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praskrishna — 2012-02-09T09:16:40Z

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praskrishna — 2013-01-21T04:07:30Z

Language, Speakers & Articles

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Language Usage

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Land and Social Justice - An introduction to Georgism

praskrishna — 2013-04-28T07:06:03Z

Cherry G Mathew will be giving a public talk on Georgism at the office of the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore on April 12, 2013, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Abstract

In his popular book of the 1870s "Progress and Poverty", Henry George examined the causes of Poverty in contemporary America, and proposed very specific solutions for economic justice. "His genius has been glowingly acknowledged by such renowned figures as philosophers John Dewey and Mortimer J. Adler, presidents Woodrow Wilson and Dwight D. Eisenhower, scientists Alfred Russel Wallace and Albert Einstein, essayists John Ruskin and Albert Jay Nock, jurists Louis D. Brandeis and Samuel Seabury, columnists William F. Buckley and Michael Kinsley, and statesmen Winston Churchill and Sun Yat-sen.", while being heavily criticised by Karl Marx (who referred to George's teaching as "Capitalism's last ditch."[*]

This talk will make a brief introduction to George's Ideas, and then will attempt to draw discussion on their relevence to information and current copyright and intellectual property landscapes.

Cherry G. Mathew

Cherry G. Mathew is a British Chevening Scholar and an Open Source Kernel Hacker. He has worked on the Linux kernel in the past, and is an active FreeBSD and NetBSD developer/committer. He is an Electronics Engineer by basic training, with a Masters in Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems. He has worn various hats professionally, from Technical Developer, Roboticist, Free Software campaigner, CEO, volunteer teacher and currently software consultant. His current area of professional work is the Xen hypervisor and BSD kernels. His non-technology hobbies include outdoor pursuits and swing dancing.

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[*]. http://bit.ly/13HZg7m (Retrieved on March 29, 2013).

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Lakshmi

praskrishna — 2012-07-06T09:50:44Z

Lakshmi

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Lakshadweep Notifications (OCR)

praskrishna — 2013-03-27T03:28:20Z

Find below the unedited scanned versions of the notifications received from the Government of Lakshadweep.

The folder contains the following:

Guidelines for Functioning of KIOSKS for Encouraging Self Employment among Disabled Persons in the Islands, Lakshadweep.
Guidelines for Grant of Unemployment Allowance and Special Job to Persons with Disabilities.
Guidelines for Issuing Identity Card to Persons with Disabilities for Availing Government Benefits and Concessions.
Notification on Amendments in regard to Payment of Pension of Old Destitute Old-aged, Widows, Physically Disabled, Abandoned Ladies/Destitutes.
Notification on Setting up of District Disability Rehabilitation Centre at Kavaratti.
Notification for Constitution of a Local Level Committee for implementation of National Trusts Act, 1999.
Notification for Constitution of Lakshadweep State Executive Committee.
Notification for Constitution of Island Level Committee to Scrutinize, Certify and Recommend the Applications of Individuals/Voluntary Organizations related to Disability Section under the Chairmanship of Sub Divisional Officers/Deputy Collectors.
Notification for Constitution of a State Level Committee under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Welfare) with Representatives of Concerned Department/Agencies to Co-ordinate and Monitor the Implementation of the National Programme for Rehabilitation for Persons with Disabilities in Lakshadweep.

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Lakshadweep Government Notifications

praskrishna — 2013-03-27T03:15:43Z

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Lakshadweep Chapter

praskrishna — 2014-02-20T09:59:57Z

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Lakshadweep (OCR) Notifications

praskrishna — 2013-03-27T03:25:33Z

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Lakshadweep (Govt) Notifications

praskrishna — 2013-03-27T03:19:13Z

The following folder contains a series of notifications received by CIS from the Government of Lakshadweep recently.

