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Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
31 Dec 2013
News
Pranesh Prakash elected as Asia-Pacific Representative to the Executive Committee of NonCommercial Users ConstituencyPranesh Prakash has been elected as the Asia-Pacific representative to the executive committee of the NonCommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) (part of the Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group, which is in turn part of the Generic Names …
31 Dec 2013
Blog post
India's Identity CrisisMalavika Jayaram's article was published in 2013 Internet Monitor Annual Report: Reflections on the Digital World, published by Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
31 Dec 2013
Blog post
CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 13) - Pranesh PrakashCIS interviews Pranesh Prakash, lawyer and policy director with Centre for Internet and Society, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
27 Dec 2013
News
Indian government wakes up to risk of Hotmail, GmailWorried by US spying revelations, India has begun drawing up a new email policy to help secure government communications, but the man responsible for drafting the rules still regularly uses Hotmail.
24 Dec 2013
Blog post
Can Bitcoin Be Banned by the Indian Government?The paper analyses the laws and regulations that apply to Bitcoin in India, and comes to the conclusion that the government has wide powers that it can exercise, if it wishes, to regulate Bitcoin. Given the lack of existing legal and …
20 Dec 2013
News
VII NLSIR SymposiumThe National Law School of India Review (NLSIR) - the flagship journal of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore is pleased to announce the seventh NLSIR Symposium on “Bridging the Security-Liberty Divide” scheduled …
18 Dec 2013
Blog post
Brochures from Expos on Smart Cards, e-Security, RFID & Biometrics in IndiaElectronics Today organised a series of expos on smart cards, e-security, RFID and biometric technology in Delhi on 16-18 October 2013. The Centre for Internet and Society is sharing the brochures it collected from these public expos for …
13 Dec 2013
News
MongoDB startup hired by Aadhaar got funds from CIA VC armTwo weeks ago, Max Schireson, chief executive of MongoDB, a New York-based technology startup, was in New Delhi to sew up a very important contract for his company — with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
11 Dec 2013
Event
DesiSec: Episode 1 - Film Release and ScreeningThe Centre for Internet and Society is pleased to to announce the release of the first documentary film on cybersecurity in India - DesiSec. We hope you can join us for a special screening of the first episode of DesiSec, on 11th December, …
9 Dec 2013
News
Technology in Government and Topics in PrivacyMalavika Jayaram is a speaker at an event organized by Data Privacy Lab at CGIS Cafe, Cambridge Street, Harvard University Campus. She will speak on Biometrics in Beta – India's Identity Experiment on December 9, 2013.
9 Dec 2013
News
Cyberscholars Working Group at MITMalavika Jayaram is giving a talk on Biometrics or Bust - India’s Identity Crisis at this event organised by Berkman Center for Internet & Society on December 12 at 6.00 p.m.
8 Dec 2013
News
"Whatever happened to Privacy?" - International Activism ConferenceMaria Xynou gave a keynote speech and participated as a panelist on the "Suspect Societies" panel. The event was organized by Heinrich Boell Foundation in Berlin on December 5 and 6, 2013.
6 Dec 2013
Blog post
Misuse of Surveillance Powers in India (Case 1)In this series of blog posts, Pranesh Prakash looks at a brief history of misuse of surveillance powers in India. He notes that the government's surveillance powers have been freqently misused, very often without any kind of judicial or …
5 Dec 2013
News
International View of the State-of-the-Art of Cryptography and Security and its Use in Practice (IV)Building on the workshop in Dagstuhl in June-July 2011 (International View of the State-of-the-Art of Cryptography and Security and its Use in Practice), Beijing (International View of the State-of-the-Art of Cryptography and Security and …
5 Dec 2013
News
INSAF National Convention on Crisis of Capitalism and brazen onslaught on DEMOCRACYSnehashish Ghosh is participating in this event as a speaker.
5 Dec 2013
News
India for UN body to resolve internet governance issuesMulti-stakeholder or multi-lateral - two words encapsulating diametrically opposite views on internet governance stands at the heart of a raging debate across the globe.
5 Dec 2013
News
Card transactions with Aadhaar validation need more time: expertsCost and supply implications are seen by experts as the main hurdles in implementing the RBI directive.
4 Dec 2013
News
A Three-Way Race Draws Delhi’s Young, and Everyone Else, Out to VoteThe polling stations were supposed to close at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, just after sunset. But with thousands still waiting in the dark to cast their vote in the state assembly elections, the Delhi Election Commission decided to extend the …
3 Dec 2013
Event
Big Democracy: Big Surveillance - A talk by Maria XynouNext Tuesday, Maria Xynou will be presenting her latest research on surveillance in India. Come and engage in a discussion on India's controversial surveillance schemes, surveillance industry and much much more!
30 Nov 2013
News
When the virtual world wakes up the real oneThe unprecedented wave of voices speaking up against sexual harassment in recent times has as much to do with technology as the determination to seek justice. From Twitter to Tumblr, and blogs to pastebin, the internet's anonymity, reach …
30 Nov 2013
Blog post
I Just Pinged to Say HelloA host of social networks find us more connected than ever before, but leave us groping for words in the digital space.
30 Nov 2013
Blog post
CIS Supports the UN Resolution on “The Right to Privacy in the Digital age”.The United Nations adopted the resolution on the right to privacy recently. It recognised privacy as a human right, integral to the right to free expression, and also declared that mass surveillance could have negative impacts on human …
25 Nov 2013
News
Election Commission to monitor conduct of political parties on Facebook, Twitter and GoogleWith Congress and BJP hammering away at each other in the ongoing assembly contests that will set the stage for national polls next year, the Election Commission wants to make sure social media and online platforms run by Google, Facebook …
22 Nov 2013
Event
The Evolving Cyber Threat and How to Address ItLarry Clinton, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Security Alliance will give a talk on cyber threat and how to address the same. The talk will be held at the office of the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore …
22 Nov 2013
News
Chances and Risks of Social ParticipationParticipation is a key issue within Internet research and hence also for the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. For this reason the institute is going to host a thematically focused meeting on Chances and Risks of …
20 Nov 2013
News
YouTube is the answer to what has changed in IndiaAlternative Law Forum’s Lawrence Liang on relaunching Creative Commons, and how it changes the legal landscape of copyright issues.
20 Nov 2013
Blog post
Seventh Privacy Round-tableOn October 19, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in collaboration with the Federation for Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the Data Security Council of India, and Privacy International held a “Privacy Round-table” in …
19 Nov 2013
Blog post
Why 'Facebook' is More Dangerous than the Government Spying on YouIn this article, Maria Xynou looks at state and corporate surveillance in India and analyzes why our "choice" to hand over our personal data can potentially be more harmful than traditional, top-down, state surveillance. Read this article …
19 Nov 2013
News
Spy agencies, IB and RAW, put spanner in proposed privacy lawThe country’s intelligence agencies are out to scuttle a law that’s being drafted to protect your privacy.
19 Nov 2013
News
India must support UN's e-snooping move: Human rights activistsIndia is facing pressure from internet and human rights activists to support a United Nations resolution that calls for an end to electronic spying after revelations of mass illegal surveillance by the United States.