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Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
30 Apr 2013
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IT (Amendment) Act, 2008, 69B Rules: Draft and Final Version ComparisonJadine Lannon has performed a clause-by-clause comparison of the Draft 69B Rules and official 69B Rules under Section 69B in order to better understand how the two are similar and how they differ. Notes have been included on some changes we …
30 Apr 2013
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IT (Amendment) Act, 2008, 69 Rules: Draft and Final Version ComparisonJadine Lannon has performed a clause-by-clause comparison of the Draft 69 Rules and official 69 Rules under Section 69B in order to better understand how the two are similar and how they differ. Very brief notes have been included on some …
28 Apr 2013
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Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, 419A Rules and IT (Amendment) Act, 2008, 69 RulesJadine Lannon has performed a clause-by-clause comparison of the 419A Rules of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 and the 69 Rules under Section 69 of the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 in order to better understand how the two …
27 Apr 2013
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IT (Amendment) Act, 2008, 69A Rules: Draft and Final Version ComparisonJadine Lannon has performed a clause-by-clause comparison of the 69A draft rules and 69A rules for Section 69A of the IT Act in order to better understand how the two differ. While there has been reshuffling of the clauses in the official …
24 Apr 2013
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Report on the 2nd Privacy Round Table meetingThis post entails a report on the second Privacy Round Table meeting which took place on 20th April 2013.
22 Apr 2013
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Report on the 1st Privacy Round Table meetingThis report entails an overview of the discussions and recommendations of the first Privacy Round Table meeting in New Delhi, on 13th April 2013.
8 Apr 2013
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India's 'Big Brother': The Central Monitoring System (CMS)In this post, Maria Xynou looks at India´s Central Monitoring System (CMS) project and examines whether it can target individuals´ communications data, regardless of whether they are involved in illegal activity.
6 Apr 2013
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Off the RecordSocial networks track our world but not relationships. We live in a world where things happen. And yet, with the presence of digital objects, the things that happen have increased in intensity and volume.
31 Mar 2013
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What’s In a Name? — DNS Singularity of ICANN and The Gold RushMarch 2013 being the 28th birthday of the first ever registered Internet domain as well as the exigent launch of the Trademark Clearing House disguised as a milestone in rights protection by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and …
31 Mar 2013
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WGIG+8: Stock-Taking, Mapping, and Going ForwardOn February 27, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society conducted a workshop on the Working Group on Internet Governance report, titled "WGIG+8: Stock-Taking, Mapping, and Going Forward" at the World Summit on the Information Society …
31 Mar 2013
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The Criminal Law Amendment Bill 2013 — Penalising 'Peeping Toms' and Other Privacy IssuesThe pending amendments to the Indian Penal Code, if passed in their current format, would be a huge boost for individual physical privacy by criminalising stalking and sexually-tinted voyeurism and removing the ambiguities in Indian law …
31 Mar 2013
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India's Biometric Identification Programs and Privacy ConcernsThe invasiveness of individual identification coupled with the fallibility of managing big data which biometric identification presents poses a huge risk to individual privacy in India.
31 Mar 2013
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Comments on the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011Bhairav Acharya on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society prepared the following comments on the Sensitive Personal Data Rules. These were submitted to the Committee on Subordinate Legislation of the 15th Lok Sabha.
31 Mar 2013
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Comments on the Information Technology (Guidelines for Cyber Cafe) Rules, 2011Bhairav Acharya on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society submitted the following comments on the Information Technology (Guidelines for Cyber Cafe Rules), 2011.
31 Mar 2013
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Comments on the Information Technology (Electronic Service Delivery) Rules, 2011Bhairav Acharya on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society prepared the following comments on the Information Technology (Electronic Services Delivery) Rules, 2011. These were submitted to the Committee on Subordinate Legislation of …
27 Mar 2013
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Microsoft releases its first report on data requests by law enforcement agencies around the worldIn this post, the Centre for Internet and Society presents Microsoft´s report on law enforcement requests, with a focus on data requested by Indian law enforcement agencies.
27 Mar 2013
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CIS Welcomes Standing Committee Report on IT RulesThe Centre for Internet and Society welcomes the report by the Standing Committee on Subordinate Legislation, in which it has lambasted the government and has recommended that the government amend the Rules it passed in April 2011 under …
26 Mar 2013
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The Privacy (Protection) Bill 2013: A Citizen's DraftThe Centre for Internet and Society has been researching privacy in India since 2010 with the objective of raising public awareness around privacy, completing in depth research, and driving a privacy legislation in India. As part of this …
26 Mar 2013
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Driving in the Surveillance Society: Cameras, RFID tags and Black Boxes...In this post, Maria Xynou looks at red light cameras, RFID tags and black boxes used to monitor vehicles in India.
19 Mar 2013
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Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012 AnalysisJeremy Gruber from the Council for Responsible Genetics, US provides an analysis of the Human DNA Profiling Bill, 2012. He says that India’s updated 2012 Human DNA Profiling Bill offers largely superficial changes from its predecessor, the …
18 Mar 2013
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Workshop on the Unique Identity Number (UID), the National Population Register (NPR) and Governance: What will happen to our data?On March 2nd, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society and the Say No to UID campaign organized a workshop to discuss the present state of the UID and NPR schemes. Some of the questions which were addressed included ´How do the UID and NPR …
15 Mar 2013
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Hacking without borders: The future of artificial intelligence and surveillanceIn this post, Maria Xynou looks at some of DARPA´s artificial intelligence surveillance technologies in regards to the right to privacy and their potential future use in India.
15 Mar 2013
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A Comparison of the Draft DNA Profiling Bill 2007 and the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012In this post, Maria Xynou gives us a comparison of the Draft DNA Profiling Bill 2007 and the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012.
14 Mar 2013
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Unique Identification Scheme (UID) & National Population Register (NPR), and GovernanceThis post examines the UID, NPR and Governance as it exists in India. The background note gives a summary of what is the NPR, the legal grounding of NPR, its objectives, and the information which could be collected under the NPR. The post …
14 Mar 2013
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Summary of the CIS workshop on the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012On March 1st, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society organized a workshop which analysed the April 2012 draft Human DNA Profiling Bill and its potential implications on human rights in India.
12 Mar 2013
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Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill (April 2012): High Level ConcernsIn 2007 the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill was piloted by the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, with the objective of regulating the use of DNA for forensic and other purposes. In February 2012 another draft of the Bill was …
12 Mar 2013
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An Introduction to Bitfilm & Bitcoin in Bangalore, IndiaAn event at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) was organized on January 23, 2013. The all star team at CIS was awesome at organizing this event for Bitcoin. Live streaming, mainstream newspaper coverage and Twitter based Q&A made this …
28 Feb 2013
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Women in the IT Industry: Request for DataFor CIS's research on indicators of female economic empowerment in the IT industry in India, we have sent formal request for participation in a short survey to the six largest IT companies based in India. A copy of the letter of request and …
28 Feb 2013
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Research Initiative: Women in India's IT IndustryCIS has begun a brief research project which will examine indicators of female economic empowerment in the IT industry in India. Though the gathering of quantitative and qualitative data from the six largest publicly-traded Indian software …
28 Feb 2013
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Don’t SLAPP free speechIIPM is proving adept at the tactical use of lawsuits to stifle criticism, despite safeguards. THE DEPARTMENT of Telecommunications, on 14 February, issued orders to block certain web pages critical of the Indian Institute of Planning and …