The folder contains the following:

Guidelines for Functioning of KIOSKS for Encouraging Self Employment among Disabled Persons in the Islands, Lakshadweep.
Guidelines for Grant of Unemployment Allowance and Special Job to Persons with Disabilities.
Guidelines for Issuing Identity Card to Persons with Disabilities for Availing Government Benefits and Concessions.
Notification on Amendments in regard to Payment of Pension of Old Destitute Old-aged, Widows, Physically Disabled, Abandoned Ladies/Destitutes.
Notification on Setting up of District Disability Rehabilitation Centre at Kavaratti.
Notification for Constitution of a Local Level Committee for implementation of National Trusts Act, 1999.
Notification for Constitution of Lakshadweep State Executive Committee.
Notification for Constitution of Island Level Committee to Scrutinize, Certify and Recommend the Applications of Individuals/Voluntary Organizations related to Disability Section under the Chairmanship of Sub Divisional Officers/Deputy Collectors.
Notification for Constitution of a State Level Committee under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Welfare) with Representatives of Concerned Department/Agencies to Co-ordinate and Monitor the Implementation of the National Programme for Rehabilitation for Persons with Disabilities in Lakshadweep.

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Laird Brown

praskrishna — 2013-05-13T13:22:54Z

Laird Brown

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Laird Brown

praskrishna — 2013-05-13T13:04:46Z

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Laird Brown

praskrishna — 2013-05-13T06:49:41Z

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Laird Brown

praskrishna — 2013-05-10T17:59:20Z

Laird Brown

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Lack of clarity about cashless and online transactions makes digital payments more worrisome

praskrishna — 2016-12-02T16:20:39Z

Even as demonetisation pushes for more and more cashless and online transactions through, e-wallets, banks and other such apps, there is a serious lack of clarity on how these companies handle customer data, and how it is shared with other entities. "Data is the new oil," is an oft repeated phrase in nearly every technology related conversation that comes up anywhere in India today.

The article by Neha Alawadhi was published in the Economic Times on December 1, 2016. Sunil Abraham was quoted.

However, the handling of this data, most of which carries some of our most personal information, has little protection if it is misused by a private or government entity.

Sample this: at an industry event, a Bengaluru-based startup claimed to solve the problem of credit worthiness of individuals for small loans by using some unusual means. To determine credit worthiness, the company maps everything in your phone — right from how many SMSes you receive for non-payment of dues, to how you fill out your loan application form. The company also claims that it can map, using your phone data, the area of your residence and office.

There are several other companies, especially those in the financial technology (fintech) space, doing similar mapping. The Wall Street Journal on Monday reported that more than three dozen local governments across China are compiling digital records of social and financial behaviour to rate credit worthiness. A person gets a score deduction for violations such as fare cheating, jaywalking and violating family-planning rules.

India may be some distance away from such a credit scoring system, but the increased use of online transactions — financial or otherwise — is sure to lead to similar business models.

"You have no clue what data you are sharing with fintech companies. They are collecting data from other sources and combining it to assess your credit score," said Sunil Abraham, executive director of the Centre for Internet Society.

For example, there is no clarity on what an e-wallet company does with your details and transaction history even after you delete the app. "If there is large level of customer migration of users from an app company, they will just become a data analytics company. The bigger danger in future is the growth of large data intermediaries which are similar to Visa and Mastercard networks, which purchase big databases and further sell this data and build their services or product on top of that. There are large privacy concerns there," said Apar Gupta, advocate and Internet policy expert. While lack of a privacy law or controller has been a long standing concern, the existing law for data protection — Section 43(A) of the Information Technology Act— also offers only very basic protection and is "grossly inadequate", according to Abraham.

To make matters worse, they also lack a strict enforcement mechanism. "We don’t know what are the data practices (adopted by apps). There is no privacy controller or some other body, so it is very difficult for a user to know what are the actual ways their data is being implemented," said Gupta.

There have also been cases of government entities making sensitive and personal information public. Earlier this year, DataMeet, a community of data science enthusiasts, found that Bengaluru Police released 13,000 call data records (CDR) of potential on-going investigations during a hackathon with focus on solving problems of cities.

"There has been very little talk about data ethics and data practices in India. But cases of misuse of data are frequent," noted DataMeet member Srinivas Kodali in a blogpost.

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Centre for Internet and Society

Laptop

Language, Speakers & Articles

Language Usage

Land and Social Justice - An introduction to Georgism

Abstract

Cherry G. Mathew

Lakshmi

Lakshadweep Notifications (OCR)

Contents

Lakshadweep Government Notifications

Lakshadweep Chapter

Lakshadweep (OCR) Notifications

Lakshadweep (Govt) Notifications

Contents

Laird Brown

Laird Brown

Laird Brown

Laird Brown

Lack of clarity about cashless and online transactions makes digital payments more worrisome