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Security and Surveillance – Optimizing Security while Safeguarding Human Rights
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Feb 13, 2015 02:41 AMThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) on December 19, 2014 held a talk on “Security and Surveillance – Optimizing Security while Safeguarding Human Rights.
A Study of the Privacy Policies of Indian Service Providers and the 43A Rules
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jan 13, 2015 02:37 AMIndian Netizens Criticize Online Censorship of ‘Jihadi’ Content
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Feb 10, 2015 02:43 AMThe article on online censorship by Subhashish Panigrahi was published in Global Voices on January 6, 2015.
Indians Plead for #NetNeutrality as Airtel Raises Data Charges
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Feb 11, 2015 03:10 PMRelationship Between Privacy and Confidentiality
— by Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Dec 30, 2014 02:27 PMThe laws of breach of confidentiality and breach of privacy at first glance seem very similar to each other. If a doctor releases health information relating to a patient that s/he is treating then such an act would give rise to a claim both under the law of privacy as well as under the law of confidentiality.
Locating Constructs of Privacy within Classical Hindu Law
— by Ashna Ashesh and Bhairav Acharya — last modified Jan 01, 2015 01:56 PMThis white paper seeks to locate privacy in Classical Hindu Law, and by doing so, displace the notion that privacy is an inherently ‘Western’ concept that is the product of a modernist legal system.
Reply to RTI filed with BSNL regarding Network Neutrality and Throttling
— by Tarun Krishnakumar — last modified Dec 22, 2014 02:45 PMAs part of its work on Network Neutrality, the Centre for Internet and Society through Tarun Krishnakumar had filed a Right To Information (RTI) application with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), a state-owned teleco holding a market share of 65 per cent in the Indian land line and broadband markets — regarding its position on and adherence to Network Neutrality principles.
Identifying Aspects of Privacy in Islamic Law
— by Vidushi Marda and Bhairav Acharya — last modified Jan 01, 2015 02:04 PMThis white paper seeks to identify aspects of privacy in Islamic Law and demonstrate that the notion of privacy was recognized and protected in traditional Islamic law.
Cyber bullying is a crime, but open to interpretation: Expert
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 07, 2014 10:54 AMThe social media attack on a Doordarshan anchor who made a series of gaffes at the recent Goa film festival would qualify as cyber bullying, experts say, but hasten to add there is not much that can be done to prevent such behaviour online, given the humungous size of the virtual universe.
Introduction: About the Privacy and Surveillance Roundtables
— by Manoj Kurbet — last modified Nov 27, 2014 01:34 PMThe Privacy and Surveillance Roundtables is a Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) initiative, in partnership with the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), as well as local partners. The Roundtable will be closed-door deliberation involving multiple stakeholders. Through the course of these discussions we aim to deliberate upon the current legal framework for surveillance in India, and discuss possible frameworks for surveillance in India.
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