Centre for Internet and Society

Consumer Privacy Invite

praskrishna — 2012-06-25T07:03:16Z

Consumer privacy invite in New Delhi.

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/consumer-privacy-invite

Consumer Privacy Agenda

praskrishna — 2012-07-31T10:54:13Z

The agenda of the consumer privacy event organised in Delhi

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/consumer-privacy-event

Consumer Privacy

praskrishna — 2012-09-13T09:21:26Z

This chapter will examine the present legal state of consumer privacy in India and seek to understand the gap between policy and implementation of policy. In doing so, it will look at what are the existing avenues for protection of consumer privacy in India, how is the definition of consumer privacy evolving through case law and public opinion, and what are the current challenges to consumer privacy in India. Traditionally speaking, and according to the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, in India, a consumer is a broad label for any person who buys goods or services with the intent of using them for non-commercial purposes. In the typical sense, when people think of themselves as being consumers, they think about transactions with a vendor through a physical exchange of money in a store or through an online exchange for a product or service. Certain services that consumers use put an extraordinary amount of sensitive personal information into the hands of vendors.

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/consumer-privacy.pdf

Consumer International Conference

praskrishna — 2011-05-06T05:13:32Z

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Consultative Meeting for a Digital Archive Lab

praskrishna — 2017-06-08T13:07:57Z

A meeting for a digital archive lab was held at the Centre for Community Knowledge, Ambedkar University in New Delhi on May 20, 2017. P.P. Sneha participated in the meeting.

The proposed Digital Archive initiative at AUD will work as an interdisciplinary archive, working across schools and divisions. There is a need to create a specialized set of skills within AUD for archiving, cataloguing, digitization and conservation. This consultative meeting is envisaged for identifying skills and staff needs, timeframe, direction, outreach and a support network. Outcomes of this consultative meeting will help to finalise the resources required for setting up an online archival platform on the AUD server. Click to see the agenda.

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/raw/consultative-meeting-for-a-digital-archive-lab

Consultative Meeting for a Digital Archive Lab

praskrishna — 2017-06-08T13:02:24Z

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/files/consultative-meeting-for-digital-archive-lab.pdf

Consultation to Frame Rules under the Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2011

praskrishna — 2014-07-02T08:03:55Z

The National Campaign for People's Right to Information (NCPRI) and Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, Delhi (CCG at NLUD) invite you to a consultation to draft rules under the Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2011.

The consultation will bring together various stakeholders to discuss the initial stages of framing the draft rules for the legislation. It will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on July 5, 2014 at National Law University, Delhi. Bhairav Acharya will be participating in this event.

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For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/news/consultation-to-frame-rules-under-whistle-blowers-protection-act-2011

Consultation to Frame Rules under the Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2014

praskrishna — 2014-07-02T07:30:37Z

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/consultation-to-frame-rules-under-whistle-blowers-protection-act-2014.pdf

Consultation Paper on Media Law

praskrishna — 2014-09-30T06:47:54Z

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/consultation-paper-media-law.pdf

Consultation on Institutional Arrangements for IP managment under MHRD

praskrishna — 2014-03-12T13:17:00Z

Planning Commission and MHRD jointly are having consultations to design institutional arrangements for IP management under the MHRD between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on February 21, 2014 at IIC (Annexe), New Delhi 9 Lecture Hall No. 1).

Nehaa Chaudhari participated in this consultation.

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/news/consultation-institutional-arrangements-ip-management-mhrd

Consultation on Figures of Learning in the Digital Context

praskrishna — 2015-11-13T05:39:00Z

The Centre for Internet and Society welcomes you to a consultation on new figures of learning in the digital context at its office in Bangalore on September 22, 2014 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The increasing prevalence of the internet and digital technologies today has engendered a new kind of learning environment, which is connected and collaborative, yet also focussed on the individual, with an emphasis on practice. The pervasive influence of technology in teaching-learning practice has also resulted in new tools, processes and platforms, which have added dimensions to learning, and led to the creation of new bodies of knowledge in the digital context. These new figures, spaces, objects and processes, often challenge and inflate given notions of expertise and authority, increasingly locating them outside the familiar framework of the university and a traditional classroom-based approach to learning.

While the processes of knowledge production have been rapidly changing in the last couple of decades, some examples being data mining, distant reading, cultural mapping and design thinking as new ways of parsing, organising, curating and processing information or knowledge, traditionally the point of reference for authoritative ‘figures’ of learning remains the same. These are that of the teacher, facilitator, reader, student, participant etc. However, with the emergence of such new processes of knowledge-making which are largely located in the digital context, one can see the presence of some non-traditional figures of knowledge as well – such as the geek, hacker, blogger, story-teller, worker, designer, activist etc. There are figures which, consciously or unconsciously subvert and redefine certain conventions of knowledge-making practices, by inventing new terms or redefining old ones. More importantly, the emergence of this nomenclature is symptomatic of a change in the predominant discourse that constitutes a particular kind of ‘digital subject’ or entity that inhabits the digital in a particular way.

