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Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
15 Jul 2013
Blog post
Moving Towards a Surveillance StateThe cyberspace is a modern construct of communication and today, a large part of human activity takes place in cyberspace. It has become the universal platform where business is executed, discourse is conducted and personal information is …
15 Jul 2013
News
Is CMS a Compromise of Your Security?By secretly monitoring and recording all Indians through a Central Monitoring System, our government will end up making citizens and businesses less safe.
15 Jul 2013
News
India’s Central Monitoring System: Security can’t come at cost of privacyDuring a Google hangout session in June this year, Milind Deora, minister of state for communications and information technology, addressed concerns related to the central monitoring system (CMS).
15 Jul 2013
News
India's centralised snooping system facing big delaysCentral Monitoring System lacks algorithms, database and data.
15 Jul 2013
News
How the world’s largest democracy is preparing to snoop on its citizensMonitoring system will allow govt to snoop on voice calls, SMSes, and access Internet data.
15 Jul 2013
Blog post
How Surveillance Works in IndiaWhen the Indian government announced it would start a Centralized Monitoring System in 2009 to monitor telecommunications in the country, the public seemed unconcerned. When the government announced that the system, also known as C.M.S., …
15 Jul 2013
Blog post
CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 6) - Lhadon TethongCIS interviews Lhadon Tethong, Tibetan human rights activist, as part of the Cybersecurity Series
15 Jul 2013
Blog post
Can India Trust Its Government on Privacy?In response to criticisms of the Centralized Monitoring System, India’s new surveillance program, the government could contend that merely having the capability to engage in mass surveillance won’t mean that it will. Officials will argue …
13 Jul 2013
Event
Privacy Round Table, KolkataThe Centre for Internet and Society, the Federation for Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and the Data Security Council of India cordially invite you to attend the "Privacy Round Table" in Kolkata on July 13, 2013, 10.30 a.m. to …
12 Jul 2013
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India:Privacy in PerilThe danger of mass surveillance in India is for real. The absence of a regulating law is damning for Indians who want to protect their privacy against the juggernaut of state and private surveillance.
11 Jul 2013
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 5) - Amelia AndersdotterCIS interviews Amelia Andersdotter, member of the European parliament, as part of the Cybersecurity Series
11 Jul 2013
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 4) - Marietje SchaakeCIS interviews Marietje Schaake, member of the European parliament, as part of the Cybersecurity Series
10 Jul 2013
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The Difficult Balance of Transparent SurveillanceIs it too much to ask for transparency in data surveillance? On occasion, companies like Microsoft, Facebook, and the other silicon valley giants would say no. When customers join these services, each company provides their own privacy …
10 Jul 2013
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 3) - Eva GalperinCIS interviews Eva Galperin, Global Policy Analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
8 Jul 2013
Event
Delhi: Digital Activism in EuropeWith focus on an other way of policy making and the Chaos Computer Club
7 Jul 2013
News
dna exclusive: Geeks have a solution to digital surveillance in India: CryptographyWhile you were thinking of what next to post on Twitter, the government has stealthily put an ambitious surveillance programme in place that tracks your every move in the digital world — through voice calls, SMS and MMS, GPRS, fax …
6 Jul 2013
2 Jul 2013
Event
Technology, Power, and Revolutions in the Arab SpringThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Bangalore cordially invites you to a talk by Prof. Ramesh Srinivasan on technology, power and revolutions in the Arab Spring. The talk will be held in CIS office on July 2, 2013 from 6.00 p.m. …
1 Jul 2013
News
Concerns over central snoopEyebrows have been raised at the Centre’s single-window system to intercept phone calls and internet exchanges — the desi version of the US’s surveillance programme, PRISM — that is expected to roll out this year-end.
1 Jul 2013
News
Biometrics or bust? India's Identity CrisisMalavika Jayaram is speaking at an event organized by the Oxford Internet Institute on July 2, 2013. The talk will be held at Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, 1 St Giles Oxford OX1 3JS.
30 Jun 2013
Blog post
Privacy Protection Bill, 2013 (With Amendments based on Public Feedback)In 2013 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 FICCI and DSCI, with the objective of gaining public …
30 Jun 2013
News
In India, Prism-like Surveillance Slips Under the RadarPrism, the contentious U.S. data-collection surveillance program, has captured the world’s attention ever since whistle-blower Edward Snowden leaked details of global spying to the Guardian and Washington Post.
30 Jun 2013
Blog post
CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 2) - Ram MohanCIS interviews Ram Mohan, a pioneer in the field of Internet security and internationalization, as part of the Cybersecurity Series
30 Jun 2013
29 Jun 2013
News
Issue of duplication of identities of users under control: NilekaniNandan Nilekani says UIDAI system almost completely accurate, duplication of identities virtually negligible.
29 Jun 2013
News
Internet users enraged over US online spyingIndia is the fifth most tracked nation by American intelligence agencies.
27 Jun 2013
Blog post
The State is Snooping: Can You Escape?Blanket surveillance of the kind envisaged by India's Centralized Monitoring System achieves little, but blatantly violates the citizen's right to privacy; Snehashish Ghosh explores why it may be dangerous and looks at potential safeguards …
27 Jun 2013
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SEBI and Communication Surveillance: New Rules, New Responsibilities?In this blog post, Kovey Coles writes about the activities of the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI), discusses the importance of call data records (CDRs), and throws light on the significant transition in governmental leniency …
27 Jun 2013
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Open Letter to Prevent the Installation of RFID tags in VehiclesThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has sent this open letter to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) to urge them not to intall RFID tags in vehicles in India.
27 Jun 2013
News
Indian govt blocks 40 smut sites, forgets to give reasonDon't mind us, we're just censoring your content for you...