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Privacy
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28 Aug 2019
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What Centre will tell Supreme Court on Aadhaar and social media account linkageThe top court had held in the Aadhaar case that the government can make the linking of the 12-digit-number mandatory only in the case of availing subsidies and welfare benefits. Consequently, Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act was struck down.
28 Aug 2019
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Linking Aadhaar with social media or ending encryption is counterproductiveShould Aadhaar be used as KYC for social media accounts? We have recently seen a debate on this question with even the courts hearing arguments in favour and against such a move.
28 Aug 2019
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A judicial overreach into matters of regulationA PIL on Aadhaar sheds light on some problematic trends
27 Aug 2019
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Linking Aadhaar to Facebook, Twitter: Possible witch-hunt or key to curb crime & fake news?The Supreme Court has cautioned against linking users’ social media accounts with Aadhaar, saying it will impinge on citizens’ privacy.
13 Aug 2019
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IETF 105Gurshabad Grover attended a meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), IETF105, held in Montreal from July 20 - 26.
8 Aug 2019
8 Aug 2019
8 Aug 2019
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Design and Uses of Digital Identities - Research PlanIn our research project about uses and design of digital identity systems, we ask two core questions: a) What are appropriate uses of ID?, and b) How should we think about the technological design of ID? Towards the first research question, …
8 Aug 2019
7 Aug 2019
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National Stakeholders Consultation on the National Digital Health BlueprintAmbika Tandon and Aayush Rathi attended the National Stakeholders Consultation on the National Digital Health Blueprint organised by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 6 August 2019 at Constitution Club of India in New Delhi.
7 Aug 2019
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Comments on the National Digital Health BlueprintThe Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had released the National Digital Health Blueprint on 15 July 2019 for comments. The Centre for Internet & Society submitted its comments.
31 Jul 2019
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In India, Privacy Policies of Fintech Companies Pay Lip Service to User RightsA study of the privacy policies of 48 fintech companies that operate in India shows that none comply with even the basic requirements of the IT Rules, 2011.
31 Jul 2019
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Facebook Data for Good in New DelhiWhen data is shared responsibly with the communities that need it, it can improve well being and save lives. Anubha Sinha participated in a session organized by Facebook on 29 July 2019 at University of Chicago Center in New Delhi.
31 Jul 2019
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Facebook Data for Good in BangaloreWhen data is shared responsibly with the communities that need it, it can improve well being and save lives. Shweta Mohandas participated in a session organized by Facebook on 25 July 2019 at Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore.
30 Jul 2019
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The Digital Identification ParadeNCRB’s proposed Automated Facial Recognition System impinges on right to privacy, is likely to target certain groups.
30 Jul 2019
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Roundtable with the WhatsApp leadershipWill Cathcart, WhatsApp's new global head, visited India and invited Sunil Abraham for a discussion on 26 July 2019 at the Mountbatten, The Oberoi, New Delhi. Sunil met with some other people from WhatsApp leadership.
30 Jul 2019
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Easing the US-India divergence on data localisationAddition of data localisation to the basket of persisting trade issues warrants greater compartmentalisation and consultative approaches to US-India ties.
21 Jul 2019
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Old Isn't Always Gold: FaceApp and Its Privacy PoliciesLeaving aside the Red Scare for a moment, FaceApp's own rebuttal of privacy worries are highly problematic in nature.
21 Jul 2019
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BIS LITD 17 meetingOn July 3, 2019, Gurshabad Grover attended the sixteenth meeting of the Information Systems Security and Biometrics Section Committee (LITD17) at the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in New Delhi.
4 Jul 2019
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Setting the Agenda: A Behavioural Science approach to Data PrivacyAmber Sinha attended a meeting organised by the Centre for Social Behaviour Change (CSBC) at Ashoka University and the Busara Center for Behavioral Economics on 26 June 2019 at CSBC office, Vasant Vihar in New Delhi.
3 Jul 2019
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The Impact of Consolidation in the Internet Economy on the Evolution of the InternetThe Centre for Internet and Society in partnership with the Internet Society organized an event on the impact of consolidation in the Internet economy. It was divided into two roundtable discussions, the first one focusing on the policies …
3 Jul 2019
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Digital ID Forum 2019Sunil Abraham was one of the panelists at this event at Chulalongkorn University on July 3, 2019.
26 Jun 2019
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Pranesh Prakash as Resource Person for ITD seminar on CompetitionPranesh Prakash represented the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) as a resource person for a training seminar held by the International Institute for Trade and Development, which is an organization with a UN mandate and funding by the …
22 Jun 2019
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Facebook to pay Indians to give up privacy: Experts raise questionsFacebook has launched a voluntary, opt-in program, which monetarily compensates users in exchange for their data.
14 Jun 2019
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Workshop on 'Urban Data, Inequality and Justice in the Global South'Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon presented our research on video-based surveillance in New Delhi at a workshop on urban data, inequality, and justice in the global South at the University of Manchester on 14 June 2019.
10 Jun 2019
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No Fintech company meets every single privacy requirement under IT Act: CIS reportThe study shows that privacy policies companies such as Paytm, Jio Payments Bank, Airtel Payments Bank, Amazon Pay, Bhim are not accessible from the main website.
5 Jun 2019
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HillHacks 2019Karan Saini was a speaker at HillHacks 2019 organized by HillHacks in Bir, Himachal Pradesh from May 24 to May 26, 2019.
25 May 2019
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Stockholm Internet Forum 2019Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) organized the Stockholm Internet Forum 2019 in Stockholm from 16 - 17 May 2019. Gurshabad Grover was a panelist in the discussion on 'Influencing Internet Governance' co-organised by Article …
22 May 2019
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ABLI Privacy WorkshopOn May 21 and 22, 2019, Elonnai Hickok, participated in the ABLI privacy workshop along with side events in Singapore.
14 May 2019
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Curating Genderlog India's Twitter handleShweta Mohandas has been nominated to curate Genderlog's Twitter handle (@genderlogindia).