Topic
Consumer Rights
16 items.
18 Jul 2022
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What Are The Consumer Protection Concerns With Crypto-Assets?Existing consumer protection regulations are not sufficient to cover the extent of protection that a crypto-investor would require.
27 Jul 2021
31 Dec 2020
Blog post
The Competition Law Case Against Whatsapp’s 2021 Privacy Policy AlterationHaving examined the privacy implications of Whatsapp's changes to its privacy policy in 2021, this issue brief is the second output in our series examining the effects of those changes. This brief examines the changes in the context of data …
2 Jul 2014
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Reading the Fine Script: Service Providers, Terms and Conditions and Consumer RightsThis year, an increasing number of incidents, related to consumer rights and service providers, have come to light. This blog illustrates the facts of the cases, and discusses the main issues at stake, namely, the role and responsibilities …
8 Aug 2013
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Are Indian Consumer Laws Ready for the Digital Age?The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, recognizing the need for protection of the rights of consumers, drafted a set of model guidelines on consumer protection which were adopted by the General Assembly in 1985. The United …
7 Mar 2012
News
Consumers International Global Meeting 2012Pranesh Prakash participated in the Consumers International Global Meeting held in Kuala Lumpur on March 8 and 9, 2012. He spoke on UN Consumer Guidelines. Robin Brown, Tobias Schönwetter and Guilherme Varella were the other speakers in the …
11 Feb 2011
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Thomas Abraham's Rebuttal on Parallel ImportationWe engaged in an e-mail conversation with Thomas Abraham, the managing director of Hachette India, on the issue of parallel importation of books into India. We thought it would be in the public interest to publish a substantive part of that …
1 Feb 2011
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Indian Law and "Parallel Exports"Recently, a lawyer for the publishing industry made the claim that allowing for parallel importation would legally allow for the exports of low-priced edition. Here we present a legal rebuttal of that claim.
18 Jul 2010
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Analysis of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010CIS analyses the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010, from a public interest perspective to sift the good from the bad, and importantly to point out what crucial amendments should be considered but have not been so far.
13 Jul 2010
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A Guide to Key IPR Provisions of the Proposed India-European Union Free Trade AgreementThe Centre for Internet and Society presents a guide for policymakers and other stakeholders to the latest draft of the India-European Union Free Trade Agreement, which likely will be concluded by the end of the year and may hold serious …
14 May 2010
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The 2010 Special 301 Report Is More of the Same, Slightly Less ShrillPranesh Prakash examines the numerous flaws in the Special 301 from the Indian perspective, to come to the conclusion that the Indian government should openly refuse to acknowledge such a flawed report. He notes that the Consumers …
30 Nov 2009
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Open Standards Workshop at IGF '09The Centre for Internet and Society co-organized a workshop on 'Open Standards: A Rights-Based Framework' at the fourth Internet Governance Forum, at Sharm el-Sheikh. The panel was chaired by Aslam Raffee of Sun Microsystems and the …
29 Oct 2009
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At the end of the niche optical pirateIn this blog post, Siddharth Chaddha goes enquiring into the modus operandi of a video pirate / film lover / businessman in Bangalore's famed National Market.
18 Aug 2009
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Civil Society Letter Against TRIPS-Plus IP EnforcementThis open letter was sent to the president of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and high-level government officials on the eve of the Third International Conference on Counterfeiting & Piracy organized by CII. This conference aims to …
5 Jun 2009
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Consumers International IP Watch List 2009In response to the US Special 301 report, Consumers International brought out an IP Watch List. CIS contributed the India Country Report for the Watch List.
29 May 2009
Blog post
Of my struggle with a Broadband ConnectionThis is a reflection on my experiences with installing a broadband Internet connection at home. The closing post of an interview is delayed since Jamie and Peter are traveling.