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Data Flow in the Unique Identification Scheme of India
— by Vidushi Marda — last modified Sep 03, 2015 05:02 PMThis note analyses the data flow within the UID scheme and aims at highlighting vulnerabilities at each stage. The data flow within the UID Scheme can be best understood by first delineating the organizations involved in enrolling residents for Aadhaar. The UIDAI partners with various Registrars usually a department of the central or state Government, and some private sector agencies like LIC etc– through a Memorandum of Understanding for assisting with the enrollment process of the UID project.
Cover Letter for DNA Profiling Bill 2015
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 02, 2015 05:05 PMCIS Human DNA Profiling Bill 2015
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 02, 2015 05:04 PMCIS Comments and Recommendations to the Human DNA Profiling Bill, June 2015
— by Elonnai Hickok, Vipul Kharbanda and Vanya Rakesh — last modified Sep 02, 2015 05:09 PMThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted a clause-by-clause comments on the Human DNA Profiling Bill that was circulated by the Department of Biotechnology on June 9, 2015.
Are we Throwing our Data Protection Regimes under the Bus?
— by Rohan George — last modified Sep 10, 2015 02:02 PMIn this blog post Rohan examines why the principle of consent is providing us increasingly less of an aegis in protecting our data.
Supreme Court Order is a Good Start, but is Seeding Necessary?
— by Elonnai Hickok and Rohan George — last modified Sep 07, 2015 01:21 PMThis blog post seeks to unpack the ‘seeding’ process in the UIDAI scheme, understand the implications of the Supreme Court order on this process, and identify questions regarding the UID scheme that still need to be clarified by the court in the context of the seeding process.
Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group Analysis
— by Jyoti Panday — last modified Apr 12, 2016 10:02 AMThis analysis has been done to see the trend in the selection and rotation of the members of the Multistakeholder advisory group (MAG) in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The MAG has been functional for nine years from 2006-2015. The analysis is based on data procured, collated and organised by Pranesh Prakash and Jyoti Panday. Shambhavi Singh, Law Student, NLU Delhi who was interning with CIS at the time also assisted with the organisation and analysis of the data.
The Four Parts of Privacy in India
— by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Aug 23, 2015 01:02 PMThe Four Parts of Privacy in India
— by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Aug 23, 2015 01:04 PMPrivacy enjoys an abundance of meanings. It is claimed in diverse situations every day by everyone against other people, society and the state.
Mastering the Art of Keeping Indians Under Surveillance
— by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Aug 23, 2015 12:26 PMIn its first year in office, the National Democratic Alliance government has been notably silent on the large-scale surveillance projects it has inherited. This ended last week amidst reports the government is hastening to complete the Central Monitoring System (CMS) within the year.
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