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27 Mar 2017
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Round Table on Privacy and Data Protection at NIPFPNational Institute of Public Finance & Policy organized a round-table on privacy and data protection on March 24, 2017 in New Delhi.
27 Mar 2017
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Other Than Women: Exploring Harassment and Difference OnlineA satellite session at RightsCon in Brussels is being organized by the Tactical Technology Collective on March 28, 2017. Rohini Lakshané is a speaker at this event.
22 Mar 2017
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Review Meeting for the Pervasive Technologies ProjectThe Centre for Internet & Society in partnership with Beijing Normal University Institute for Internet Policy & Law organized a review meeting of the Pervasive Technologies project in Macau on February 20 - 21, 2017.
22 Mar 2017
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Privacy concerns multiply for Aadhaar, India’s national biometric identity registryThe largest and most sophisticated biometric identity system of any country in the world, India’s Aadhaar, is sparking new fears that the personal data it stores on more than 1.1 billion people could be vulnerable to exploitation.
21 Mar 2017
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No ID, no benefits: thousands could lose lifeline under India’s biometric schemeControversial Aadhaar card restricts fundamental rights, argue critics, limiting access to free school meals and exposing 1 billion people to privacy risks.
20 Mar 2017
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Pervasive Technologies Project in Hong KongDigital Asia Hub and the United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society (UNU-CS) held a new networking initiative. Digital Asia Hub and the United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society co-hosted a series of …
17 Mar 2017
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Nasscom chief saying full data protection isn’t possible should wake us from our digital slumberConsidering India is rapidly moving towards a digital economy, the hurdles not withstanding, data and identity security are topics which have to be taken very seriously. Since the demonetisation, a large part of the population who would …
17 Mar 2017
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EVMs: How transparent is the Indian election process?Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) have become a bone of contention after the results of the Assembly elections in five states were declared last Saturday and the BSP president Mayawati alleged tampering. The Congress party and the Aam Aadmi …
15 Mar 2017
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AI for Social GoodAI in Asia event was organised by the Digital Asia Hub on March 6 and 7, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan. The event partners were Waseda University, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, NICT, NTT and the Japan Society of Information …
14 Mar 2017
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The 12-digit conundrumEven as the Centre plans to link as many as 500 schemes to Aadhaar, concerns over data safety are rising. Richa Mishra reports.
14 Mar 2017
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First Asia Pacific Workshop on Empirical Methods in Innovation, Intellectual Property and CompetitionRohini Lakshané took part in a workshop organized by Centre for Innovation Intellectual Property & Competition in New Delhi from March 9 to 11, 2017.
28 Feb 2017
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Fake News, Rumors & Online Content RegulationMedianama and Mint organized #NAMApolicy open house on 'Fake News, Rumors & Online Content Regulation' on February 22, 2017 at the India Habitat Centre. Japreet Grewal and Amber Sinha attended the event.
27 Feb 2017
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T20 Mumbai 2017: Dialogue on the Emerging World EconomyGateway House, Indian Council on Global Relations organized a dialogue on emerging world economy in Mumbai on 13 and 14 February 2017. Elonnai Hickok participated in the event.
27 Feb 2017
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Is Your Aadhar Biometrics Safe? Firms Accused Of Storing Biometrics And Using Them IllegallyFears of Aadhar biometric security have been compounded as the government is sprinting towards the next phase of ‘cashless India’ and digitization
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.