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Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
14 Apr 2016
Blog post
Aadhaar Act and its Non-compliance with Data Protection Law in IndiaThis post compares the provisions of the Aadhaar Act, 2016, with India's data protection regime as articulated in the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, …
13 Apr 2016
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FAQ on the Aadhaar Project and the BillThis FAQ attempts to address the key questions regarding the Aadhaar/UIDAI project and the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016 (henceforth, Bill). This is neither a comprehensive …
9 Apr 2016
News
Daunting task ahead for investigative agencies with WhatsApp's end-to-end encryptionMessaging service WhatsApp's decision to roll out end-to-end encryption for over 1 billion subscribers has been hailed as a positive step by users across the world, although things are set to get tougher for law enforcement and …
7 Apr 2016
News
India's biometric database crosses billion-member markIndia's biometric database notched up one billion members on Monday, as the government sought to allay concerns about privacy breaches in the world's biggest such scheme.
6 Apr 2016
News
The Panama Papers and the question of privacyThis statement was originally published on privacyinternational.org on 4 April 2016.
5 Apr 2016
Blog post
Surveillance ProjectThe Aadhaar project’s technological design and architecture is an unmitigated disaster and no amount of legal fixes in the Act will make it any better.
3 Apr 2016
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Mapping MAG: A study in Institutional IsomorphismThe paper is an update to a shorter piece of MAG analysis that had been conducted in July 2015. At that time our analysis was limited by the MAG membership data that was made available by the Secretariat. Subsequently we wrote to the …
3 Apr 2016
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A Large Byte of Your LifeWith the digital, memory becomes equated with storage. We commit to storage to free ourselves from remembering.
31 Mar 2016
31 Mar 2016
News
RightsCon Silicon Valley 2016RightsCon is the world’s leading event convened around the issues of the internet and human rights. The annual conference convenes business leaders, visionaries, technologists, legal experts, civil society members, activists, and government …
30 Mar 2016
News
Woman Alleges Harassment at Major International ConferenceA prospective lawyer's name tag was flipped, and she was asked rude questions by a CEO at a conference, where, ironically enough, she was invited to devise sexual harassment policies.
30 Mar 2016
Blog post
TRAI Consultation on Differential Pricing for Data Services - Post-Open House Discussion SubmissionThe Centre for Internet and Society sent this submission to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) following the Open House Discussion on Differential Pricing of Data Services, held in Delhi on February 21, 2016.
30 Mar 2016
News
ICANN 55Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) held its 55th meeting in Marrakech, Morocco from March 5 to 10, 2016. Padmini Baruah and Vidushi Marda attended the event organized by Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and …
29 Mar 2016
News
On Google Maps, JNU top result in search for 'anti-national'"Anti-national" is not a location. But Google Maps seems to have an address for it - Jawaharlal Nehru University in the capital. On Friday, Google Maps pinned other such "locations" in the same place. It yielded the same result for other …
28 Mar 2016
News
Securing the internet’s futureMike Godwin, who proposed the eponymous law about online discussion threads, speaks about net neutrality, differential pricing and why no government is likely to oppose stricter surveillance measures.
24 Mar 2016
News
Seven reasons why Parliament should debate the Aadhaar bill (and not pass it in a rush)Critics say the Aadhaar Bill does not address concerns over privacy, even as government is rushing the Bill without adequate parliamentary scrutiny.
24 Mar 2016
News
Making Aadhaar Mandatory: Gamechanger For Governance?Why a programme that both the Congress and the BJP have hailed as transformational has divided Parliament this week? The Aadhaar Bill which was passed this week aims at facilitating government benefits and subsidies to citizens said Finance …
24 Mar 2016
News
ICANN Sexual Harassment Case Highlights Lack of Procedure at Global Internet BodyAlleged perpetrator files counter-complaint with ombudsman’s office after being publicly identified.
24 Mar 2016
23 Mar 2016
News
In India, Biometric Data Storage Sparks Demands for Privacy LawsIn India, calls for strict privacy laws are growing after this week's passage of a measure that allows federal agencies access to biometric data of the nation's citizens, the world's largest such repository.
23 Mar 2016
News
Debate: Five Aadhaar Myths that Don’t Stand Up to ScrutinyWe need to reboot the Aadhaar debate by asking why we want to create a centralised biometric database of Indian residents in the first place.
23 Mar 2016
News
Dead and ClickingA look at the phenomenon of digital memorials; repositories and time capsules of a life even after it's ended in the real world.
22 Mar 2016
Blog post
Too Clever By Half: Strengthening India’s Smart Cities Plan with Human Rights ProtectionThe data involved in planning for urbanized and networked cities are currently flawed and politically-inflected. Therefore, we must ensure that basic human rights are not violated in the race to make cities “smart”.
22 Mar 2016
News
India Still Trying To Turn Optional Aadhaar Identification Number Into A Mandatory National Identity Systemfrom the sliding-down-the-slippery-slope-to-disaster dept
22 Mar 2016
News
Hard to broad ban!The provisions under the Telegraph Act are wispy and can’t be convincingly invoked to exercise a jurisdiction on the internet world.
22 Mar 2016
News
Aadhaar: Govt will not compromise on national securityThe government is confident that the Aadhaar Bill will be passed.
21 Mar 2016
Blog post
Vulnerabilities in the UIDAI Implementation Not Addressed by the Aadhaar Bill, 2016In this infographic, we document the various issues in the Aadhaar enrolment process implemented by the UIDAI, and highlight the vulnerabilities that the Aadhaar Bill, 2016 does not address. The infographic is based on Vidushi Marda’s …
21 Mar 2016
Blog post
The National Privacy PrinciplesIn this infographic, we try to break down the National Privacy Principles developed by the Group of Experts on Privacy led by the Former Chief Justice A.P. Shah in 2012.
21 Mar 2016
Blog post
Salient Points in the Aadhaar Bill and ConcernsSince the release of the Aadhaar Bill, the Centre for Internet and Society has been writing a number of posts analyzing the Bill and calling out problematic areas and the implications of the same. This post is meant to contribute to this …
21 Mar 2016