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27 Feb 2017
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India To Let Private Companies Access Citizens’ Biometric DataIndia, home to the world’s largest national biometric registry, plans to begin sharing citizens’ data with the country’s private companies and startups.
27 Feb 2017
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Free and Open Source Software and Standards for Public Health Information Systems in India: “Making them Work” by Bridging the Policy Practice GapAnubha Sinha spoke at the ORF Health Policy Workshop on the panel: The policy landscape in India with respect FOSS software and standards in the public sector more generally. The event was organized by Observer Research Foundation in New …
24 Feb 2017
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LinkedIn will help people in India train for semi-skilled jobsMicrosoft has launched Project Sangam, a cloud service integrated with LinkedIn that will help train and generate employment for middle and low-skilled workers.
16 Feb 2017
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No Genie At Your FingertipsAadhaar biometrics will now enable cashless shopping sans card and smartphone. A look at the hopes and fears.
16 Feb 2017
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Digital illusionsThe Watal Committee’s report presents the government with an impossible road map to a cashless nirvana.
14 Feb 2017
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India's Aadhaar with biometric details of its billion citizens is making experts uncomfortable"Indians in general have yet to understand the meaning and essence of privacy," says Member of Parliament, Tathagata Satpathy.
13 Feb 2017
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Surveillance in India: Policy and PracticeThe National Institute of Public Finance and Policy organized a brainstorming session on net neutrality on February 8, 2017 and a public seminar on surveillance in India the following day on February 9, 2017 in New Delhi. Pranesh Prakash …
12 Feb 2017
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Indian public concerned about fingerprint payment schemeThe Guardian is reporting that a prominent think tank has found that the prospect of using fingerprint authentication for everyday payments is raising privacy concerns among the Indian public.
9 Feb 2017
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Securing Digital Payments: Imperatives for a Growing EcosystemA round-table conference was organised by ORF and Koan Advisory on “Securing Digital Payments: Imperatives for a Growing Ecosystem”, at “The Claridges”, APJ Abdul Kalam Road, New Delhi, between 11.30 - 13.30 on February 3, 2017. Udbhav …
9 Feb 2017
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Digital Security for JournalistsPranesh Prakash conducted two workshops on consecutive days, February 2 and 3, 2017 in Mumbai. The first one organized by IndiaSpend was held in their office. The second one organized by a fellow with the International Center Journalists …
7 Feb 2017
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Giving out your fingerprint for Aadhar payments is as bad as telling the seller your banking passwordPRS India recently released a report card enlisting the status of all the major policy announcements made by the President on India in his address to the Parliament on 23 February 2016. The policies cover all the major sectors including …
7 Feb 2017
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Don't dive headlong into money-making schemes on the internetIf you do fall victim to fraud, file your complaint at RBI's Sachet web site.
7 Feb 2017
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Crowdsourced innovation for government projects and services is easier said than doneLate January. The buzz was palpable at the MLR Convention Centre in South Bengaluru. Developers were streaming into 50p, a conference organised by HasGeek, which has curated technology forums since 2011. But this wasn't just one of the six …
2 Feb 2017
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India WhatsApp Privacy Fight May Affect MultinationalsThe Indian Supreme Court’s review of Facebook Inc.'s and WhatsApp Inc.'s data security practices may lack teeth but also presages a desire for a stronger privacy regime and oversight of multinationals, internet and privacy specialists told …
26 Jan 2017
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CPDP (Computers, Privacy and Data Protection) 2017Amber Sinha participated as a panelist in a panel on 'EU Adequacy Status for International Data Transfers' in Brussels, Belgium on January 26, 2017. The event was organized by Privacy International.
25 Jan 2017
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WhatsApp forward promising PM Modi scheme for double recharge is a scamCashing on the ignorance of users, social media platforms are increasingly being used to scam people.
25 Jan 2017
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For India’s complaints department, visit Facebook LiveNotebook: Social media cuts through red tape in a country beset by inertia.
23 Jan 2017
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Workplace Solutions Champions Consultative WorkshopA two day workshop was held on January 21 - 22 at Ecumenical Christian Centre in Bangalore. The workshop was organized by Enable India. Nirmita Narasimhan attended the workshop.
20 Jan 2017
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Training programme for Chairs, Convenor and Experts for International Standardization WorkUdbhav Tiwari attended this programme organized by National Institute of Training for Standardization, under the Bureau of India Standards on the 19 and 20 of January, 2017 in Nodia, New Delhi.
19 Jan 2017
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Sunil Abraham on Aadhaar's misuse during demonetisationSunil Abraham spoke to Economic Times on the misuse of Aadhaar during demonetisation.
19 Jan 2017
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Govt should take a relaxed view of 'violations' of flag code in products sold in foreign countries: ExpertsWhen it comes to products on sale in global ecommerce vendor sites that seem to violate India’s strict flag code, the government should take a more relaxed and less punitive approach.
18 Jan 2017
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Lost your phone? Here's how you can make your mobile theft-proofLosing a phone has become even more costly after the government's push for a cashless society.
17 Jan 2017
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The Dangers Of Aadhaar-Based Payments That No One Is Talking AboutLess than three months ago, India’s banking sector was hit by a data breach which compromised 32 lakh debit cards and led to fraudulent transactions worth Rs 1.3 crore.
17 Jan 2017
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Supreme Court issues notice to WhatsApp, Centre on data privacyAnalysts said India lacked data protection laws.
17 Jan 2017
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India’s Digital ID Rollout Collides With Rickety RealityIndia’s new digital identification system, years in the making and now being put into widespread use, has yet to deliver the new era of modern efficiency it promised for shop owner Om Prakash and customer Daya Chand.
17 Jan 2017
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Demonetisation: Cost Vs BenefitSunil Abraham took part in a discussion on Demonetisation in NDTV's Big Fight programme aired on December 24, 2016.
16 Jan 2017
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The soon-to-be launched Aadhaar Pay will let you make purchases using your fingerprintPaying for your groceries and other goods by using your biometrics instead of an e-wallet, debit card or cash seems to be the next phase in the Centre’s ambitious push to shift the country to a “less cash” economy, as its mandarins term it.
16 Jan 2017
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Millions of Indians move from cash to digital payments. But some ask whether it’s safeMinutes after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began an ambitious new mobile-phone-payment application in December, several clones of the app popped up at Android smartphone stores.
10 Jan 2017
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Myanmar Digital Rights Forum proposes a path away from 66(d)More than 55 representatives from technology companies, government, media and civil society organizations gathered at the innovation lab Phandeeyar to participate in the Myanmar Digital Rights Forum this morning. The two-day event was …
31 Dec 2016
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India’s ruling party takes online abuse to a professional levelIndian prime minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) employs an army of trolls to harass and intimidate critics through social media, a new book claims.