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27 Apr 2017
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After SPB-Ilaiyaraaja, Sony Music and Sun Network lock horns over copyrightsIn what seems to be the latest in an increasing number of cases of copyright violations, Sun Network on Friday was banned by the Madras High Court from using Sony Music copyrighted work.
22 Apr 2017
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Aadhaar: A widening netAs India makes Aadhaar compulsory for a range of services, concerns about potential data breaches remain more than six years after the govt started building the world’s largest biometric identification system.
20 Apr 2017
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Sunil Abraham: Honorary steward September 2017Shuttleworth Foundation has announced Sunil Abraham as Honorary Steward for its September 2017 fellowship round.
19 Apr 2017
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11th Meeting of Information Systems Security Sectional Committee (LITD 17)Udbhav Tiwari represented CIS at this meeting organized by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) at Manak Bhavan, New Delhi on April 13, 2017.
12 Apr 2017
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Opposition questions govt move to make Aadhaar mustCongress leader Jairam Ramesh claimed that the Aadhaar system was becoming an instrument of social exclusion rather than one of identity.
12 Apr 2017
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National Conference on Intellectual Property Rights and Public InterestIndian Law Institute organized a conference on intellectual property rights on April 7 and 8 in New Delhi. Maggie Huang took part in the conference.
12 Apr 2017
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Identities ResearchCaribou Digital organized an identity research event in Bengaluru at TERI on April 6, 2017. A total of 16 participants attended the event. Sunil Abraham and Pranesh Prakash represented CIS at the event.
12 Apr 2017
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An Open Digital Global South: Risks and RewardsPranesh Prakash will be speaking at a conference to be organized by UC Davis Law School on May 25 and 26, 2017, in California, USA.
7 Apr 2017
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Privacy, what? Bengaluru police leaks 46,000 phone numbers on TwitterBengaluru police made the biggest goof up of all time by releasing private information of people who called 100 to complain since April 2015 and was seemingly unapologetic about the breach of privacy.
7 Apr 2017
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NGOs, individuals urge state CMs to curb Internet shutdownAmid rising instances of Internet curbs, a group of individuals and organisations have urged the chief ministers of 12 states to only restrict specific online content rather than resort to complete shutdown.
7 Apr 2017
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India’s National ID Program May Be Turning The Country Into A Surveillance StateFor seven years, India’s government has been scanning the irises and fingerprints of its citizens into a massive database. The once voluntary program was intended to fix the country’s corrupt welfare schemes, but critics worry about its …
7 Apr 2017
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Bengaluru cops' twitter handle in ethical stormThe city's privacy activists are among the most strident in trying to prevent the Union government from gaining unprecedented access to citizens' personal information through Aadhaar. But in their own backyard, Bengaluru police have been …
4 Apr 2017
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Get an Aadhaar card if you don't have oneThe Aadhaar number has been made compulsory for filing tax return. With both the government and private parties insisting on it for various activities despite the Supreme Court's assertion that is not mandatory, you need to get one at the …
3 Apr 2017
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The Aadhaar of all thingsFrom a severely critical stand against Aadhaar in 2014, the Modi-led BJP in power has made a sharp U-turn to bulldoze its way into having every Indian scanned, tagged and labelled. A timeline of the country’s chequered date with the unique …
29 Mar 2017
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क्या आधार पर जल्दबाज़ी में है सरकार?Amber Sinha took part in a discussion on Aadhaar aired by NDTV on March 27, 2017.
29 Mar 2017
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WISER Lecture : Sumandro Chattapadhyay on Deregulation by CodeUniversity of the Witwatersrand organized a talk by Sumandro Chattapadhyay on Derugulation by Code on March 8, 2017 in Johannesburg.
29 Mar 2017
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The Fintech Disruption - Innovation, Regulation, and TransformationSumandro Chattapadhyay attended an event organized by Carnegie India on March 28, 2017. The aim of the initiative was that inclusive and sustainable regulations require constant interaction between policy makers and industry.
29 Mar 2017
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Internet Freedom Festival 2017The Global Unconference of the Internet Freedom Communities took place at Valencia in Spain from March 6 to 10, 2017. The event was organized by the IFF. Vidushi Marda on behalf of CIS took part in the event.
29 Mar 2017
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Indo - French Perspectives on Digital StudiesAnubha Sinha was a speaker at the Indo-French workshop on Open Access at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi on March 15, 2017. The event was organized by the Digital Studies Group.
29 Mar 2017
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IDRC - Open Development Book - Authors' WorkshopSumandro Chattapadhyay participated in the authors' workshop organized by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching at the University of Cape Town in South Africa on March 11 …
29 Mar 2017
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Google Hangout on Technology and JobsVanya Rakesh was a speaker at a Google hangout discussion held on Friday, March 24th, 2017 on "Technology and Jobs" as part of a project that ICRIER is doing with World Bank headquarters and several institutions across the world, titled …
29 Mar 2017
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From Virtual to Reliable: Exploring Freedom and Facts in the World of WWW (World Wide Web)An interactive seminar on internet freedom was organized by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands and Adaan Foundation on March 21, 2017 at the India International Centre in New Delhi. Saikat Dutta and Amber Sinha were panelists.
29 Mar 2017
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CUSAT Workshop: "Rethinking IPR: Fourth Annual National Workshop for Law Students"The workshop was organized by the Inter University Centre for IPR Studies in association with Cochin University of Science and Technology from February 8 to 10, 2017 in Cochin. Pranesh Prakash was the resource person for a copyright …
29 Mar 2017
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Conference on Safety Against Online Child Sexual AbuseJapreet Grewal was a speaker at a conference on safety against online child sexual abuse which was jointly organized by CID, Telangana and the Department for Women Development and Child Welfare, Telangana on March 16 and 17, 2017 in …
28 Mar 2017
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National Consultation on OER for Higher EducationAnubha Sinha attended the National Consultative Meet on OER Policy for Higher Education in India held at New Delhi on March 3, 2017. The event was organized by CEMCA (Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia).
28 Mar 2017
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India’s biometric ID scans make sci-fi a realityI have been thinking about my fingerprints and the secrets that may lie within my eyes — and whether I want to share them with the Indian government. I may not however have a choice.
28 Mar 2017
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Democracy and the Internet in 2017Vidushi Marda gave a talk at St. Joseph's College of Commerce in Bengaluru on January 25, 2017. Vidushi spoke about democracy and the internet. The 50 minute talk was followed by 20 minutes of questions/comments.
28 Mar 2017
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Debate on Cyber Crime in TV9Vidushi Marda took part in a debate on cyber crime which was aired on TV9 on January 13, 2017.
28 Mar 2017
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CIS representation at ICANN 58The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) organized ICANN 58 at Copenhagen from March 9 to March 16, 2017. On behalf of the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), Vidushi Marda participated in the event and made a …
27 Mar 2017
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Why We Should All Worry About The Mandatory Imposition Of AadhaarIt appears that with each passing day, the government is linking an increasing number of benefits and government services to the 12-digit biometric-based Aadhaar number for Indians, despite growing concerns around its data privacy and …