Internet Governance Blog
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.
Request for Specifics: Rebuttal to UIDAI
— by Hans Varghese Mathews — last modified Oct 30, 2016 03:06 PMResponding to the Unique Identification Authority of India’s article that found “serious mathematical errors” in “Flaws in the UIDAI Process” (EPW 12 March 2016), the main mathematical argument used to arrive at the number of duplicates in the biometric database is explained.
IANA Transition: A Case of the Emperor’s New Clothes?
— by Vidushi Marda — last modified Nov 03, 2016 06:20 AMTransparency is key to engaging meaningfully with ICANN. CIS has filed the most number of Documentary Information Disclosure Policy (DIDP) requests with ICANN, covering a range of subjects including its relationships with contracted parties, financial disclosure, revenue statements, and harassment policies. Asvatha Babu, an intern at CIS, analysed all responses to our requests and found that only 14% of our requests were answered fully.
Internet Democratisation: IANA Transition Leaves Much to be Desired
— by Vidushi Marda — last modified Nov 03, 2016 07:52 AMAt best, the IANA transition is symbolic of Washington’s oversight over ICANN coming to an end. It is also symbolic of the empowerment of the global multistakeholder community. In reality, it fails to do either meaningfully.
Services like TwitterSeva aren’t the silver bullets they are made out to be
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Oct 06, 2016 04:31 PMTwitterSeva is great, but it should not be considered a sufficient replacement for proper e-governance systems. This is because there are several serious shortcomings with the TwitterSeva approach, and it is no wonder that enthusiastic police officers and bureaucrats are somewhat upset with the slow deployment of e-governance applications. They are also right in being frustrated with the lack of usability and scalability of existing applications that hold out the promise of adopting private sector platforms to serve citizens better.
Right to Food Campaign, Ranchi Convention, 2016
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Mar 16, 2019 04:40 AMThe Right to Food Campaign held its 2016 Convention in Ranchi during September 23-25, 2016. While three years have elapsed since the passage of the National Food Security Act, despite improvements in the Public Distribution System (PDS), large implementation gaps remain. This is what the Convention focused on, and gathered researchers and campaigners from across the country to share experiences and case studies on effectiveness and exclusions from the PDS. Sumandro Chattapadhyay took part in a session of the Convention to discuss how UID-linked welfare delivery is being rolled out across key programmes like provision of pension and rationed distribution of essential commodities, and their impact on people's right to welfare services.
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