Internet Governance Blog
Anvar v. Basheer and the New (Old) Law of Electronic Evidence
— by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Dec 04, 2014 03:53 PMThe Supreme Court of India revised the law on electronic evidence. The judgment will have an impact on the manner in which wiretap tapes are brought before a court.
Centre for Internet and Society joins the Dynamic Coalition for Platform Responsibility
— by Jyoti Panday — last modified Oct 07, 2014 10:54 AMThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has joined the multistakeholder cooperative engagement amidst stakeholders towards creating Due Diligence Recommendations for online platforms and Model Contractual Provisions to be enshrined in ToS. This blog provides a brief background of the role of dynamic coalitions within the IGF structure, establishes the need for the coalition and provides an update on the action plan and next steps for interested stakeholders.
Report on CIS' Workshop at the IGF:'An Evidence Based Framework for Intermediary Liability'
— by Jyoti Panday — last modified Sep 24, 2014 10:47 AMAn evidence based framework for intermediary liability' was organised to present evidence and discuss ongoing research on the changing definition, function and responsibilities of intermediaries across jurisdictions.
Biometrics: An ‘Angootha Chaap’ nation?
— by Mukta Batra — last modified Sep 19, 2014 06:12 AMThis blog post throws light on the inconsistencies in biometric collection under the UID and NPR Schemes.
UID and NPR: Towards Common Ground
— by Mukta Batra — last modified Oct 15, 2014 01:06 PMThe UID (Unique Identification) and NPR (National Population Register) are both government identity schemes that aggregate personal data, including biometric data for the provision of an identification factor, and aim to link them with the delivery of public utility services.
Roundtable on Indian Privacy Law and Policy
— by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Dec 27, 2014 02:18 PMThis event was hosted by the Centre for Law and Development of the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) in Kochi. It was attended by members of the faculty of NUALS, some students from the 2nd year, 3rd year, 4th year, and 5th year.
UID: A Data Subject's Registration Tale
— by Mukta Batra — last modified Sep 11, 2014 09:05 AMA person who registered for UIDAI shares their experience of registering for the UID Number, on the condition of anonymity.
CIS@IGF 2014
— by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Oct 08, 2014 10:31 AMThe ninth Internet Governance Forum (“IGF2014”) was hosted by Turkey in Istanbul from September 2 to 5, 2014.
The Aadhaar Case
— by Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Sep 05, 2014 09:12 AMIn 2012 a writ petition was filed by Justice K.S. Puttaswamy in the Supreme Court of India challenging the policy of the government in making an Aadhaar card for every person in India and its later plans to link various government benefit schemes to the same.
Zero Draft of Content Removal Best Practices White Paper
— by Jyoti Panday — last modified Sep 10, 2014 07:11 AMEFF and CIS Intermediary Liability Project is aimed towards the creation of a set of principles for intermediary liability in consultation with groups of Internet-focused NGOs and the academic community.
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