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Privacy
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24 Apr 2025
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Mapping the Legal and Regulatory Frameworks of the Ad-Tech Ecosystem in IndiaThe main purpose of regulations in any sector is essentially twofold, one is to ensure that the interests of the general public or consumers are protected, and the other is to ensure that the sector itself flourishes and grows. Too much …
6 Mar 2025
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The Centre for Internet and Society’s comments and feedback to the: Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted its comments and feedback to the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025 initiated by the Indian government.
10 Jan 2025
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Privacy Policy Framework for Indian Mental Health AppsThis report analyses the privacy policies of mental health apps in India and provides recommendations for making the policies not only legally compliant but also user-centric
18 Oct 2023
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Digital Delivery and Data System for Farmer Income SupportThis report, jointly published by the Centre for Internet & Society and Privacy International, highlights the digital systems deployed by the government to augment farmer income. It analyses the PM-Kisan and Kalia schemes in Odisha and …
8 Aug 2023
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Deceptive Design in Voice Interfaces: Impact on Inclusivity, Accessibility, and PrivacyThis article was commissioned by the Pranava Institute, as part of their project titled Design Beyond Deception, supported by the University of Notre Dame - IBM's Tech Ethics Lab.” The article examines the design of voice interfaces (VI) to …
10 Jul 2023
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Health Data Management Policies - Differences Between the EU and IndiaThrough this issue brief we would like to highlight the differences in approaches to health data management taken by the EU and India, and look at possible recommendations for India, in creating a privacy preserving health data management …
4 Jul 2023
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CoWIN Breach: What Makes India's Health Data an Easy Target for Bad Actors?Recent health data policies have failed to even mention the CoWIN platform.
20 Jan 2023
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The Centre for Internet and Society’s comments and recommendations to the: The Digital Data Protection Bill 2022The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) published its comments and recommendations to the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, on December 17, 2022.
17 Oct 2022
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Demystifying Data Breaches in IndiaDespite the rate at which data breaches occur and are reported in the media, there seems to be little information about how and when they are resolved. This post examines the discourse on data breaches in India with respect to their …
3 Oct 2022
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Getting the (Digital) Indo-Pacific Economic Framework RightOn the eve of the Tokyo Quad Summit in May 2022, President Biden unveiled the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), visualising cooperation across the Indo-Pacific based on four pillars: trade; supply chains; clean energy, decarbonisation …
29 Sep 2022
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NHA Data Sharing Guidelines – Yet Another Policy in the Absence of a Data Protection ActIn July this year, the National Health Authority (NHA) released the NHA Data Sharing Guidelines for the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PM-JAY) just two months after publishing the draft Health Data Management Policy.
9 Aug 2022
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Surveillance Enabling Identity Systems in Africa: Tracing the Fingerprints of AadhaarBiometric identity systems are being introduced around the world with a focus on promoting human development and social and economic inclusion, rather than previous goals of security. As a result, these systems being encouraged in …
21 Jul 2022
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Deployment of Digital Health Policies and Technologies: During Covid-19In the last twenty years or so, the Indian government has adopted several digital mechanisms to deliver services to its citizens.
30 Jun 2022
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The Government’s Increased Focus on Regulating Non-Personal Data: A Look at the Draft National Data Governance Framework PolicyDigvijay Chaudhary and Anamika Kundu wrote an article on the National Data Governance Framework Policy. It was edited by Shweta Mohandas.
27 Jun 2022
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Making Voices HeardWe are happy to announce the launch of our final report on the study ‘Making Voices Heard: Privacy, Inclusivity, and Accessibility of Voice Interfaces in India. The study was undertaken with support from the Mozilla Corporation.
28 Apr 2022
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CCTVs in Public Spaces and the Data Protection Bill, 2021This article has been authored by Ms. Anamika Kundu, Research Assistant at the Centre for Internet and Society, and Digvijay S. Chaudhary, Researcher at the Centre for Internet and Society. This blog is a part of RSRR’s Blog Series on the …
16 Apr 2022
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Rethinking Acquisition of Digital Devices by Law Enforcement AgenciesThis article has been selected as a part of The Right to Privacy and the Legality of Surveillance series organized in collaboration with the RGNUL Student Research Review (RSRR) Journal.
1 Apr 2022
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Comments to the draft Motor Vehicle Aggregators Scheme, 2021This submission presents a response by researchers at the Centre for Internet and Society, India (CIS) to the draft Motor Vehicle Aggregators Scheme, 2021 published by the Transport Department, Government of National Capital Territory of …
30 Mar 2022
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Personal Data Protection Bill must examine data collection practices that emerged during pandemicThe PDP bill is speculated to be introduced during the winter session of the parliament soon. The PDP Bill in its current form provides wide-ranging exemptions which allow government agencies to process citizen’s data in order to fulfil its …
1 Mar 2022
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How Function Of State May Limit Informed Consent: Examining Clause 12 Of The Data Protection BillThe collective implication of leaving out ‘proportionality’ from Clause 12 is to provide very wide discretionary powers to the state.
1 Mar 2022
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Clause 12 Of The Data Protection Bill And Digital Healthcare: A Case StudyIn light of the state’s emerging digital healthcare apparatus, how does Clause 12 alter the consent and purpose limitation model?
14 Feb 2022
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CIS Comments and Recommendations on the Data Protection Bill, 2021This document is a revised version of the comments we provided on the 2019 Bill on 20 February 2020, with updates based on the amendments in the 2021 Bill.
31 Aug 2021
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Facial Recognition Technology in IndiaThe Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project, University of Essex, UK and the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) have jointly published a research paper on facial recognition technology. Authors, Elonnai Hickok, Pallavi Bedi, Aman …
10 Aug 2021
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Techno-solutionist Responses to COVID-19The Indian state has increasingly adopted a digital approach to service delivery over the past decade, with vaccination being the latest area to be subsumed by this strategy. In the context of the need for universal vaccination, the …
3 Aug 2021
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Do We Really Need an App for That? Examining the Utility and Privacy Implications of India’s Digital Vaccine CertificatesWe examine the purported benefits of digital vaccine certificates over regular paper-based ones and analyse the privacy implications of their use.
5 Jul 2021
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State of Consumer Digital Security in IndiaThis report attempts to identify the existing state of digital safety in India, with a mapping of digital threats, which will aid stakeholders in identifying and addressing digital security problems in the country. This project was funded …
28 Jun 2021
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Advanced biometric technologies and new market entries tackle fraud, chase digital ID billionsAmid forecasts of rapid growth and huge market potential, digital ID platforms launches by Techsign and Ping Identity, new services, features and even an investment fund have been launched.
18 Jan 2021
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PDP Bill is coming: WhatsApp Privacy Policy analysisWhatsApp started off the new year with changes to its privacy policy that has several implications for data protection and the digital governance ecosystem at large. This post is the first in a series by CIS unpacking the various …
31 Dec 2020
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Response to the Pegasus Questionnaire issued by the SC Technical CommitteeOn March 25, 2022, the Supreme Court appointed Technical Committee constituted to examine the allegations of alleged unauthorised surveillance using the Pegasus software released a questionnaire seeking responses and comments from the …
31 Dec 2020
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Pandemic Technology takes its Toll on Data PrivacyThe absence of any legal framework has meant these tools are now being used for purposes beyond managing the pandemic.