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Letter to ICANN on NCSG: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jul 28, 2009 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:41 AM — filed under: Public Accountability, Digital Pluralism, Digital Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society sent the following mail to ICANN regarding their attempt to impose their own charter for a Noncommercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG), instead of accepting the one drafted by the Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC).
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Comments on the Draft Rules under the Information Technology Act: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jul 28, 2009 — last modified Sep 21, 2011 06:13 AM — filed under: IT Act, Encryption, Intellectual Property Rights, Intermediary Liability, Publications, Censorship
The Centre for Internet and Society commissioned an advocate, Ananth Padmanabhan, to produce a comment on the Draft Rules that have been published by the government under the Information Technology Act. In his comments, Mr. Padmanabhan highlights the problems with each of the rules and presents specific recommendations on how they can be improved. These comments were sent to the Department of Information and Technology.
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IT Act and Commerce: by Pranesh Prakash — published Aug 11, 2009 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:41 AM — filed under: IT Act, Digital Governance, Data Protection, Authentication, Security
This is a guest post by Rahul Matthan, partner in the law firm Trilegal, and widely regarded as one of the leading experts on information technology law in India. In this post, Mr. Matthan looks at the provisions in the amended Information Technology Act of interest to commerce, namely electronic signatures and data protection.
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Primer on the New IT Act: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jul 29, 2009 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:41 AM — filed under: IT Act, Digital Governance, Public Accountability, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
With this draft information bulletin, we briefly discuss some of the problems with the Information Technology Act, and invite your comments.
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Short note on IT Amendment Act, 2008: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jun 15, 2009 — last modified Jun 01, 2011 02:45 PM
Pranesh Prakash of the Centre for Internet and Society wrote a short note in February 2009 on the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008. This is being posted as a precursor to a more exhaustive analysis of the Act and the rules sought to be promulgated under the Act. Thus, this does not cover the regulations that have been drafted under the Act.
Located in Internet Governance / Publications / Information Technology Act
Information Technology Act: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jun 15, 2009
The Information Technology Act, 2000 (amended in 2008) is the main statute that governs online behaviour in India, from e-commerce to cybercrimes, Internet surveillance, and intermediary liability. Thus, understanding that statute is of paramount interest to all Indian 'netizens'.
Located in Internet Governance / Publications
Software patenting will harm industry, consumer: by Pranesh Prakash — published Oct 05, 2008 — last modified Jan 16, 2013 04:54 AM — filed under: Openness
Report by Deepa Kurup in The Hindu dated 5th October 2008 as follow-up to the national meeting on software patents.
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Visually impaired seek access to print materials: by Pranesh Prakash — published Nov 03, 2008 — last modified Jan 16, 2013 06:20 AM — filed under: Accessibility
An article in the Deccan Herald (November 3, 2008, page 4) by L. Subramani on the CIS signature campaign.
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Indian surveillance laws & practices far worse than US: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jun 13, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 11:09 AM — filed under: Surveillance, Internet Governance, Censorship, SAFEGUARDS
Explosive would be just the word to describe the revelations by National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Submission to TRAI Consultation on "Inputs for Formulation of National Telecom Policy - 2018": by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 25, 2018 — filed under: Telecom
Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) made a submission to TRAI Consultation on inputs to the National Telecom Policy.
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