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Privacy
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26 Aug 2010
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No UID Campaign in New Delhi - A ReportThe Unique Identification (UID) Bill is not pro-citizen. The scheme is deeply undemocratic, expensive and fraught with unforseen consequences. A public meeting on UID was held at the Constitution Club, Rafi Marg in New Delhi on 25 August, …
16 Apr 2010
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Does the Safe-Harbor Program Adequately Address Third Parties Online?While many citizens outside of the US and EU benefit from the data privacy provisions the Safe Harbor Program, it remains unclear how successfully the program can govern privacy practices when third-parties continue to gain more rights over …
2 Mar 2010
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Does the Social Web need a Googopoly?While the utility of the new social tool Buzz is still under question, the bold move into social space taken last week by the Google Buzz team has Gmail users questioning privacy implications of the new feature. In this post, I posit that …
26 Feb 2010
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The (in)Visible Subject: Power, Privacy and Social NetworkingIn this entry, I will argue that the interplay between privacy and power on social network sites works ultimately to subject individuals to the gaze of others, or to alternatively render them invisible. Individual choices concerning privacy …