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Blog Entry Privacy in India — An Early Draft
by Natasha Vaz — published Feb 29, 2012 — last modified Feb 28, 2014 05:05 AM — filed under: ,
Privacy India in partnership with Privacy International, UK, Society in Action Group, Gurgaon, and the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore is pleased to bring you the draft chapters of its book on privacy in India. These include the Country Report, Telecommunication and Internet Privacy, E-Governance Identity and Privacy, Finance and Privacy, Health and Privacy, Transparency and Privacy.
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Blog Entry Unique ID System: Pros and Cons
by Natasha Vaz — published Feb 29, 2012 — filed under: ,
On September 16, 2011, the Citizen’s Voluntary Initiative for the City and Centre for Advocacy and Research organized a public consultation titled “Unique ID System: Pros and Cons” in Bangalore. The consultation was on the utility and impact of the UID system in India and featured a panel discussion with T. Prabhakar, public relations officer, e-governance, Ashok Dalwai, UIDAI regional deputy director, Somashekar V.K., managing trustee of Grahak Shakti and Col. Mathew Thomas, civic activist and retired army officer.
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Blog Entry All India Privacy Symposium
by Natasha Vaz — published Feb 22, 2012 — last modified Mar 01, 2012 06:16 AM — filed under: ,
Are we citizens or subjects? Experts gather in Delhi for public symposium on privacy, transparency, e-governance and national security in India.
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Blog Entry The High Level Privacy Conclave
by Natasha Vaz — published Feb 22, 2012 — last modified Mar 01, 2012 06:09 AM — filed under: ,
India in dire need of privacy law; experts say government is ironically creating huge national security risks in attempts to prevent crime and terrorism.
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All India Privacy Symposium Webcast
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 08, 2012 — filed under:
Welcome to the Webcast of the All India Privacy Symposium at the India International Centre in New Delhi on 4 February 2012.
New Bill to decide on individual’s right to privacy
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 07, 2012 — filed under: ,
A group of experts would identify issues relating to privacy and prepare a report to facilitate authoring the Privacy Bill. Vishwajoy Mukherjee's article was published in Tehelka on 6 February 2012.
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India needs an independent privacy law, says NGO Privacy India
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 03, 2012 — filed under: ,
India needs an independent privacy law though there are a number of provisions in existing legislations that protect a citizen's privacy, according to an NGO that is lobbying for the cause. The story was published in the Economic Times on 2 February 2012.
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Blog Entry Do we need the Aadhar scheme?
by Sunil Abraham — published Feb 03, 2012 — filed under: ,
"Decentralisation and privacy are preconditions for security. Digital signatures don’t require centralised storage and are much more resilient in terms of security", Sunil Abraham in the Business Standard on 1 February 2012.
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Google move is not good for netizens, say experts
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 03, 2012 — filed under: ,
Google's plan to merge data across 60 of its properties, which was announced last week, has drawn criticism from experts on the Internet, who are saying that this is detrimental to privacy. Balaji Narasimhan wrote this in the Hindu Business Line. The article was published on 31 January 2012.
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Google’s privacy policy raises hackles
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 30, 2012 — filed under: ,
Have you ever used Google to search for a restaurant while you were logged in its network using your Google id? Or shared information about your trip to Goa with your friends on Google +? Or watched belly dance on YouTube? Or looked for Sunny Leone pictures on Google images? If yes, Google knows about it. Javed Anwer wrote on article on this. It is published in the Times of India on 26 January 2012.
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