The present consultation is an exercise to map these concepts and changes around a set of figures of learning, old and new, to understand the discursive shifts that produce them and locate them in the contemporary moment. Participants from diverse areas of research and practice would be invited to make a short ten minute presentation on one such figure, drawn from their area of interest and work, and examine the concepts or notions behind them. This will be followed by group discussions and a 30 minute writing sprint at the end of the consultation to consolidate the discussion.

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/raw/consultation-on-new-figures-of-learning-in-digital-context

Consultation on "Understanding the Freedom of Expression Online and Offline"

praskrishna — 2016-01-03T10:27:08Z

The event organized by Digital Empowerment Foundation and Association for Progressive Communications was held at YMCA, New Delhi on December 10, 2015. Jyoti Panday attended the event as a speaker. She covered imposition of legitimate expression specifically in the context of intermediary liability practices in India.

The sessions were divided as under:

Welcome & Overview of the consultation by Digital Empowerment Foundation
Launch of the Country Research Report & Keynote Address
Introducing the Country Research Report titled “Limited Access and Restricting Expression by Osama Manzar, Founder and Director, Digital Empowerment Foundation
Working Session I: Understanding the “Freedom of Expression Online and Offline” in conversation with experts
Working Session II: “Unboxing the Freedom of Expression Online & Offline”
Sub-Group Presentations
Concluding Remarks

Download the Agenda here

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/consultation-on-understanding-the-freedom-of-expression-online-and-offline

Consultation Note on Model for Nation-wide Interoperable and Scalable Publi Wi-Fi

praskrishna — 2016-12-11T03:02:18Z

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/telecom/files/consultation-note-on-model-for-publi-wifi.pdf

Constitution of the High Level Advisory Committee (HLAC) on National Policy on Universal Electronic Accessibility

praskrishna — 2014-04-06T06:46:15Z

The Centre for Internet and Society has been invited to serve on the high level committee on electronic accessibility policy constituted by the Government of India.

Click to read the notification issued by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India.

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/news/hlac-national-policy-universal-electronic-accessibility

Constitution of Group of Experts to Deliberate on Privacy Issues

praskrishna — 2012-01-04T07:49:37Z

It has been decided to constitute a Small Group of Experts under the Chairmanship of Justice A.P. Shah, Former Chief Justice, Delhi High Court, to identify the privacy issues and prepare a paper to facilitate authoring the Privacy Bill. The constitution of the proposed group and ToR are as follows:

Constitution of the Group

S.No.	Name	Designation
1	Justice A.P. Shah, Former Chief Justice, Delhi High Court	Chairman
2	Shri. R S Sharma, DG UIDAI	Member
3	Dr. Gulshan Rai, Director General CERT-In, DIT	Member
4	Sh. Rajiv Kapoor, JS, DOPT	Member
5	Representative, Department of Legal Affairs	Member
6	Sh. Som Mittal, President, NASSCOM	Member
7	Ms. Barkha Dutt, NDTV	Member
8	Dr. (Ms) Usha Ramanathan, Researcher & Advocate	Member
9	Sh. PraneshPrakash, Programme Manager, Centre for Internet & Society	Member
10	Dr. Kamlesh Bajaj, CEO, Data Security Council of India (DSCI)	Member
11	Dr. Nagesh Singh, Adviser, Planning Commission	Member
12	Sh. R K Gupta, Adviser (CIT&I), Planning Commission	Member

Terms of Reference
- To study the Privacy laws and related bills promulgated by various countries.
- To make an in-depth analysis of various programmes being implemented by GoI from the point of view of their impact on Privacy.
- To make specific suggestions for consideration of the DOPT for incorporation in the proposed draft Bill on Privacy.
The Chairman may co-opt other Members to the group for their specific inputs.
The expenditure towards TA/DA in connection with the meetings of the Group in respect of the official members will be borne by their respective Ministries/Departments. Domestic travel in respect of non-Official Members of the group would be permitted by Air India (economy class) and the expenditure would be met by the Planning Commission.
The group will be serviced by the CIT & I Division, Planning Commission.
The group shall submit its report by 31st March 2012.

(S Bose)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

To:
The Chairman and all Members of the Group of Experts
Copy forwarded to:

PS to Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
PS to MOS (Planning, PA, S&T and ES), Planning Commission
PS to all Members of the Planning Commission
PS to Member Secretary, Planning Commission
Director (PC), IFA unit,Deputy Secretary (Admn.),Planning Commission
Administration/Accounts/General Branches, Library, CIT & I Division, Planning Commission
Information Officer, Planning Commission

(S Bose)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Download the PDF we got from the Planning Commission.

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/news/constitution-of-group-of-experts