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Internet Governance
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24 Nov 2017
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Indian activists slam FCC decision to ditch net neutralityIndian net neutrality activists are assured the ongoing net neutrality tussle in the US will have no impact on India.
24 Nov 2017
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Global Technology Summit 2017The 2017 Global Technology Summit will take place on December 7 and 8, 2017 at the Hotel Leela Palace, Bangalore. Sunil Abraham is a speaker at the event.
24 Nov 2017
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Cyberattacks a significant threat to democracy: ModiWe have to ensure that cyberspace does not become a playground for dark horses of radicalism, says PM Narendra Modi at the fifth Global Conference on Cyber Space in Delhi.
23 Nov 2017
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Privacy issues exist even without AadhaarThere is a critical need for a data privacy regulator to penalize unauthorized disclosure of personal information.
23 Nov 2017
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India’s internet missionaries: The women Google is relying on to spread its Next Billion messageGoogle’s internet saathis have brought 11.5 million women in 105,000 villages online. But there’s a catch: the women are taught to use only Google products.
23 Nov 2017
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Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC)The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace organized a meeting on November 21, 2017 in New Delhi. The meeting took place at Taj Diplomatic Enclave Hotel on the sidelines of the 5th Global Conference on Cyberspace. Pranesh Prakash …
23 Nov 2017
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Financial CERT to combat cyber threats, says MoS home affairsTo tackle cyber threats to India’s financial institutions, the central government is mulling to establish a financial Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT).
23 Nov 2017
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Counter Comments on TRAI's Consultation Paper on Privacy, Security and Ownership of Data in Telecom SectorThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) has commented on the Consultation Paper on Privacy, Security and Ownership of Data in Telecom Sector published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on August 9, 2017.
23 Nov 2017
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Aadhaar seeding: benefits and concernsProducts and services such as bank accounts, life insurance policies and phone connections have to be linked with Aadhaar. But is this of any real help?
21 Nov 2017
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UIDAI admits 210 government websites made Aadhaar details publicThe Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has admitted that Aadhaar details were leaked on over 200 central and state government websites.
14 Nov 2017
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Breach Notifications: A Step towards Cyber Security for Consumers and CitizensThrough the Digital India project the Indian government is seeking to establish India as a digital nation at the forefront. Increasingly, this means having good cyber-security policies in place and enabling a prosperous business environment …
12 Nov 2017
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A Comparison of Legal and Regulatory Approaches to Cyber Security in India and the United KingdomThis report is the first part of a three part series of reports that compares the Indian cyber security framework with that of the U.K, U.S and Singapore.
8 Nov 2017
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Big Data for governanceRecent times have witnessed an explosion of data as users started leaving a huge data footprint everywhere they go. Interestingly, this period has seen a phenomenal increase in computing power couple by a drop in costs of storage.
8 Nov 2017
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#NAMAprivacy: The economics and business models of IoT and other issuesOn 5th October, MediaNama held a #NAMAprivacy conference in Bangalore focused on Privacy in the context of Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT) and the issue of consent, supported by Google, Amazon, Mozilla, ISOC, E2E Networks …
8 Nov 2017
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#NAMAprivacy: Data standards for IoT and home automation systemsOn 5th October, MediaNama held a #NAMAprivacy conference in Bangalore focused on Privacy in the context of Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT) and the issue of consent, supported by Google, Amazon, Mozilla, ISOC, E2E Networks …
29 Oct 2017
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Why Presumption of Renewal is Unsuitable for the Current Registry Market StructureWith the recent and much protested renewal of the .net legacy Top-Level-Domain (TLD), the question of the appropriate method of renewal has again come to the forefront. While this seems relatively uncontroversial to most, Padma …
29 Oct 2017
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CIS’ Efforts Towards Greater Financial Disclosure by ICANNCIS has been working towards enhancing transparency and accountability at ICANN since 2014. While initial efforts have resulted in ICANN revealing its sources of income in a granular fashion in 2015, we are yet to see this level of …
24 Oct 2017
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Majority of top politicians' Twitter followers fake: auditA majority of Twitter users following top Indian politicians, including prime minister Narendra Modi, are fake, according to an audit site.
24 Oct 2017
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ICANN’s Problems with Accountability and the .WEB ControversyThe Post-Transition IANA promised enhanced transparency and accountability to the global multistakeholder community. The series of events surrounding the .WEB auction earlier this year has stirred up issues relating to the lack of …
17 Oct 2017
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GDPR and India: A Comparative AnalysisAt present, companies world over are in the process of assessing the impact that EU General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) will have on their businesses.
12 Oct 2017
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Ahead of data protection law roll out, experts caution that it shouldn't limit collection and use of dataWith India planning to roll out a new data protection regime following the landmark Supreme Court judgment upholding right to privacy as fundamental right, experts have cautioned that the new law should not limit collection and use of data.
10 Oct 2017
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Securing The Digital Payments EcosystemUdbhav Tiwari attended a consultation organized by NITI Aayog and Observer Research Foundation on October 9, 2017 in NITI Aayog office in New Delhi.
7 Oct 2017
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Sex, drugs and the dark webBlend anonymity and bitcoins for a ‘guaranteed safe’ cocktail of terrifying potential.
5 Oct 2017
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CyFy 2017CyFy is a conference on internet governance and cyber security organised by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in New Delhi between 2 and 4 October 2017. Sunil Abraham was a speaker.
4 Oct 2017
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Revisiting Per Se vs Rule of Reason in Light of the Intel Conditional Rebate CaseRecent developments in the European Union (EU) regarding the antitrust case against Intel have brought back into focus two rules of competition law analysis- the per se rule and the rule of reason. In light of the decision by the Court of …
4 Oct 2017
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Attempted data breach of UIDAI, RBI, ISRO and Flipkart is worrisomePerhaps, we got lucky this time, but the ongoing problem of massive cyber-security breaches wouldn't stop at one thwarted attempt to steal sensitive information from the biggest and most important databases.
27 Sep 2017
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The Fundamental Right to Privacy: An AnalysisLast month’s judgment by the nine judge referral bench was an emphatic endorsement of the the constitutional right to privacy. In the course of a 547 page judgment, the bench affirmed …
20 Sep 2017
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Should you worry about identity theft?Laws in India regarding data protection may be weak, but following basic cyber hygiene rules can make your own defences stronger.
14 Sep 2017
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Russian social network VKontakte temporarily blocked in India for Blue Whale threatRussian social network Vkontakte, where the suicidal online "game" Blue Whale+ is believed to have originated, was blocked on certain internet service provider networks on Tuesday.
14 Sep 2017
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Point of View wins Laadli Media Award: “An encouragement to keep fighting for gender equality”The first season of Deep Dives - Sexing the Interwebs won the South Asian Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity 2017 in the “Best web series" /"Special edition” category. Rohini Lakshané was one of ten contributors to the series of long …