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31 Jul 2013
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National Resource Kit: The Punjab Chapter (Call for Comments)The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Punjab.
31 Jul 2013
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National Resource Kit: The Maharashtra Chapter (Call for Comments)The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Maharashtra.
31 Jul 2013
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National Resource Kit: The Chandigarh Chapter (Call for Comments)The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Chandigarh.
31 Jul 2013
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More than a Hundred Global Groups Make a Principled Stand against SurveillanceFor some time now there has been a need to update understandings of existing human rights law to reflect modern surveillance technologies and techniques.
31 Jul 2013
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India's National Cyber Security Policy in ReviewEarlier this month, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology released India’s first National Cyber Security Policy. Years in the making, the Policy sets high goals for cyber security in India and covers a wide range of …
31 Jul 2013
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Guidelines for the Protection of National Critical Information Infrastructure: How Much Regulation?July has been a busy month for cyber security in India. Beginning with the release of the country’s first National Cyber Security Policy on July 2 and followed just this past week by a set of guidelines for the protection of national …
31 Jul 2013
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Comments on the Draft Guidelines for Computer Related InventionsThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) submitted the below comments to the office of the Controller General of Patents Designs & Trademarks, Mumbai on July 26, 2013.
31 Jul 2013
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A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at SagaraOn Sunday, July 28, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Sagara, Shimoga Dist, Karnataka by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. In this post, I share with you the happenings from …
30 Jul 2013
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Institute on Internet & Society: Event ReportThe Institute on Internet and Society organized by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) with grant supported by the Ford Foundation took place from June 8 to 14, 2013 at the Golden Palms Resort in Bangalore.
24 Jul 2013
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Report on the 5th Privacy Round Table meetingThis report entails an overview of the discussions and recommendations of the fifth Privacy Round Table in Calcutta, on 13th July 2013.
23 Jul 2013
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 8) - Jeff MossCIS interviews Jeff Moss, Chief Security Officer for ICANN, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
23 Jul 2013
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A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at HubliOn Sunday, July 21, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Hubli by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. This blog post throws more light on the workshop.
22 Jul 2013
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You Have the Right to Remain SilentReflecting upon the state of freedom of speech and expression in India, in the wake of the shut-down of the political satire website narendramodiplans.com.
22 Jul 2013
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The ASSOCHAM International Conference on the "Interface between Intellectual Property and Competition Law"An international conference on interface between intellectual property and competition law was organized by ASSOCHAM on July 12, 2013 in New Delhi. In this post, Nehaa Chaudhari shares select notes from the conference.
22 Jul 2013
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Parsing the Cyber Security PolicyAn effective cyber-security policy must keep up with the rapid evolution of technology, and must never become obsolete. The standard-setting and review bodies will therefore need to be very nimble, says Chinmayi Arun.
22 Jul 2013
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DSCI Best Practices Meet 2013The DSCI Best Practices Meet 2013 was organized on July 12, 2013 at Hyatt Regency, Anna Salai in Chennai. Kovey Coles attended the meet and shares a summary of the happenings in this blog post.
22 Jul 2013
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CII Conference on "ACT": Achieve Cyber Security Together"The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) organized a conference on facing cyber threats and challenges at Hotel Hilton in Chennai on July 13, 2013. Kovey Coles attended this conference and shares a summary of the event in this blog …
19 Jul 2013
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Interview with Mr. Reijo Aarnio - Finnish Data Protection OmbudsmanMaria Xynou recently interviewed Mr. Reijo Aarnio, the Finnish Data Protection Ombudsman, at the CIS' 5th Privacy Round Table. View this interview and gain an insight on recommendations for better data protection in India!
18 Jul 2013
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Digital Humanities for Indian Higher EducationThe digital age has had a huge impact on higher education in the last decade transforming the modalities of both teaching and research. To discuss these changes and what it means for research work, a multidisciplinary consultation was held …
18 Jul 2013
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 7) - Jochem de GrootCIS interviews Jochem de Groot, former policy advisor to the Netherlands government, as part of the Cybersecurity Series
15 Jul 2013
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Moving Towards a Surveillance StateThe cyberspace is a modern construct of communication and today, a large part of human activity takes place in cyberspace. It has become the universal platform where business is executed, discourse is conducted and personal information is …
15 Jul 2013
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How Surveillance Works in IndiaWhen the Indian government announced it would start a Centralized Monitoring System in 2009 to monitor telecommunications in the country, the public seemed unconcerned. When the government announced that the system, also known as C.M.S., …
15 Jul 2013
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 6) - Lhadon TethongCIS interviews Lhadon Tethong, Tibetan human rights activist, as part of the Cybersecurity Series
15 Jul 2013
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Can India Trust Its Government on Privacy?In response to criticisms of the Centralized Monitoring System, India’s new surveillance program, the government could contend that merely having the capability to engage in mass surveillance won’t mean that it will. Officials will argue …
12 Jul 2013
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Towards Critical Tool-buildingThe last blogpost focused on the importance of design for digital humanities research and on the concept of universal design to make research work more inclusive as well as more accessible, the visual being something that digital humanities …
12 Jul 2013
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Telugu Wiki Academy at Centre for Good GovernanceAn account of the Telugu Wiki Academy organized for the staff of Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad on April 9, 2013 at their Jubilee Hills premises.
12 Jul 2013
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India:Privacy in PerilThe danger of mass surveillance in India is for real. The absence of a regulating law is damning for Indians who want to protect their privacy against the juggernaut of state and private surveillance.
11 Jul 2013
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 5) - Amelia AndersdotterCIS interviews Amelia Andersdotter, member of the European parliament, as part of the Cybersecurity Series
11 Jul 2013
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 4) - Marietje SchaakeCIS interviews Marietje Schaake, member of the European parliament, as part of the Cybersecurity Series
10 Jul 2013
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The Difficult Balance of Transparent SurveillanceIs it too much to ask for transparency in data surveillance? On occasion, companies like Microsoft, Facebook, and the other silicon valley giants would say no. When customers join these services, each company provides their own privacy …