Internet Governance Blog
Unique ID System: Pros and Cons
— by Natasha Vaz — last modified Feb 29, 2012 11:28 AMOn September 16, 2011, the Citizen’s Voluntary Initiative for the City and Centre for Advocacy and Research organized a public consultation titled “Unique ID System: Pros and Cons” in Bangalore. The consultation was on the utility and impact of the UID system in India and featured a panel discussion with T. Prabhakar, public relations officer, e-governance, Ashok Dalwai, UIDAI regional deputy director, Somashekar V.K., managing trustee of Grahak Shakti and Col. Mathew Thomas, civic activist and retired army officer.
All India Privacy Symposium
— by Natasha Vaz — last modified Mar 01, 2012 06:16 AMAre we citizens or subjects? Experts gather in Delhi for public symposium on privacy, transparency, e-governance and national security in India.
The High Level Privacy Conclave
— by Natasha Vaz — last modified Mar 01, 2012 06:09 AMIndia in dire need of privacy law; experts say government is ironically creating huge national security risks in attempts to prevent crime and terrorism.
Personal Data, Public Profile
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Feb 14, 2012 06:19 AMWhether we like it or not, we live in a world that is rapidly being Googlised, writes Nishant Shah in an article published by the Financial Express on February 13, 2012.
World Narrow Web
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Mar 27, 2012 04:00 PMCensorship and how govt reacts to it may push us to country-specific networks, writes Pranesh Prakash in an article published in the Indian Express on 4 February 2012.
Do we need the Aadhar scheme?
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Feb 03, 2012 10:11 AM"Decentralisation and privacy are preconditions for security. Digital signatures don’t require centralised storage and are much more resilient in terms of security", Sunil Abraham in the Business Standard on 1 February 2012.
Sense and Censorship
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Jan 31, 2012 06:15 AMThe Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) bills, at the US House of Representatives and Senate, respectively, appear to enforce property rights, but are, in fact, trade bills. This article by Sunil Abraham was published in the Indian Express on 20 January 2012.
Our Internet and the Law
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Mar 26, 2012 09:28 AMNishant Shah was interviewed by the BBC Channel 5 (Radio) for its Outriders section. Jamillah Knowles reports this through this blog post published by BBC Radio on 24 January 2012.
Privacy Matters — Analyzing the Right to "Privacy Bill"
— by Natasha Vaz — last modified Feb 15, 2012 04:27 AMOn January 21, 2012 a public conference “Privacy Matters” was held at the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai. It was the sixth conference organised in the series of regional consultations held as “Privacy Matters”. The present conference analyzed the Draft Privacy Bill and the participants discussed the challenges and concerns of privacy in India.
How India Makes E-books Easier to Ban than Books (And How We Can Change That)
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Feb 21, 2012 11:50 AMWithout getting into questions of what should and should not be unlawful speech, Pranesh Prakash chooses to take a look at how Indian law promotes arbitrary removal and blocking of websites, website content, and online services, and how it makes it much easier than getting offline printed speech removed.
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