Author
Amber Sinha
92 items.
1 Mar 2022
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How Function Of State May Limit Informed Consent: Examining Clause 12 Of The Data Protection BillThe collective implication of leaving out ‘proportionality’ from Clause 12 is to provide very wide discretionary powers to the state.
1 Mar 2022
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Clause 12 Of The Data Protection Bill And Digital Healthcare: A Case StudyIn light of the state’s emerging digital healthcare apparatus, how does Clause 12 alter the consent and purpose limitation model?
31 Aug 2021
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Facial Recognition Technology in IndiaThe Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project, University of Essex, UK and the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) have jointly published a research paper on facial recognition technology. Authors, Elonnai Hickok, Pallavi Bedi, Aman …
10 Aug 2021
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Techno-solutionist Responses to COVID-19The Indian state has increasingly adopted a digital approach to service delivery over the past decade, with vaccination being the latest area to be subsumed by this strategy. In the context of the need for universal vaccination, the …
31 May 2021
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Regulating Sexist Online Harassment as a Form of CensorshipThis paper is part of a series under IT for Change’s project, Recognize, Resist, Remedy: Combating Sexist Hate Speech Online. The series, titled Rethinking Legal-Institutional Approaches to Sexist Hate Speech in India, aims to create a …
31 May 2021
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Beyond Public Squares, Dumb Conduits, and Gatekeepers: The Need for a New Legal Metaphor for Social MediaIn the past few years, social networking sites have come to play a central role in intermediating the public’s access to and deliberation of information critical to a thriving democracy. In stark contrast to early utopian visions which …
24 May 2021
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Community Data and Decisional Autonomy: Dissecting an Indian Legal Innovation for Emerging EconomiesRead this paper configuring community data with Indian constitutional jurisprudence by Amber Sinha and Arindrajit Basu
8 Apr 2021
11 Mar 2021
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Regulating Sexist Online Harassment: A Model of Online Harassment as a Form of CensorshipAmber Sinha wrote a paper on regulating sexist online harassment, and how online harassment serves as a form of censorship, for the “Recognize, Resist, Remedy: Addressing Gender-Based Hate Speech in the Online Public Sphere” project, a …
12 Nov 2020
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The PDP Bill 2019 Through the Lens of Privacy by DesignThis paper evaluates the PDP Bill based on the Privacy by Design approach. It examines the implications of Bill in terms of the data ecosystem it may lead to, and the visual interface design in digital platforms. This paper focuses on the …
14 Jul 2020
6 Jul 2020
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Towards Algorithmic TransparencyThis policy brief examines the issue of transparency as a key ethical component in the development, deployment, and use of Artificial Intelligence.
19 May 2020
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Ethics and Human Rights Guidelines for Big Data for Development ResearchThis is a four-part review of guideline documents for ethics and human rights in big data for development research. This research was produced as part of the Big Data for Development network supported by International Development Research …
2 Mar 2020
2 Mar 2020
12 Feb 2020
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Comments to the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 11, 2019.
13 Sep 2019
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Core Concepts and ProcessesWhen we embarked on this research project, we began with the primary questions of what constitutes a digital identity system. In the last few years, with the rise in national digital identity projects, there has been significant academic …
8 Aug 2019
8 Aug 2019
8 Aug 2019
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Design and Uses of Digital Identities - Research PlanIn our research project about uses and design of digital identity systems, we ask two core questions: a) What are appropriate uses of ID?, and b) How should we think about the technological design of ID? Towards the first research question, …
8 Aug 2019
12 Jun 2019
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Call for Design InternsCIS is seeking graphic design interns to create communication material (information and data visualizations, publication layouts, presentations, etc.) for our projects. The intern will assist our researchers in presenting their research in …
13 May 2019
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Announcement of a Three-Region Research Alliance on the Appropriate Use of Digital IdentityOmidyar Network has recently announced its decision to invest in establishment of a three-region research alliance — to be co-led by the Institute for Technology & Society (ITS), Brazil, the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information …
15 Apr 2019
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Programme Officer - PrivacyThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is seeking applications for the position of Programme Officer, to undertake public policy research on privacy and related themes. For this position, we will hire one full time researcher, to be …
10 Apr 2019
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CIS Response to Call for Stakeholder Comments: Draft E-Commerce PolicyCIS is grateful for the opportunity to submit to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion comments to the draft National e-commerce policy.
1 Apr 2019
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CIS Response to Draft E-Commerce PolicyCIS 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 …
29 Mar 2019
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Programme Officer - Digital IdentityThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is seeking applications for the position of Programme Officer, to be associated with a two year long research project on digital identity. We may hire up to three Programme Officers as part of this …
8 Feb 2019
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The Future of Work in the Automotive Sector in IndiaThis report empirically studies the future of work in the automotive sector in India. The report has been authored by Harsh Bajpai, Ambika Tandon and Amber Sinha. Rakhi Sehgal and Aayush Rathi have edited the report.
5 Nov 2018
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Clarification on the Information Security Practices of Aadhaar ReportWe are issuing a second clarificatory statement on our report titled “Information Security Practices of Aadhaar (or lack thereof): A documentation of public availability of Aadhaar numbers with sensitive personal financial information” …
27 Sep 2018
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Cross-Border Data Sharing and India: A study in Processes, Content and CapacityA majority of criminal investigations in the modern era necessitate law enforcement access to electronic evidence stored extra-territorially. The conventional methods of compelling the presentation of evidence available for investigative …