Internet Governance Blog
Smart Cities in India: An Overview
— by Vanya Rakesh — last modified Jan 11, 2016 01:30 AMThe Government of India is in the process of developing 100 smart cities in India which it sees as the key to the country's economic and social growth. This blog post gives an overview of the Smart Cities project currently underway in India. The smart cities mission in India is at a nascent stage and an evolving area for research. The Centre for Internet and Society will continue work in this area.
RTI response regarding the UIDAI
— by Vanya Rakesh — last modified Dec 22, 2015 02:57 AMThis is a response to the RTI filed regarding UIDAI
CIS's Position on Net Neutrality
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Dec 09, 2015 01:06 PMAs researchers committed to the principle of pluralism we rarely produce institutional positions. This is also because we tend to update our positions based on research outputs. But the lack of clarity around our position on network neutrality has led some stakeholders to believe that we are advocating for forbearance. Nothing can be farther from the truth. Please see below for the current articulation of our common institutional position.
Security Research
— by Vanya Rakesh — last modified Jan 03, 2016 09:55 AMThe Centre Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy policy in India since the year 2010 with the following objectives.
Sectoral Privacy Research
— by Vanya Rakesh — last modified Jan 03, 2016 09:46 AMThe Centre for Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy in India since the year 2010, with special focus on the following issues.
Privacy Policy Research
— by Vanya Rakesh — last modified Jan 03, 2016 09:40 AMThe Centre Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy policy in India since the year 2010 with the following objectives.
DNA Research
— by Vanya Rakesh — last modified Jul 21, 2016 11:02 AMIn 2006, the Department of Biotechnology drafted the Human DNA Profiling Bill. In 2012 a revised Bill was released and a group of Experts was constituted to finalize the Bill. In 2014, another version was released, the approval of which is pending before the Parliament. This legislation will allow the government of India to Create a National DNA Data Bank and a DNA Profiling Board for the purposes of forensic research and analysis. Here is a collection of our research on privacy and security concerns related to the Bill.
UID Research
— by Vanya Rakesh — last modified Jan 03, 2016 09:59 AMThe Centre Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy policy in India since the year 2010 with the following objectives.
The Humpty-Dumpty Censorship of Television in India
— by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Nov 29, 2015 08:37 AMThe Modi government’s attack on Sathiyam TV is another manifestation of the Indian state’s paranoia of the medium of film and television, and consequently, the irrational controlling impulse of the law.
The Short-lived Adventure of India’s Encryption Policy
— by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Nov 29, 2015 09:03 AMWritten for the Berkeley Information Privacy Law Association (BIPLA).
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