Internet Governance Blog
Hits and Misses With the Draft Encryption Policy
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Sep 26, 2015 04:46 PMMost encryption standards are open standards. They are developed by open participation in a publicly scrutable process by industry, academia and governments in standard setting organisations (SSOs) using the principles of “rough consensus” – sometimes established by the number of participants humming in unison – and “running code” – a working implementation of the standard. The open model of standards development is based on the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) philosophy that “many eyes make all bugs shallow”.
Open Governance and Privacy in a Post-Snowden World : Webinar
— by Vanya Rakesh — last modified Oct 04, 2015 11:09 AMOn 10th September 2015, the OGP Support Unit, the Open Government Guide, and the World Bank held a webinar on “Open Governance and Privacy in a Post-Snowden World” presented by Carly Nyst, Independent consultant and former Legal Director of Privacy International and Javier Ruiz, Policy Director of Open Rights Group. This is a summary of the key issues that were discussed by the speakers and the participants.
Peering behind the veil of ICANN’s DIDP (I)
— by Padmini Baruah — last modified Oct 15, 2015 02:42 AMOne of the key elements of the process of enhancing democracy and furthering transparency in any institution which holds power is open access to information for all the stakeholders. This is critical to ensure that there is accountability for the actions of those in charge of a body which utilises public funds and carries out functions in the public interest.
Sustainable Smart Cities India Conference 2015, Bangalore
— by Vanya Rakesh — last modified Sep 21, 2015 02:24 AMNispana Innovative Platforms organized a Sustainable Smart Cities India Conference 2015, in Bangalore on 3rd and 4th September, 2015. The event saw participation from people across various sectors including Government Representatives from Ministries, Municipalities, Regulatory Authorities, as well as Project Management Companies, Engineers, Architects, Consultants, Handpicked Technology Solution Providers and Researchers. National and International experts and stakeholders were also present to discuss the opportunities and challenges in creating smart and responsible cities as well as citizens, and creating a roadmap for converting the smart cities vision into a reality that is best suited for India.
DIDP Request #12: Revenues
— by Aditya Garg — last modified Sep 14, 2015 03:32 PMThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) sought information from ICANN on their revenue streams by sending them a second request under their Documentary Information Disclosure Policy. This request and their response have been described in this blog post.
DIDP Request #11: NETmundial Principles
— by Aditya Garg — last modified Sep 14, 2015 03:08 PMThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) followed up on the implementation of the NETmundial Principles that ICANN has been endorsing by sending them a second request under their Documentary Information Disclosure Policy. This request and their response have been described in this blog post.
CIS Submission on CCWG-Accountability 2nd Draft Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Nov 23, 2015 02:58 PMThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted the below to ICANN's CCWG-Accountability.
Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012 v/s 2015 Bill
— by Vanya Rakesh — last modified Sep 06, 2015 02:10 PMThis entry analyses the Human DNA Profiling Bill introduced in 2012 with the provisions of the 2015 Bill
Data Flow in the Unique Identification Scheme of India
— by Vidushi Marda — last modified Sep 03, 2015 05:02 PMThis note analyses the data flow within the UID scheme and aims at highlighting vulnerabilities at each stage. The data flow within the UID Scheme can be best understood by first delineating the organizations involved in enrolling residents for Aadhaar. The UIDAI partners with various Registrars usually a department of the central or state Government, and some private sector agencies like LIC etc– through a Memorandum of Understanding for assisting with the enrollment process of the UID project.
Response by the Centre for Internet and Society to the Draft Proposal to Transition the Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Nov 29, 2015 06:35 AMThis proposal was made to the Global Multistakeholder Community on August 9, 2015. The proposal was drafted by Pranesh Prakash and Jyoti Panday. The research assistance was provided by Padmini Baruah, Vidushi Marda, and inputs from Sunil Abraham.
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