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The scariest bill in Parliament is getting no attention – here’s what you need to know about it: by Sunil Abraham — published Jul 24, 2015 — last modified Sep 13, 2015 07:56 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
A bill proposes creation of a national DNA data bank, without requisite safeguards for privacy, and opens the information to everything from civic disputes to compilation of statistics.
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Why the DNA Bill is open to misuse: Sunil Abraham: by Sunil Abraham — published Aug 01, 2015 — last modified Sep 13, 2015 08:37 AM — filed under: DNA Profiling, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Human DNA Profiling Bill, the law that regulates the collection, storage and use of the human genetic code, has attracted some strong criticism from civil liberties groups including the Bengaluru-based Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) which had participated in the expert committee for DNA profiling constituted by the Department of Biotechnology in 2012.
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Linking Aadhaar with social media or ending encryption is counterproductive: by Sunil Abraham — published Aug 28, 2019 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Should Aadhaar be used as KYC for social media accounts? We have recently seen a debate on this question with even the courts hearing arguments in favour and against such a move.
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Artificial Intelligence: a Full-Spectrum Regulatory Challenge [Working Draft]: by Sunil Abraham — published Oct 01, 2019 — last modified Aug 04, 2020 06:10 AM — filed under: Regulatory Practices Lab, Internet Governance, Artificial Intelligence
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Surveillance Project: by Sunil Abraham — published Apr 05, 2016 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Aadhaar project’s technological design and architecture is an unmitigated disaster and no amount of legal fixes in the Act will make it any better.
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Nishant Shah: by Sunil Abraham — last modified Nov 01, 2008 07:57 AM
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Connected Trouble: by Sunil Abraham — published Oct 28, 2015 — filed under: Internet Governance, Big Data, Privacy
The internet of things phenomenon is based on a paradigm shift from thinking of the internet merely as a means to connect individuals, corporations and other institutions to an internet where all devices in (insulin pumps and pacemakers), on (wearable technology) and around (domestic appliances and vehicles) humans beings are connected.
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Facebook, privacy and India: by Sunil Abraham — published Jun 04, 2010 — last modified Sep 26, 2013 11:40 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Does Facebook's decision to open out user information and data to third party websites amount to an invasion of privacy and should users' seriously consider getting out of the site? Sunil Abraham doesn't think so.
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Newspapers should empower citizen journalism: by Sunil Abraham — published Dec 21, 2009 — last modified Oct 23, 2012 08:47 AM
A single content-management system can be used to publish highly-targeted and customised content. Sunil Abraham, director, Centre for Internet and Society (CIS India), believes traditional newspapers should expose their primary research databases such as photos, video and audio recordings, and documents to the public using web technologies.
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Wiki's worth, on a different turf: by Sunil Abraham — published Jan 15, 2010 — last modified Oct 23, 2012 08:33 AM — filed under: Openness
An Indian duo–a programmer and a mathematician–have developed a tool to expose anonymous writers and cleanse Wikipedia of rogue editors
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