policies. We are perhaps the single largest users of the Documentary Information Disclosure Policy. Our goal in doing so is not to be a thorn in ICANN’s side, but to try and ensure that ICANN, the organisation, as well as the ICANN community have access to the data required to carry out the task of regulating the global domain name system.
Internet's Core Resources are a Global Public Good - They Cannot Remain Subject to One Country's Jurisdiction
— by Vidushi Marda — last modified Nov 14, 2016 06:39 AMThis statement was issued by 8 India civil society organizations, supported by 2 key global networks, involved with internet governance issues, to the meeting of ICANN in Hyderabad, India from 3 to 9 November 2016. The Centre for Internet & Society was one of the 8 organizations that drafted this statement.
If the DIDP Did Its Job
— by Asvatha Babu — last modified Nov 07, 2016 12:57 PMHow Long Have Banks Known About The Debit Card Fraud?
— by tiwari — last modified Oct 22, 2016 08:06 AMThe recent security breach in an Indian payment switch provider, confirmed earlier this week by the National Payments Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), has forced domestic banks into damage control mode over the past few days.
RBI Directions on Account Aggregators
— by Vipul Kharbanda and Elonnai Hickok — last modified Oct 21, 2016 03:25 PMThe Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Directions for account aggregator services in India seem to lay great emphasis on data security by allowing only direct access between institutions and do away with data scraping techniques.
MLATs and the proposed Amendments to the US Electronic Communications Privacy Act
— by Vipul Kharbanda and Elonnai Hickok — last modified Dec 28, 2016 01:09 AMIn continuance of our blog post on mutual legal assistance treaties (MLATs), we examine a new approach to international bilateral cooperation being suggested in the United States, by creating a mechanism for certain foreign governments to directly approach the data controllers.
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