Programme
Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
22 Apr 2017
News
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.
20 Apr 2017
Blog post
Regulating Bitcoin in IndiaThe article discusses the possible contours of future bitcoin regulation in India. Bitcoin, often considered a ‘notorious’ virtual currency limited only to techies or speculators, is currently fighting a battle to become a bona fide …
19 Apr 2017
News
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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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.
11 Apr 2017
Blog post
Privacy in the Age of Big DataPersonal data is freely accessible, shared and even sold, and those to whom this information belongs have little control over its flow.
7 Apr 2017
Blog post
Right to be Forgotten: A Tale of Two JudgementsIn the last few months, there have been contrasting judgments from two Indian high courts, Karnataka and Gujarat, on matters relating to the right to be forgotten. The two high courts heard pleas on issues to do the right of individuals to …
7 Apr 2017
News
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
Event
Dr. Madan M. Oberoi - Digital Forensics and Cyber Investigations (Delhi, April 07)We are proud to announce that Dr. Madan M. Oberoi will be the speaker at the inaugural #FirstFriday@cis_india event at the Delhi office. These events, held on the first Friday of each month, will facilitate open and in-depth discussion and …
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 …
4 Apr 2017
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Aadhaar marks a fundamental shift in citizen-state relations: From ‘We the People’ to ‘We the Government’Your fingerprints, iris scans, details of where you shop. Compulsory Aadhaar means all this data is out there. And it’s still not clear who can view or use it.
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 …
31 Mar 2017
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It’s the technology, stupidEleven reasons why the Aadhaar is not just non-smart but also insecure.
31 Mar 2017
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How Aadhaar compromises privacy? And how to fix it?Aadhaar is mass surveillance technology. Unlike targeted surveillance which is a good thing, and essential for national security and public order – mass surveillance undermines security. And while biometrics is appropriate for targeted …
31 Mar 2017
Blog post
Analysis of Key Provisions of the Aadhaar Act RegulationsIn exercise of their powers under of the powers conferred by Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, (Aadhaar Act) the UIDAI has come out with a set of five regulations in late 2016 …
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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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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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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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
News
Debate on Cyber Crime in TV9Vidushi Marda took part in a debate on cyber crime which was aired on TV9 on January 13, 2017.