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Privacy
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16 Mar 2016
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Press Release, March 11, 2016: The Law cannot Fix what Technology has Broken!We published and circulated the following press release on March 11, 2016, as the Lok Sabha passed the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016. This Bill was proposed by finance …
16 Mar 2016
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List of Recommendations on the Aadhaar Bill, 2016 - Letter Submitted to the Members of ParliamentOn Friday, March 11, the Lok Sabha passed the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016. The Bill was introduced as a money bill and there was no public consultation to evaluate the …
16 Mar 2016
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Govt narrative on Aadhaar has not changed in the last six years: Sunil AbrahamThe bill is basically the same as the UPA version, with some cosmetic changes, and some tokenism towards the right to privacy, says Abraham.
16 Mar 2016
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An Urgent Need for the Right to PrivacyAlong with a group of individuals and organisations from academia and civil society, we have drafted and are signatories to an open letter addressed to the Union government and urging the same to "urgently take steps to uphold the …
16 Mar 2016
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Aadhaar is actually surveillance tech: Sunil AbrahamOn March 12, the Lok Sabha passed the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016, paving the way for giving legal status to Aadhaar, a 12-digit unique identification number generated after …
11 Mar 2016
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The New Aadhaar Bill in Plain EnglishWe have put together a plain English version of the The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016.
11 Mar 2016
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GNI-Industry Dialogue Learning Session: Human Rights Impact Assessments and Due Diligence in the ICT sectorElonnai Hickok attended the meeting organized by Global Network Initiative on March 11, 2016 in Washington D.C.
10 Mar 2016
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Are we Losing the Right to Privacy and Freedom of Speech on Indian Internet?The article was published in DNA on March 10, 2016.
10 Mar 2016
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Aadhaar Bill fails to incorporate suggestions by the Standing CommitteeIn 2011, a standing committee report led by Yashwant Sinha had been scathing in its indictments of the Aadhaar BIll introduced by the UPA government. Five years later, the NDA government has introduced a new bill which is a rehash of the …
9 Mar 2016
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Aadhaar Bill 2016 & NIAI Bill 2010 - Comparing the TextsThis is a quick comparison of the texts of the Aadhaar Bill 2016 and the National Identification Authority of India Bill 2010. The new sections in the former are highlighed, and the deleted sections (that were part of the latter) are struck …
7 Mar 2016
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Aadhaar: Still Too Many ProblemsWhile one wishes to welcome govt’s attempt to bring Aadhaar within a legislative framework, the fact is there are too many problems that still remain unaddressed for one to be optimistic.
6 Mar 2016
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Flaws in the UIDAI ProcessThe accuracy of biometric identification depends on the chance of a false positive: the probability that the identifiers of two persons will match. Individuals whose identifiers match might be termed duplicands. When very many people are to …
1 Mar 2016
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Sean McDonald - Ebola: A Big Data DisasterWe are proud to initiate the CIS Papers series with a fascinating exploration of humanitarian use of big data and its discontents by Sean McDonald, FrontlineSMS, in the context of utilisation of Call Detail Records for public health …
27 Feb 2016
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Netizen Report: The EU Wrestles With Facebook Over PrivacyGlobal Voices Advocacy's Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world.
27 Feb 2016
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Comments by the Centre for Internet and Society on the Report of the Committee on Medium Term Path on Financial InclusionApart from item-specific suggestions, CIS would like to make one broad comment with regard to the suggestions dealing with linking of Aadhaar numbers with bank accounts. Aadhaar is increasingly being used by the government in various …
14 Feb 2016
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A Case for Greater Privacy Paternalism?This is the second part of a series of three articles exploring the issues with the privacy self management framework and potential alternatives.
5 Feb 2016
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Open Data Hackathons are Great, but Address Privacy and License ConcernsThis is to cross-publish a blog post from DataMeet website regarding a letter shared with the organisers of Urban Hack 2015, Bangalore, in response to a set of privacy and license concerns identified and voiced during the hackathon by …
29 Jan 2016
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Data Privacy Day 2016The Bangalore chapter of Data Privacy Day was organized by Data Security Council of India on January 28, 2016 at Electronic City in Bangalore. Sunil Abraham was a panelist.
12 Jan 2016
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What are People's Rights in Digital WorldVanya Rakesh participated in this workshop organized by IT for Change on December 4, 2015 in Bangalore.
11 Jan 2016
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Human Rights in the Age of Digital Technology: A Conference to Discuss the Evolution of Privacy and SurveillanceThe Centre for Internet and Society organised a conference in roundtable format called ‘Human Rights in the Age of Digital Technology: A Conference to discuss the evolution of Privacy and Surveillance. The conference was held at Indian …
11 Jan 2016
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A Critique of Consent in Information PrivacyThe idea of informed consent in privacy law is supposed to ensure the autonomy of an individual in any exercise which involves sharing of the individual's personal information. Consent is usually taken through a document, a privacy notice, …
6 Jan 2016
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Nasscom against differential pricing for data servicesThe National Association of Software and Services Companies says it should be the regulator that decides on such content, not firms.
3 Jan 2016
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Reply to RTI Application under RTI Act of 2005 from Vanya RakeshUnique Identification Authority of India replied to the RTI application filed by Vanya Rakesh.
31 Dec 2015
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Eight Key Privacy Events in India in the Year 2015As the year draws to a close, we are enumerating some of the key privacy related events in India that transpired in 2015. Much like the last few years, this year, too, was an eventful one in the context of privacy.
12 Dec 2015
10 Dec 2015
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Unbundling Issues of Privacy, Data Security, Identity Matrics, for Financial InclusionThis event was organized by Indicus Foundation and MicroSave on December 10, 2015 at the Metropolitan Hotel and Spa, New Delhi. Sunil Abraham was a speaker.
9 Dec 2015
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Kick Off Meeting for the Politics of Data ProjectTactical Technology Collective (TTC) on December 7 and 8, 2015 organized this event in Phnom Penh. Amber Sinha participated in it.
3 Dec 2015
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Security ResearchThe Centre Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy policy in India since the year 2010 with the following objectives.
2 Dec 2015
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UID ResearchThe Centre Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy policy in India since the year 2010 with the following objectives.
2 Dec 2015
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Sectoral Privacy ResearchThe Centre for Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy in India since the year 2010, with special focus on the following issues.