Internet Governance Blog
Big Data and the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules 2011
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Aug 11, 2015 07:01 AMExperts and regulators across jurisdictions are examining the impact of Big Data practices on traditional data protection standards and principles. This will be a useful and pertinent exercise for India to undertake as the government and the private and public sectors begin to incorporate and rely on the use of Big Data in decision making processes and organizational operations.This blog provides an initial evaluation of how Big Data could impact India's current data protection standards.
CIS submission to the UNGA WSIS+10 Review
— by Jyoti Panday — last modified Aug 09, 2015 04:24 PMThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted its comments to the non-paper on the UNGA Overall Review of the Implementation of the WSIS outcomes, evaluating the progress made and challenges ahead.
Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group Analysis
— by Jyoti Panday — last modified Apr 12, 2016 10:02 AMThis analysis has been done to see the trend in the selection and rotation of the members of the Multistakeholder advisory group (MAG) in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The MAG has been functional for nine years from 2006-2015. The analysis is based on data procured, collated and organised by Pranesh Prakash and Jyoti Panday. Shambhavi Singh, Law Student, NLU Delhi who was interning with CIS at the time also assisted with the organisation and analysis of the data.
Role of Intermediaries in Countering Online Abuse
— by Jyoti Panday — last modified Aug 02, 2015 04:38 PMThe Internet can be a hostile space and protecting users from abuse without curtailing freedom of expression requires a balancing act on the part of online intermediaries.
Iron out contradictions in the Digital India programme
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jul 28, 2015 01:04 AMThe Digital India initiative takes an ambitious 'Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani' approach to develop communication infrastructure, government information systems, and general capacity to digitise public life in India. I of course use 'public life' in the sense of the wide sphere of interactions between people and public institutions.
First draft of Technology Business Incubators: An Indian Perspective and Implementation Guidance Report
— by Vidushi Marda — last modified Jul 25, 2015 04:14 PMThe Centre for Internet and Society presents the first draft of its analysis on technology business incubators("TBI") in India. The report prepared by Sunil Abraham, Vidushi Marda, Udbhav Tiwari and Anumeha Karnatak looks at operating procedures, success stories and lessons that can be learnt from TBIs in India.
Clearing Misconceptions: What the DoT Panel Report on Net Neutrality Says (and Doesn't)
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jul 21, 2015 12:36 PMThere have been many misconceptions about what the DoT Panel Report on Net Neutrality says: the most popular ones being that they have recommended higher charges for services like WhatsApp and Viber, and that the report is an anti-Net neutrality report masquerading as a pro-Net neutrality report. Pranesh Prakash clears up these and other incorrect notions about the report in this brief analysis.
Aadhaar Number vs the Social Security Number
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jul 24, 2015 01:24 AMThis blog calls out the differences between the Aadhaar Number and the Social Security Number
Privacy, Autonomy, and Sexual Choice: The Common Law Recognition of Homosexuality
— by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Aug 23, 2015 12:20 PMIn the last few decades, all major common law jurisdictions have decriminalised non-procreative sex – oral and anal sex (sodomy) – to allow private, consensual, and non-commercial homosexual intercourse.
A Dissent Note to the Expert Committee for DNA Profiling
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jul 21, 2016 11:01 AMThe Centre for Internet and Society has participated in the Expert Committee for DNA Profiling constituted by the Department of Biotechnology in 2012 for the purpose of deliberating on and finalizing the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill and appreciates this opportunity. CIS respectively dissents from the January 2015 draft of the Bill.
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