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2012: Privacy Highlights in India: by Elonnai Hickok — published Feb 12, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
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.
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A Comparison of Indian Legislation to Draft International Principles on Surveillance of Communications: by Elonnai Hickok — published Jan 31, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:40 PM — filed under: SAFEGUARDS, Internet Governance, Privacy
This blog post is a comparison of the relevant Indian legislations allowing governmental access to communications and the Draft International Principles on Surveillance of Communications. The principles, first drafted in October 2012 and developed subsequently seeks to establish an international standard for surveillance of communications in the context of human rights.
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A Dissent Note to the Expert Committee for DNA Profiling: by Elonnai Hickok — published Jul 17, 2015 — last modified Jul 21, 2016 11:01 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society has participated in the Expert Committee for DNA Profiling constituted by the Department of Biotechnology in 2012 for the purpose of deliberating on and finalizing the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill and appreciates this opportunity. CIS respectively dissents from the January 2015 draft of the Bill.
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A Privacy Meeting with the Federal Trade Commission in New Delhi: by Elonnai Hickok — published Sep 30, 2013 — last modified Oct 03, 2013 10:25 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
On September 20, the Centre for Internet and Society held a roundtable meeting with Betsy Broder, Counsel for International Consumer Protection, and Sarah Schroeder, Attorney, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), United States. The meeting took place at the Imperial, Janpath, New Delhi and discussed both the U.S framework to privacy and potential frameworks and challenges to privacy in India.
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A Public Meeting on DNA Profiling Bill in Delhi: by Elonnai Hickok — published Sep 29, 2012 — last modified Oct 10, 2012 10:58 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
On September 27, 2012, the Centre for Internet and Society hosted a public talk at the Indian International Centre focused on the draft DNA Profiling Bill. Presenting at the meeting were international experts Dr. Helen Wallace, director of GeneWatch UK and Jeremy Gruber, president and executive director of the Council for Responsible Genetics US, and Dr. Anupuma Raina, senior scientist at AIIMs.
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A Review of the Policy Debate around Big Data and Internet of Things: by Elonnai Hickok — published Aug 17, 2015 — filed under: Internet Governance, Big Data
This blog post seeks to review and understand how regulators and experts across jurisdictions are reacting to Big Data and Internet of Things (IoT) from a policy perspective.
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A Stolen Perspective: by Elonnai Hickok — published Mar 31, 2011 — last modified Mar 21, 2012 09:43 AM
The note below is a perspective piece on biometrics. On March 11th I traveled down to the Philippines, and had a chance to experience the possible convenience of biometric based identification.
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A Study of the Privacy Policies of Indian Service Providers and the 43A Rules: by Elonnai Hickok — published Jan 12, 2015 — last modified Jan 13, 2015 02:37 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
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Aadhaar Number vs the Social Security Number: by Elonnai Hickok — published Jul 21, 2015 — last modified Jul 24, 2015 01:24 AM — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
This blog calls out the differences between the Aadhaar Number and the Social Security Number
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AI in Governance: by Elonnai Hickok — published Apr 17, 2018
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