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Internet Governance
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16 Jan 2018
News
Virtual Aadhaar ID: too little, too late?Problems persist as many have already shared their 12-digit number with various entities, say experts
16 Jan 2018
News
UIDAI's Virtual ID, limited KYC does little to protect Aadhaar data already collected, say criticsAadhaar-issuing body, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), had barely started patting itself on the back for introducing the Virtual ID concept, what CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey called "one of biggest recent innovations in this …
16 Jan 2018
News
UIDAI introduces new two-layer security system to improve Aadhaar privacyThe Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has introduced a system of virtual authentication for citizens enrolled on its database and limited the access available to service providers in a move aimed at allaying widespread …
16 Jan 2018
News
Is your personal information under lock and key?Customers, be more careful about how you log in and log off!
16 Jan 2018
News
Hammered government offers Virtual ID firewall to protect your AadhaarDays after reports surfaced claiming security breaches, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Wednesday announced the implementation of a new security protocol that would remove the need to divulge Aadhaar numbers during …
16 Jan 2018
News
Bengaluru gives data safety tips to panelA crucial consultation ahead of the framing of the country's data protection laws witnessed animated discussions here on Saturday.
16 Jan 2018
News
Aadhaar Body Talked About Virtual ID 7 Years Ago, Put It Off: UIDAI Chief"And at that time, it was felt that let us first give Aadhaar number, let us see how it plays out and then, at an appropriate time, this will be introduced," Ajay Bhushan Pandey, the chief executive officer of UIDAI, or the Unique …
11 Jan 2018
Blog post
Internet Governance Forum Report 2017The twelfth annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 17 to 21 December 2017, on the theme, Shape Your Digital Future!
10 Jan 2018
Blog post
Fixing Aadhaar: Security developers' task is to trim chances of data breachThe task before a security developer is not only to reduce the probability of identity breach but to eliminate certain occurrences.
7 Jan 2018
News
UIDAI denies any breach of Aadhaar databasePersonal data, including biometric information, of citizens safe and secure, says UIDAI on Aadhaar data breach.
4 Jan 2018
News
From net neutrality to IBC & Aadhaar, how Vidhi is framing key government legislationIt's not every day that a 30-something former Oxford academic disrupts the plans of the world's biggest disruptor.
2 Jan 2018
Blog post
New Recommendations to Regulate Online Hate Speech Could Pose More Problems Than SolutionsThe T.K. Viswanathan committee’s recommendations could prove to be dangerous for free speech if acted upon without resolving its flaws.
20 Dec 2017
Blog post
Will Darjeeling Regain the Trust of Tourists?An agitation coupled with an internet ban that left tourists stranded, it looks like a tough time ahead for tourism in the Hills.
20 Dec 2017
Blog post
Taxes in the Time of Internet ShutdownStrap: Darjeeling businesses buckle under a bandh, network ban, and GST
20 Dec 2017
Blog post
Silence on the Dera FrontStrap: How DSS followers, accused of violent protests after their leader was sentenced, manage without the internet.
20 Dec 2017
Blog post
ISPs in Kashmir Grappling with Mounting Losses Amid Recurrent ShutdownsStrap: Internet savvy youth taking to alternative routes to access the world wide web.
20 Dec 2017
Blog post
Every Town had its Jio DaraStrap: In the hills of Darjeeling, residents facing an indefinite internet shutdown were thrown an unexpected lifeline in the form of 'Jio dara', a feeble signal from Sikkim towers that nevertheless kept a small line of communication open …
20 Dec 2017
Blog post
Education and Employment Opportunities Tossed out of the WindowStrap: Schools, students and teachers remember how they survived 100 days of internet shutdown.
20 Dec 2017
Blog post
E-administration Efforts are Lame Ducks without InternetStrap: How Haryana engages with the Digital India dream when one act of vandalism can invite a net ban.
20 Dec 2017
Blog post
Darjeeling’s e-commerce Crumbles after 100 days sans InternetStrap: The shutdown on ground and that of the internet have together hurt the economy critically
19 Dec 2017
Blog post
Was there an Unofficial Internet Shutdown in BHU & NTPC?Strap: In Varanasi and Raebareli, residents allege internet bans, while govt denies it all.
19 Dec 2017
Blog post
The Rising Stars in Music Loath Losing their Only PlatformStrap: The music from Kashmir wants to find a way out, but shutting internet down only adds to the bitterness.
19 Dec 2017
Blog post
Stock Brokers Don't Love an Internet ShutdownStrap: For a trade that rides on price volatility and fast reactions, an internet shutdown is a costly slowdown.
19 Dec 2017
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Sorry, Business Closed until Internet is Back OnStrap: Exporters say they lose face with international clients when internet shutdowns block deliveries.
19 Dec 2017
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Online or Offline, Protest Goes OnStrap: Kashmiris say internet blockades have no effect on uprisings
19 Dec 2017
Blog post
It Hurts Them TooStrap: Internet shutdown robs security forces' social media lifeline in J&K.
19 Dec 2017
Blog post
Internet Shutdowns: A Modern-day SiegeStrap: Technology activists, lawyers, politicians and NGOs weigh in on the spate of internet shutdowns in India in 2017.
19 Dec 2017
Blog post
Internet and the Police: Tool to Some, Trash to OthersStrap: Disconnection with colleagues discomforts one part of the administration, but the other quips, what’s the big deal?
19 Dec 2017
Blog post
Internet and Banking: A Trust BrokenStrap: Some cut down their daily meals and some lost their jobs as the banking sector took a major hit during internet shutdowns.
19 Dec 2017
Blog post
How Media beat the Shutdown in DarjeelingStrap:Journalists did what the state was expected to do: fight rumours.