Internet Governance Blog
UID: Questions without Answers – A Talk by Usha Ramanathan
— by Natasha Vaz — last modified Nov 24, 2011 04:41 AMUID enrolment is in full swing, providing an official identification to millions of Indians, yet there are numerous unanswered questions. A public talk on UID was held at the Institute of Science, Bangalore on September 6, 2011. Usha Ramanathan, an independent law researcher on jurisprudence, poverty and rights, discussed the questions that plague the UID project and the veil of silence enveloping the answers.
Understanding the Right to Information
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jun 12, 2013 11:39 AMElonnai Hickok summarises the Right to Information Act, 2005, how it works, how to file an RTI request, the information that an individual can request under the Act, the possible responses and the challenges to the citizen and the government. She concludes by saying that there are many structural changes that both citizens and governmental officers can make to improve the system.
Bye Bye email?
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Aug 23, 2011 07:31 AMEmail might be the default method of communication for most of us, but could it be going the telegram way.
Whole Body Imaging and Privacy Concerns that Follow
— by Srishti Goyal — last modified Sep 29, 2011 05:38 AMLaw student at the National University of Juridical Sciences, and intern for Privacy India, Srishti Goyal compares, contrasts, and critiques the Whole Body Imaging practices found in the US, the UK, and Australia, and makes recommendations for an Indian regime.
IP Addresses and Expeditious Disclosure of Identity in India
— by Prashant Iyengar — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:20 AMIn this research, Prashant Iyengar reviews the statutory mechanism regulating the retention and disclosure of IP addresses by Internet companies in India. Prashant provides a compilation of anecdotes on how law enforcement authorities in India have used IP address information to trace individuals responsible for particular crimes.
Cyber Crime & Privacy
— by Merlin Oommen — last modified Sep 01, 2011 09:36 AMIndia is a growing area in the field of active Internet usage with 71 million Internet users.
Financial Inclusion and the UID
— by elonnai hickok — last modified Aug 23, 2011 10:36 AMSince 2009, when Nandan Nilekani began to envision and implement the Unique Identification Project, the UID authority has promoted the UID/Aadhaar scheme as a tool of development for India - arguing that an identity will assist in bringing benefits to the poor, promote financial inclusion in India, and allow for economic and social development. In this blog entry I will focus on the challenges and possibilities of the UID number providing the residents of India a viable method of access to financial services across the country.
CCTV in Universities
— by Merlin Oommen — last modified Sep 01, 2011 09:50 AMBasic Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Infrastructure is used to observe movements from a central room, and consists of one or more video cameras that transmit video and audio images to a set of monitors or video recorders.
Re-thinking Key Escrow
— by Natasha Vaz — last modified Aug 22, 2011 11:44 AMWould you make duplicates of your house keys and hand them over to the local police authority? And if so, would you feel safe? Naturally, one would protest this invasion of privacy. Similarly, would it be justified for the government to have a copy of the private key to intercept and decrypt communications? This is the idea behind key escrow; it enables government ‘wiretapping’.
UID: Nothing to Hide, Nothing to Fear?
— by Shilpa Narani — last modified Sep 28, 2011 11:44 AMIsn’t it interesting that authorities ask you about your identity and you end up showing your proof of existence! Isn’t this breaching into one’s personal life? Why so much transparency only from the public side? Why can’t the government be equally transparent to the public?, asks Shilpa Narani.
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