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Saumyaa Naidu
15 items.
25 Mar 2024
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Understanding Feminist Infrastructures: An Exploratory Study of Online Feminist Content Creation Spaces in IndiaThis report explores the growth of feminist infrastructures (including the various interpretations of the term), through research on feminist publishing, content creation and curation spaces and how they have informed the contemporary …
8 Aug 2023
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Deceptive Design in Voice Interfaces: Impact on Inclusivity, Accessibility, and PrivacyThis 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 …
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 …
5 Oct 2020
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Comments to National Digital Health Mission: Health Data Management PolicyCIS has submitted comments to the National Health Data Management Policy. We welcome the opportunity provided to our comments on the Policy and we hope that the final Policy will consider the interests of all the stakeholders to ensure that …
15 Nov 2019
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Introducing the Cybersecurity Visuals Media HandbookThe need for intervention in the cybersecurity imagery in media publications was realised during a brainstorming workshop that was conducted by CIS with illustrators, designers, and cybersecurity researchers.
9 Oct 2019
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AI for GoodCIS organised a workshop titled ‘AI for Good’ at the Unbox Festival in Bangalore from 15th to 17th February, 2019. The workshop was led by Shweta Mohandas and Saumyaa Naidu. In the hour long workshop, the participants were asked to imagine …
29 May 2019
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Picking ‘Wholes’ - Thinking in Systems WorkshopA System's Thinking masterclass was conducted by Dinesh Korjan on 27th and 28th May in the CIS Delhi office.
31 Mar 2019
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Design and the Open Knowledge MovementWith the objective of connecting the open knowledge movement with design, the Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet and Society co-organised the Wikigraphists Bootcamp India 2018 with the Wikimedia Foundation during September …
17 Feb 2019
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Unbox Festival 2019: CIS organizes two WorkshopsCentre for Internet & Society organized two workshops at the Unbox Festival 2019, in Bangalore, on 15 and 17 February 2019.
11 Dec 2018
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A Critical Look at the Visual Representation of CybersecurityThe Centre for Internet and Society and design collective Design Beku came together on the 15th of November for a workshop on Illustrations and Visual Representations of Cybersecurity. Images in the public sphere such as visuals in the …
18 Aug 2018
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Use of Visuals and Nudges in Privacy NoticesNudging in privacy notices can be a privacy-enhancing tool. For example, informing users of how many people would have access to their data would help them make a decision. However, nudges can also be used to influence users towards making …
29 May 2018
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Design Concerns in Creating Privacy NoticesThe purpose of privacy notices and choice mechanisms is to notify users of the data practices of a system, so they can make informed privacy decisions.
31 Dec 2016
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Mapping of Sections in India’s MLAT AgreementsThis set of infographics by Leilah Elmokadem and Saumyaa Naidu maps out and compares the various sections that exist in the 39 MLATs (mutual legal assistance treaty) between India and other countries. An MLAT is an agreement between two or …
29 Dec 2016
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Mapping of India’s Cyber Security-Related Bilateral AgreementsWith the rapid spread of cloud computing and the growth of cyber spaces, large masses of information are now easily transmittable transnationally, necessitating the ratification of new agreements and cooperation efforts amongst states in …
12 Nov 2016
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Privacy after Big Data: Compilation of Early ResearchEvolving data science, technologies, techniques, and practices, including big data, are enabling shifts in how the public and private sectors carry out their functions and responsibilities, deliver services, and facilitate innovative …