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Internet Governance
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23 Jun 2018
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Is Privacy Obsolete?Pranesh Prakash was a panelist at this event organized by TERI in Bangalore on June 22, 2018.
23 Jun 2018
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Anushka finds support for her anti-litter tiradeShe is well within her rights to shame the affluent man who threw plastic waste out of his swanky car, many say.
22 Jun 2018
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Comments on the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference RegulationsThis submission presents comments by the Centre for Internet & Society, India (“CIS”) on the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations which was released to the public by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India …
13 Jun 2018
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NITI Aayog Discussion Paper: An aspirational step towards India’s AI policyThe National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence — a discussion paper on India’s path forward in AI, is a welcome step towards a comprehensive document that reflects the government's AI ambitions. The 115-page discussion paper attempts to …
12 Jun 2018
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Why NPCI and Facebook need urgent regulatory attentionThe world’s oldest networked infrastructure, money, is increasingly dematerialising and fusing with the world’s latest networked infrastructure, the Internet.
12 Jun 2018
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Network Disruptions Report by Global Network InitiativeAround 70% of all known shutdowns in the world took place in India in 2017. The same year Telecom Authority of India (TRAI) released the “Temporary Suspension of Internet Services” giving State and Central Government officials the power to …
11 Jun 2018
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Citizens’ Draft Privacy Bill Seeks To Revolutionise Data Collection, Storage In IndiaA draft privacy bill proposes sweeping reforms to the way personal data is collected, processed and stored in India.
7 Jun 2018
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Comments on the Draft National Policy on Official StatisticsThis submission presents comments by the Centre for Internet & Society, India (“CIS”) on the Draft National Policy on Official Statistics which was released to the public by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on 17th …
5 Jun 2018
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EC disables easy access to electoral data across statesThe recently-concluded Assembly elections may have set more than just one precedent with implications for the entire nation.
1 Jun 2018
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Patanjali's Kimbho swiftly retreats over security scare, ripped on TwitterSwadeshi" messaging app targeted at WhatsApp taken off from app stores hours after launch.
1 Jun 2018
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Allow admins to add users to online group chats only after permission: SFLC.inSFLC.in -- a donor supported legal services organisation -- has written an open letter to messaging service providers like WhatsApp, Facebook and others, urging them to modify their platforms to ensure that users are not added to group …
31 May 2018
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India Proposes Law to Give Indians Complete Control of their Digital Health DataIndia’s health ministry has proposed a law to govern data security in the healthcare sector that would give individuals complete ownership of their health data.
31 May 2018
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Election Experiment Proves Facebook Just Doesn't Care About Fake News In IndiaMuch-hyped fact-checking initiative identified only 30 bits of fake news in month-long Karnataka campaign. Yup — 30!
31 May 2018
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Don't blindly forward WhatsApp messages. You could be suedNever before in Bengaluru has the Internet and social media taken such a vicious and violent turn as it did last week.
31 May 2018
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CIS contributes to ABLI Compendium on Regulation of Cross-Border Transfers of Personal Data in AsiaThe Asian Business Law Institute, based in Singapore published a compendium on “Regulation of cross-border transfer of personal data in Asia”. This was part of an exercise to explore legal convergence around issues such as data protection, …
30 May 2018
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Alexa’s recording leak in US ‘echoes’ privacy issues hereMarket analyst Sanjay Mehta (name changed) has been keeping his Amazon Echo smart speaker mostly unplugged since reports surfaced last week of the device’s voice assistant, Alexa, inadvertently recording and sending out conversations of a …
29 May 2018
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Design Concerns in Creating Privacy NoticesThe purpose of privacy notices and choice mechanisms is to notify users of the data practices of a system, so they can make informed privacy decisions.
26 May 2018
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IETF Indian Community Meetup: RFCs We Love (IoT edition)On May 19, 2018, Gurshabad Grover and Sandeep Kumar attended a 'RFCs We Love Meetup' of the Indian IETF Community held at Zoomcar's office in Bangalore. This meetup was dedicated to discussing IETF RFCs/Active Internet Drafts meant for …
26 May 2018
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Emerging Technologies: Issues & Way ForwardAayush Rathi and Gurshabad Grover attended a two day conference on 'Emerging Technologies: Issues & Way Forward' organised by the Technology Policy team at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), held on 23rd and 24th …
26 May 2018
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DIDP Request #30 - Employee remuneration structure at ICANNWe have requested ICANN to disclose the employee pay structure at ICANN with specific enquiries about the payment across the institutional hierarchy, gender, and region.
26 May 2018
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Complying with Europe’s GDPR will be a “matter of survival” for Indian IT firmsEurope’s new data laws could shake up Indian IT companies.
25 May 2018
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Inter Movements Open Forum: Trafficking BillOn 18 May 2018 Gurshabad Grover on behalf of CIS presented comments on the Trafficking (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill 2018 at a meeting of the Inter Movements Open Forum jointly organised by Sangram, Naz Foundation, NNSW, …
22 May 2018
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The law tries to catch up with techAt his testimony before the U.S. Congress, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke about the upcoming elections in India.
22 May 2018
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Privacy in the Digital Age: Addressing Common Challenges, Seizing OpportunitiesDG Justice and Consumers and European Union is organizing a conference on privacy in the digital age on May 25, 2018 in New Delhi.
20 May 2018
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More errors in Aadhaar data in Andhra Pradesh than in voter databaseAs much as eight per cent of Aadhaar data collected in Andhra Pradesh has errors, mostly related to name, address and date of birth, which is more than the errors in the voter ID database. But still, 87% of rural residents approve mandatory …
20 May 2018
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Indian Intermediary Liability Regime: Compliance with the Manila Principles on Intermediary LiabilityThis report assesses the compliance of the Indian intermediary liability framework with the Manila Principles on Intermediary Liability, and recommends substantive legislative changes to bring the legal framework in line with the Manila …
20 May 2018
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Fairness, Transparency and Accountable AIAmber Sinha participated remotely in the inaugural meeting of Fairness, Transparency and Accountable AI working group of the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence on May 10, 2018. The meeting was held at DeepMind's office in London.
18 May 2018
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Rootconf 2018Rootconf is an annual conference on DevOps and IT Infrastructure and is organised by HasGeek. On May 11 and 12, 2018, Gurshabad Grover, Natallia Khaniejo and Aayush Rathi attended Rootconf 2018.
18 May 2018
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Indian Cricket Board Exposes Personal Data of Thousands of PlayersThe IT security researchers at Kromtech Security Center discovered a trove of personal and sensitive data belonging to around 15,000 to 20,000 Indian applicants participating in cricket seasons 2015-2018.
18 May 2018
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India's Data Protection Framework Will Need to Treat Privacy as a Social and Not Just an Individual GoodThe idea that technological innovations may compete with privacy of individuals assumes that there is social and/or economic good in allowing unrestricted access to data. However, it must be remembered that data is potentially a toxic …