Programme
Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
21 Sep 2013
Event
Bangalore + Social GoodIn conjunction with The Social Good Summit held in New York City on September 22 - 24, Ashoka India, IDEX + Green Lungi are partnering to host the Bangalore + Sustainability event! The Social Good Summit aims to explore creative ways that …
19 Sep 2013
Blog post
The National Privacy Roundtable MeetingsThe Centre for Internet & Society ("CIS"), the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry ("FICCI"), the Data Security Council of India ("DSCI") and Privacy International are, in partnership, conducting a series of national …
19 Sep 2013
Blog post
The Central Monitoring System: Some Questions to be Raised in ParliamentThe following are some model questions to be raised in the Parliament regarding the lack of transparency in the central monitoring system.
13 Sep 2013
News
Privacy and Surveillance in IndiaSunil Abraham, Executive Director from the Centre for Internet and Society will give a talk on privacy and surveillance in India at this event organised by the Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia on September 18, …
12 Sep 2013
Blog post
Transparency Reports — A Glance on What Google and Facebook Tell about Government Data RequestsTransparency Reports are a step towards greater accountability but how efficacious are they really?
12 Sep 2013
News
A dangerous trend: social media adds fire to Muzaffarnagar clashesAs access to the Internet grows, especially in small Indian towns and cities, social media has revealed a darker side as a hatred-mongering tool capable of setting off serious violence.
10 Sep 2013
Blog post
CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 10) - Lawrence LiangCIS interviews Lawrence Liang, researcher and lawyer, and co-founder of Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
9 Sep 2013
News
Young Scholar TutorialsCommunication Policy Research South organised this workshop on September 3 and 4, 2013. Nehaa Chaudhari participated in the event organised by CPR South.
9 Sep 2013
Blog post
Privacy Law Must Fit the BillThe process of updating Indian privacy policy has gained momentum ever since the launch of the UID project and also the leak of the Radia tapes. The Department of Personnel and Training has lead the drafting of privacy bill for the last …
6 Sep 2013
Blog post
An Interview with Suresh RamasubramanianSuresh Ramasubramanian is the ICS Quality Representative - IBM SmartCloud at IBM. We from the Centre for Internet and Society conducted an interview on cybersecurity and issues in the Cloud.
5 Sep 2013
News
Indien: Regierung will Nutzung von US-Mailprovidern in Verwaltungen verbietenDie indische Regierung wird in Kürze all ihre Mitarbeiter auffordern, keine US-amerikanischen Mailprovider, allen voran Gmail, für ihre offizielle Kommunikation zu nutzen.
3 Sep 2013
News
Syllabus: “Policy and regulation conducive to rapid ICT sector growth in Myanmar: An introductory course”A five-day course is being offered by LIRNEasia in collaboration with Myanmar ICT Development Organization, with support from the Open Society Foundation and the International Development Research Centre of Canada in Myanmar from September …
2 Sep 2013
News
Cyberspying: Government may ban Gmail for official communicationThe government will soon ask all its employees to stop using Google's Gmail for official communication, a move intended to increase security of confidential government information after revelations of widespread cyberspying by the US.
1 Sep 2013
News
Gmail ban looms for Indian gov't workersGovernment workers in India will soon be banned from using Google’s Gmail service for official communication in a move said to be in response to revelations of widespread cyberspying by the US, a national paper reported.
30 Aug 2013
Blog post
Report on the Sixth Privacy Roundtable Meeting, New DelhiIn 2013 the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) drafted the Privacy Protection Bill as a citizens' version of a privacy legislation for India. Since April 2013, CIS has been holding Privacy Roundtables in collaboration with Federation of …
30 Aug 2013
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Indian government to bar politicians from using Gmail for official businessUS-based email services seen as too risky.
28 Aug 2013
News
Mixed signals? Supreme Court notices to states on Facebook arrestsIn wake of the recent arrests of UP-based scholar Kanwal Bharti and Andhra-based PUCL activist Jaya Vindhyala over their Facebook posts, NDTV aired a discussion on the grey areas of the IT Act. Pranesh Prakash, Shreya Singhal and Faizal …
28 Aug 2013
News
International Summer School: "Digitization and its Impact on Society"Dr. Nishant Shah will be the key note speaker in the session "Social Networks and the Revolution of Political Communication". The event is being hosted by the Dresden Center for Digital Linguistics from September 29 to October 5, 2013.
27 Aug 2013
News
India's Internet Privacy Woes“For the sake of national security and to protect the privacy of its citizens, India should develop its own social media platforms,” says Dr Kamlesh Bajaj, CEO of Data Security Council of India (DSCI), a Nasscom-promoted ‘self-regulatory’ …
26 Aug 2013
News
Election campaign: parties draw battle lines on media platformsIn the run-up to the 2014 polls, parties are drawing up media strategies that have a focus on young voters.
25 Aug 2013
Blog post
Out of the BedroomWe have shared it with our friends. We have watched it with our lovers. We have discussed it with our children and talked about it with our partners. It is in our bedrooms, hidden in sock drawers. It is in our laptops, in a folder marked …
24 Aug 2013
Event
Privacy Round Table, New DelhiThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), FICCI and DSCI cordially invites you to attend the "Privacy Round Table" to be held at the FICCI, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi on Saturday, August 24, 2013, 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., to …
22 Aug 2013
News
Dear Milind Deora, Prakash Javadekar Deserved The TruthMilind Deora, the Minister of State for Communications, Information Technology and Shipping, isn’t your typical politician.
21 Aug 2013
Blog post
Freedom from Monitoring: India Inc Should Push For Privacy LawsMore surveillance than absolutely necessary actually undermines the security objective.
19 Aug 2013
News
How Next-Gen Smartphone Users are Being Bought and SoldAfter facebook and google, Twitter became the latest to buy millions of Indian smartphone users in July.
19 Aug 2013
News
Balancing vigilance and privacyAs the government steps up its surveillance capabilities, the entire social contract between the state and citizens is being reformulated, with worrying consequences.
17 Aug 2013
News
Surveillance: Privacy Vs SecurityThe Foundation for Media Professionals is organizing a debate at the India International Centre, New Delhi on August 17, 2013. Shri Kapil Sibal will give the opening speech. Natgrid chief Raghu Raman is one of the debaters. Pranesh Prakash …
17 Aug 2013
Event
Learn to Protect your Online Activities!The Centre for Internet and Society cordially invites you to a CryptoParty!
14 Aug 2013
Event
Privacy Meeting: Brussels – BangaloreThe Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore welcomes you to a talk on privacy by Gertjan Boulet and Dariusz Kloza on August 14, 2013, 5.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.
13 Aug 2013
Blog post
FinFisher in India and the Myth of Harmless MetadataIn this article, Maria Xynou argues that metadata is anything but harmless, especially since FinFisher — one of the world's most controversial types of spyware — uses metadata to target individuals.