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Deceptive Design in Voice Interfaces: Impact on Inclusivity, Accessibility, and Privacy
— by Saumyaa Naidu and Shweta Mohandas — last modified Aug 08, 2023 03:22 PMThis article was commissioned by the Pranava Institute, as part of their project titled Design Beyond Deception, supported by the University of Notre Dame - IBM's Tech Ethics Lab.” The article examines the design of voice interfaces (VI) to anticipate potential deceptive design patterns in VIs. It also presents design and regulatory recommendations to mitigate these practices.
Health Data Management Policies - Differences Between the EU and India
— by Shweta Mohandas — last modified Jul 10, 2023 04:36 PMThrough this issue brief we would like to highlight the differences in approaches to health data management taken by the EU and India, and look at possible recommendations for India, in creating a privacy preserving health data management policy.
CoWIN Breach: What Makes India's Health Data an Easy Target for Bad Actors?
— by Shweta Mohandas and Pallavi Bedi — last modified Jul 04, 2023 09:39 AMRecent health data policies have failed to even mention the CoWIN platform.
CensorWatch: On the Implementation of Online Censorship in India
— by Divyank Katira — last modified Mar 15, 2023 11:58 AMResults from a nation-wide empirical study on web censorship
Civil Society’s second opinion on a UHI prescription
— by Pallavi Bedi and Shweta Mohandas — last modified Feb 15, 2023 08:20 AMOn January 13, Pallavi Bedi and Shweta Mohandas from CIS participated in an online collaboration organised by Internet Freedom Foundation for a joint submission to the Consultation Paper on Operationalising Unified Health Interface (UHI) in India released by the National Health Authority.
Comments to the proposed amendments to The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021
— by Divyansha Sehgal and Torsha Sarkar — last modified Feb 07, 2023 03:21 PMThis note presents comments by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India, on the proposed amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“proposed amendments”). We thank Isha Suri for her review of this submission.
The Centre for Internet and Society’s comments and recommendations to the: The Digital Data Protection Bill 2022
— by Shweta Mohandas and Pallavi Bedi — last modified Jan 20, 2023 02:35 AMThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) published its comments and recommendations to the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, on December 17, 2022.
Big Tech’s privacy promise to consumers could be good news — and also bad news
— by Rajat Kathuria and Isha Suri — last modified Jan 18, 2023 11:25 PMRajat Kathuria, Isha Suri write: Its use as a tool for market development must balance consumer protection, innovation, and competition.
‘Techplomacy’ and the negotiation of AI standards for the Indo-Pacific
— by Arindrajit Basu — last modified Oct 21, 2022 05:16 PMResearchers at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute have partnered with the Centre for Internet and Society (Bengaluru) to produce a ‘techplomacy guide’ on negotiating AI standards for stakeholders in the Indo-Pacific.
Demystifying Data Breaches in India
— by Pawan Singh — last modified Oct 17, 2022 04:14 PMDespite the rate at which data breaches occur and are reported in the media, there seems to be little information about how and when they are resolved. This post examines the discourse on data breaches in India with respect to their historical forms, with a focus on how the specific terminology to describe data security incidents has evolved in mainstream news media reportage.
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