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Biometrics or Bust? Implications of the UID for Participation and Inclusion: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 06, 2014 — last modified Jan 06, 2014 08:56 AM — filed under: UID, Event, Internet Governance, Privacy
Malavika Jayaram will give a talk on biometrics and the implications of UID for participation and inclusion at the office of the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore on January 10, 2014 at 6.00 p.m.
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Biometrics: An ‘Angootha Chaap’ nation?: by Mukta Batra — published Sep 19, 2014 — last modified Sep 19, 2014 06:12 AM — filed under: UID, Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
This blog post throws light on the inconsistencies in biometric collection under the UID and NPR Schemes.
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Can the Aadhaar Act 2016 be Classified as a Money Bill?: by Pooja Saxena — published Apr 24, 2016 — last modified Apr 25, 2016 01:48 PM — filed under: UID, Privacy, Internet Governance, Digital India, Aadhaar
In this infographic, we show if the Aadhaar Act 2016, recently tabled in and passed by the Lok Sabha as a money bill, can be classified as a money bill. The infographic is designed by Pooja Saxena, based on information compiled by Amber Sinha and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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Can the Matters Dealt with in the Aadhaar Act be the Objects of a Money Bill?: by Pooja Saxena — published Apr 24, 2016 — filed under: UID, Privacy, Internet Governance, Digital India, Aadhaar
In this infographic, we highlight the matters dealt with in the Aadhaar Act 2016, recently tabled in and passed by the Lok Sabha as a money bill, and consider if these can be objects of a money bill. The infographic is designed by Pooja Saxena, based on information compiled by Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Amber Sinha.
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Card transactions with Aadhaar validation need more time: experts: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 05, 2013 — last modified Dec 26, 2013 06:25 AM — filed under: UID, Internet Governance
Cost and supply implications are seen by experts as the main hurdles in implementing the RBI directive.
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CIS Submission to TRAI Consultation Note on Model for Nation-wide Interoperable and Scalable Public Wi-Fi Networks: by Japreet Grewal, Pranesh Prakash, Sharath Chandra, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Sunil Abraham, and Udbhav Tiwari, with expert comments from Amelia Andersdotter — published Dec 12, 2016 — last modified Dec 12, 2016 01:59 PM — filed under: Digital Payment, Public Wireless Network, TRAI, Internet Governance, Telecom, Featured, Aadhaar, Homepage, UID
This submission presents responses by the CIS on the Consultation Note on Model for Nation-wide Interoperable and Scalable Public Wi-Fi Networks published by the TRAI on November 15, 2016. Our analysis of the solution proposed in the Note, in brief, is that there is no need of a solution for non-existing interoperability problem for authentication and payment services for accessing public Wi-Fi networks. The proposed solution in this Note only adds to over-regulation in this sector, and does not incentivise new investment in the sector, but only establishes UIDAI and NPCI as the monopoly service providers for authentication and payment services.
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Comments on the Report of the Committee on Digital Payments (December 2016): by Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Amber Sinha — published Jan 12, 2017 — last modified Jan 12, 2017 12:32 PM — filed under: UID, Digital ID, Big Data, Digital Economy, Digital Access, Privacy, Digital Security, Data Revolution, Digital Payment, Internet Governance, Digital India, Data Protection, Demonetisation, Homepage, Featured, Aadhaar
The Committee on Digital Payments constituted by the Ministry of Finance and chaired by Ratan P. Watal, Principal Advisor, NITI Aayog, submitted its report on the "Medium Term Recommendations to Strengthen Digital Payments Ecosystem" on December 09, 2016. The report was made public on December 27, and comments were sought from the general public. Here are the comments submitted by the Centre for Internet and Society.
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Cyberscholars Working Group at MIT: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 09, 2013 — last modified Jan 09, 2014 06:41 AM — filed under: UID, Internet Governance
Malavika Jayaram is giving a talk on Biometrics or Bust - India’s Identity Crisis at this event organised by Berkman Center for Internet & Society on December 12 at 6.00 p.m.
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Data for Governance, Governance of Data, and Data Anxieties: by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Jul 03, 2016 — last modified Jul 03, 2016 05:59 AM — filed under: Digital News, Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, UID, Data Systems, Digital Knowledge, Research, Aadhaar, Researchers at Work
The Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) organised a panel discussion on 'The Data Explosion – How the Internet of Things will Affect Media Freedom and Communication Systems?' at Deutsche Welle's Global Media Forum 2016, held in Bonn, Germany during June 13-15, 2016. Sumandro Chattapadhyay was invited as one of the panelists.
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Despite apex court order, IOC proceeds with Aadhaar-linked DBT: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 06, 2014 — last modified Jan 31, 2014 06:50 AM — filed under: UID, Internet Governance, Privacy
Once DBT starts, there is no other method to avail of subsidy: IOC official.
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