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India's Aadhaar with biometric details of its billion citizens is making experts uncomfortable: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 14, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
"Indians in general have yet to understand the meaning and essence of privacy," says Member of Parliament, Tathagata Satpathy.
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India's billion-member biometric database raises privacy fears: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 17, 2016 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
India's parliament is set to pass legislation that gives federal agencies access to the world's biggest biometric database in the interests of national security, raising fears the privacy of a billion people could be compromised.
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India's biometric database crosses billion-member mark: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 07, 2016 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
India's biometric database notched up one billion members on Monday, as the government sought to allay concerns about privacy breaches in the world's biggest such scheme.
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India's centralised snooping system facing big delays: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 15, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Central Monitoring System lacks algorithms, database and data.
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India's cyber cafes going porn-free: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 28, 2011 — last modified May 06, 2011 04:53 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Pornography fans in India who like to indulge in the sexual eye candy at public cyber cafes may be in for a forced intervention as a new government ruling bans porn websites, requires cafe owners to keep a one-year log of all sites accessed by customers and forces customers to produce an ID card prior to use. This news was published on msnbc.com on April 28, 2011.
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India's Internet Growth & Challenges: by Prasad Krishna — published May 22, 2013
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India's Internet Privacy Woes: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 27, 2013 — last modified Sep 05, 2013 11:09 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
“For the sake of national security and to protect the privacy of its citizens, India should develop its own social media platforms,” says Dr Kamlesh Bajaj, CEO of Data Security Council of India (DSCI), a Nasscom-promoted ‘self-regulatory’ organisation on data protection and privacy in India, in a blog post dated August 13.
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India's landmark online speech ruling is step toward greater press freedom: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 29, 2015 — filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
In an historic decision, India's Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down part of a law used to silence criticism and free expression. While this marks a pivotal victory that has been welcomed in many quarters, many challenges remain for press freedom in the country.
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India's Online Freedom Advocates Hail Court Ruling on Free Speech: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 27, 2015 — filed under: IT Act, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect
Online freedom advocates in India are hailing a court ruling that struck down a controversial law seen as infringing free speech on the Internet. But in a country expected to have the world’s largest number of web users by 2018, some concerns about net censorship remain.
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India's plan to offer citizens digital lockers poses a privacy threat, say experts: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 19, 2015 — last modified Apr 03, 2015 06:32 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The Indian government launched a test version of a service called the digital locker last month that allows citizens to store scanned versions of important documents online, something that experts say poses a serious threat to people’s privacy.
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