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International Cooperation in Cybercrime: The Budapest Convention
— by Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Apr 29, 2019 10:35 PMIn today’s increasingly digitized world where an increasing volume of information is being stored in the digital format, access to data generated by digital technologies and on digital platforms is important in solving crimes online and offline.
CIS Response to ICANN's proposed renewal of .org Registry
— by Akriti Bopanna — last modified Apr 28, 2019 02:16 AMWe thank ICANN for the opportunity to comment on this issue of its proposed renewal of the .org Registry Agreement with the operator, Public Interest Registry (PIR). Supporting much of the community , we too find severe issues with the proposed agreement. These centre around the removal of price caps and imposing obligations being currently deliberated in an ongoing Policy Development Process (PDP).
To preserve freedoms online, amend the IT Act
— by Gurshabad Grover — last modified Apr 16, 2019 10:09 AMLook into the mechanisms that allow the government and ISPs to carry out online censorship without accountability.
CIS Response to Call for Stakeholder Comments: Draft E-Commerce Policy
— by Arindrajit Basu, Vipul Kharbanda, Elonnai Hickok and Amber Sinha — last modified Apr 10, 2019 12:12 PMCIS is grateful for the opportunity to submit to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion comments to the draft National e-commerce policy.
DIDP #33 On ICANN's 2012 gTLD round auction fund
— by Akriti Bopanna — last modified Jul 09, 2019 03:51 PMThis DIDP was filed to inquire about the state of the funds ICANN received from the last gTLD auctions.
CIS Response to Draft E-Commerce Policy
— by Amber Sinha — last modified Apr 26, 2019 06:40 AMCIS is grateful for the opportunity to submit comments to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion on the draft national e-commerce policy. This response was authored by Amber Sinha, Arindrajit Basu, Elonnai Hickok and Vipul Kharbanda.
Improving the Processes for Disclosing Security Vulnerabilities to Government Entities in India
— by Karan Saini, Pranesh Prakash and Elonnai Hickok — last modified Apr 01, 2019 12:02 PMThe aim of this policy brief is to recommend changes pertaining to current legislation, policy and practice to the Government of India regarding external vulnerability reporting and disclosure. The changes we recommend within this brief aim to strengthen the processes around voluntary vulnerability and bug disclosure by third parties.
The Localisation Gambit: Unpacking policy moves for the sovereign control of data in India
— by Arindrajit Basu, Elonnai Hickok and Aditya Singh Chawla — last modified May 21, 2019 03:24 PMEdited by: Pranav M.B., Vipul Kharbanda and Amber Sinha Research Assistance: Anjanaa Aravindan
Unbox Festival 2019: CIS organizes two Workshops
— by Saumyaa Naidu — last modified Feb 26, 2019 01:53 AMCentre for Internet & Society organized two workshops at the Unbox Festival 2019, in Bangalore, on 15 and 17 February 2019.
Comments on the Draft Second Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention)
— by Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Feb 25, 2019 04:48 PMFollowing consultations with data protection, civil society, industry and others, during the Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY) meeting from 29 November 2018 onwards, the Cybercrime Convention Committee has sought additional contributions regarding the provisional draft text for a Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime (“Budapest Convention”).
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