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Personal Data Protection Bill must examine data collection practices that emerged during pandemic
— by Shweta Mohandas and Anamika Kundu — last modified Mar 30, 2022 03:15 PMThe PDP bill is speculated to be introduced during the winter session of the parliament soon. The PDP Bill in its current form provides wide-ranging exemptions which allow government agencies to process citizen’s data in order to fulfil its responsibilities. The bill could ensure that employers have some responsibility towards the data they collect from the employees.
Nothing to Kid About – Children's Data Under the New Data Protection Bill
— by Shweta Mohandas and Anamika Kundu — last modified Mar 10, 2022 01:19 PMThe pandemic has forced policymakers to adapt their approach to people's changing practices, from looking at contactless ways of payment to the shifting of educational institutions online.
Clause 12 Of The Data Protection Bill And Digital Healthcare: A Case Study
— by Amber Sinha — last modified Mar 01, 2022 03:07 PMIn light of the state’s emerging digital healthcare apparatus, how does Clause 12 alter the consent and purpose limitation model?
How Function Of State May Limit Informed Consent: Examining Clause 12 Of The Data Protection Bill
— by Amber Sinha — last modified Mar 01, 2022 02:56 PMThe collective implication of leaving out ‘proportionality’ from Clause 12 is to provide very wide discretionary powers to the state.
CIS Comments and Recommendations on the Data Protection Bill, 2021
— by Pallavi Bedi and Shweta Mohandas — last modified Feb 14, 2022 04:07 PMThis document is a revised version of the comments we provided on the 2019 Bill on 20 February 2020, with updates based on the amendments in the 2021 Bill.
Notes for India as the digital trade juggernaut rolls on
— by Arindrajit Basu — last modified Feb 09, 2022 03:04 PMSitting out trade negotiations could result in the country losing out on opportunities to shape the rules.
Submission to the Facebook Oversight Board: Policy on Cross-checks
— by [in alphabetical order] Anamika Kundu, Digvijay Singh, Divyansha Sehgal and Torsha Sarkar — last modified Feb 09, 2022 05:31 AMThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted public comments to the Facebook Oversight Board on a policy consultation.
Launching CIS’s Flagship Report on Private Crypto-Assets
— by Aman Nair — last modified Dec 13, 2021 09:11 AMThe Centre for Internet & Society is launching its flagship report on regulating private crypto-assets in India, as part of its newly formed Financial Technology (or Fintech) research agenda. The event will be held on Zoom, at 17:30 IST on Wednesday, 15th December, 2021
Facial Recognition Technology in India
— by Elonnai Hickok, Pallavi Bedi, Aman Nair and Amber Sinha — last modified Sep 02, 2021 04:21 PMThe Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project, University of Essex, UK and the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) have jointly published a research paper on facial recognition technology. Authors, Elonnai Hickok, Pallavi Bedi, Aman Nair and Amber Sinha, examine technological tools such as CCTV and FRT which are increasingly being deployed by the government.
Techno-solutionist Responses to COVID-19
— by Amber Sinha, Pallavi Bedi and Aman Nair — last modified Aug 10, 2021 03:34 PMThe Indian state has increasingly adopted a digital approach to service delivery over the past decade, with vaccination being the latest area to be subsumed by this strategy. In the context of the need for universal vaccination, the limitations of the government’s vaccination platform Co-WIN need to be analysed.
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