Internet Governance Blog
Letter requesting public consultation on position of GoI at WGEC
— by Snehashish Ghosh — last modified Jan 08, 2014 06:36 PMSnehashish Ghosh on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society sent a letter to the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, requesting for a public consultation on India's position at the Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation (WGEC).
Big Brother is watching you
— by Chinmayi Arun — last modified Jan 06, 2014 09:31 AMIndia has no requirements of transparency whether in the form of disclosing the quantum of interception or in the form of notification to people whose communication was intercepted.
India's Identity Crisis
— by Malavika Jayaram — last modified Jan 09, 2014 07:56 AMMalavika Jayaram's article was published in 2013 Internet Monitor Annual Report: Reflections on the Digital World, published by Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 13) - Pranesh Prakash
— by Purba Sarkar — last modified Jan 20, 2014 06:20 AMCIS interviews Pranesh Prakash, lawyer and policy director with Centre for Internet and Society, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
Brochures from Expos on Smart Cards, e-Security, RFID & Biometrics in India
— by Maria Xynou — last modified Dec 26, 2013 05:24 AMElectronics Today organised a series of expos on smart cards, e-security, RFID and biometric technology in Delhi on 16-18 October 2013. The Centre for Internet and Society is sharing the brochures it collected from these public expos for research purposes.
I Just Pinged to Say Hello
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Nov 30, 2013 08:36 AMA host of social networks find us more connected than ever before, but leave us groping for words in the digital space.
CIS Supports the UN Resolution on “The Right to Privacy in the Digital age”.
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Nov 30, 2013 07:25 AMThe United Nations adopted the resolution on the right to privacy recently. It recognised privacy as a human right, integral to the right to free expression, and also declared that mass surveillance could have negative impacts on human rights.
Seventh Privacy Round-table
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Nov 20, 2013 09:58 AMOn October 19, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in collaboration with the Federation for Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the Data Security Council of India, and Privacy International held a “Privacy Round-table” in New Delhi at the FICCI Federation House.
Why 'Facebook' is More Dangerous than the Government Spying on You
— by Maria Xynou — last modified Nov 23, 2013 08:38 AMIn this article, Maria Xynou looks at state and corporate surveillance in India and analyzes why our "choice" to hand over our personal data can potentially be more harmful than traditional, top-down, state surveillance. Read this article and perhaps reconsider your "choice" to use social networking sites, such as Facebook.
First Look: CIS Cybersecurity documentary film
— by Purba Sarkar — last modified Dec 17, 2013 08:16 AMCIS presents the trailer of its documentary film DesiSec: Cybersecurity & Civil Society in India
Document Actions
