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NETmundial - Comparing Appearance of Fifty Most Frequent Words
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Apr 25, 2014 09:59 AMThis set of analysis of the contributions submitted to NETmundial 2014 is part of the effort by the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, India, to enable productive discussions of the critical internet governance issues at the meeting and elsewhere.
Banking Policy Guide
— by Kartik Chawla — last modified Jan 22, 2015 02:54 PMTo gain a practical perspective on the existing banking practices and policies in India in this project, an empirical study of five separate and diverse banks has been conducted. The forms, policy documents, and other relevant and available documents of these banks have been analysed in this project.
NETmundial and Suggestions for IANA Administration
— by Smarika Kumar — last modified Apr 23, 2014 04:00 AMFollowing NTIA's announcement to give up control over critical Internet functions, the discussion on how that role should be filled has gathered steam across the Internet governance space.
Principles for Internet Governance: NETmundial 2014 — What do the Contributions Reveal?
— by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Apr 23, 2014 04:01 AMThe Global Multi-stakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance (NETmundial) is scheduled for April 23-24, 2014. Towards its stated end of establishing "strategic guidelines related to the use and development of the Internet in the world", NETmundial sought contributions from stakeholders around the world on two topics: (1) Set of Internet governance principles; (2) Roadmaps for the further evolution of the Internet governance system.
South African Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013
— by Divij Joshi — last modified May 05, 2014 06:59 AMAs the rapid spread of technology in developing countries allows exponentially increasing availability of and access to personal data through automatic data processing, governments are beginning to recognize the necessity to evolve policies addressing data security and privacy concerns.
Privacy Law in India: A Muddled Field - I
— by Bhairav Acharya — last modified May 05, 2014 06:17 AMThe absence of a statute expressing the legislative will of a democracy to forge a common understanding of privacy is a matter of concern, says BHAIRAV ACHARYA in the first of a two part series.
Very Big Brother
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Apr 14, 2014 11:39 AMThe Centre for Internet and Society, the organization I work for, currently serves on a committee established by the Government of India's Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology in January 2013. The committee has been charged with preparing a report on the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill.
Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy vs. The Leaked 2014 Privacy Bill
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Apr 14, 2014 06:10 AMFollowing our previous post comparing the leaked 2014 Privacy Bill with the leaked 2011 Privacy Bill, this post will compare the recommendations provided in the Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy by the Justice AP Shah Committee to the text of the leaked 2014 Privacy Bill. Below is an analysis of recommendations from the Report that are incorporated in the text of the Bill, and recommendations in the Report that are not incorporated in the text of the Bill.
Net Neutrality, Free Speech and the Indian Constitution - I
— by Gautam Bhatia — last modified Apr 29, 2014 08:03 AMIn this post, I will explore net neutrality in the context of Indian law and the Indian Constitution.
Who Governs the Internet? Implications for Freedom and National Security
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Apr 05, 2014 04:23 PMThe second half of last year has been quite momentous for Internet governance thanks to Edward Snowden. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff became aware that they were targets of US surveillance for economic not security reasons. They protested loudly.
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