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Blog Entry CIS and International Coalition Calls upon Governments to Protect Privacy
by Elonnai Hickok — published Sep 25, 2013 — last modified Sep 25, 2013 07:21 AM — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) along with the International Coalition has called upon governments across the globe to protect privacy.
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Blog Entry An Interview with Suresh Ramasubramanian
by Elonnai Hickok — published Sep 06, 2013 — filed under: , ,
Suresh Ramasubramanian is the ICS Quality Representative - IBM SmartCloud at IBM. We from the Centre for Internet and Society conducted an interview on cybersecurity and issues in the Cloud.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry More than a Hundred Global Groups Make a Principled Stand against Surveillance
by Elonnai Hickok — published Jul 31, 2013 — filed under: ,
For some time now there has been a need to update understandings of existing human rights law to reflect modern surveillance technologies and techniques.
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Blog Entry Privacy Protection Bill, 2013 (With Amendments based on Public Feedback)
by Elonnai Hickok — published Jun 30, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 10:50 AM — filed under: , , ,
In 2013 CIS drafted the Privacy Protection Bill as a citizens' version of a privacy legislation for India. Since April 2013, CIS has been holding Privacy Roundtables in collaboration with FICCI and DSCI, with the objective of gaining public feedback to the Privacy Protection Bill and other possible frameworks for privacy in India.
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Blog Entry Open Letter to "Not" Recognize India as Data Secure Nation till Enactment of Privacy Legislation
by Elonnai Hickok — published Jun 19, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 11:07 AM — filed under: , ,
India shouldn't be granted the status of "data secure nation" by Europe until it enacts a suitable privacy legislation, points out the Centre for Internet and Society in this open letter.
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Blog Entry Unique Identification Scheme (UID) & National Population Register (NPR), and Governance
by Elonnai Hickok — published Mar 14, 2013 — last modified Apr 30, 2014 05:03 AM — filed under: , ,
This post examines the UID, NPR and Governance as it exists in India. The background note gives a summary of what is the NPR, the legal grounding of NPR, its objectives, and the information which could be collected under the NPR. The post also throws light on the UID, its objectives, process of enrollment in UID, how UID is being adopted by different states in India, and finally the differences and controversies in UID and NPR.
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Blog Entry Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill (April 2012): High Level Concerns
by Elonnai Hickok — published Mar 12, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:36 PM — filed under: , ,
In 2007 the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill was piloted by the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, with the objective of regulating the use of DNA for forensic and other purposes. In February 2012 another draft of the Bill was leaked. The February 2012 Bill was drafted by the Department of Biotechnology. Another working draft of the Bill was created in April 2012. The most recent version of the Bill seeks to create DNA databases at the state, regional, and national level.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Surveillance Camp IV: Disproportionate State Surveillance - A Violation of Privacy
by Elonnai Hickok — published Feb 19, 2013 — filed under: ,
This is the fourth in a series of posts mapping global surveillance challenges discussed at EFF's State Surveillance and Human Rights Camp in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This article has been co-written with Elonnai Hickok — Centre for Internet and Society India, and a speaker at EFF's Camp.
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Blog Entry The Omnishambles of UID, shrouded in its RTI opacity
by Elonnai Hickok — published Feb 19, 2013 — last modified Feb 19, 2013 11:04 AM — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet & Society sponsored Colonel Mathew Thomas to hold a workshop at the fourth National Right to Information (RTI) organized by the National Campaign for People's Right to Information, held in Hyderabad from February 15 to 18, 2013.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry 2012: Privacy Highlights in India
by Elonnai Hickok — published Feb 12, 2013 — filed under: ,
In this blog post, Elonnai Hickok summarizes the top privacy moments of 2012 in India. In doing so she lists out the major ones like the Report of Group of Experts on Privacy, the RIM Standoff, the Nira Radia controversy, the Centralized Monitoring System, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, NATGRID, CCTNS, the growth of CCTVs, the leaked DNA Profiling Bill, and the UID project.
Located in Internet Governance
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