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An Infrastructure Road Map: by Shyam Ponappa — published May 01, 2014 — last modified Jun 02, 2014 08:30 AM — filed under: Telecom
What should and should not be done by a new government in this crucial sector.
Located in Telecom / Blog
An Open Letter to the Finance Committee: SCOSTA Standards: by Elonnai Hickok — published Jan 06, 2011 — last modified Dec 20, 2013 03:58 AM — filed under: Privacy
The UID Bill has been placed to the Finance Committee for review and approval. Through a series of open letters to the Finance Committee, civil society is asking the committee to take into consideration and change certain aspects of the Bill and the project. The below note compares the SCOSTA standard with the Aadhaar biometric standard, and explains why we believe the SCOSTA standard should replace the Aadhaar biometric standard for the authentication process in the UID scheme.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog / Privacy
An Urgent Need for the Right to Privacy: by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Mar 16, 2016 — last modified Mar 17, 2016 07:40 AM — filed under: UID, Big Data, Privacy, Internet Governance, Digital India, Aadhaar, Biometrics
Along with a group of individuals and organisations from academia and civil society, we have drafted and are signatories to an open letter addressed to the Union government and urging the same to "urgently take steps to uphold the constitutional basis to the right to privacy and fulfil it’s constitutional and international obligations." Here we publish the text of the open letter. Please follow the link below to support it by joining the signatories.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Analysis of Aadhaar Act in the Context of A.P. Shah Committee Principles: by Vipul Kharbanda — published Mar 17, 2016 — last modified Mar 17, 2016 07:43 PM — filed under: Big Data, Privacy, Internet Governance, Featured, Digital India, Aadhaar, Biometrics, Homepage
Whilst there are a number of controversies relating to the Aadhaar Act including the fact that it was introduced in a manner so as to circumvent the majority of the opposition in the upper house of the Parliament and that it was rushed through the Lok Sabha in a mere eight days, in this paper we shall discuss the substantial aspects of the Act in relation to privacy concerns which have been raised by a number of experts. In October 2012, the Group of Experts on Privacy constituted by the Planning Commission under the chairmanship of Justice AP Shah Committee submitted its report which listed nine principles of privacy which all legislations, especially those dealing with personal should adhere to. In this paper, we shall discuss how the Aadhaar Act fares vis-à-vis these nine principles.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Analysis of Key Provisions of the Aadhaar Act Regulations: by Amber Sinha — published Mar 31, 2017 — last modified Apr 03, 2017 02:05 PM — filed under: UID, Privacy, Internet Governance, UIDAI, Biometrics, Aadhaar
In exercise of their powers under of the powers conferred by Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, (Aadhaar Act) the UIDAI has come out with a set of five regulations in late 2016 last year. In this policy brief, we look at the five regulations, their key provisions and highlight point out the unresolved, issues, unaddressed, and created issues as result of these regulations.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
And now, Aadhaar-enabled smartphones for easy verification and money transfer: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 12, 2016 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
As reported earlier, the Indian government has planned to make Aadhaar-enabled smartphones , with which users would be able to self-authenticate and let businesses and banks verify the identity of their clients. This would also help in the government's aim of a cashless society.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Annotated ver PDP Bill 2019: by Pallavi Bedi — published Feb 21, 2020
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Annotated version of Comments to The Personal Data Protection Bill 2019: by Akash Sheshadri — published Feb 12, 2020
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Annual Programmatic Report 2018-2019: by Pranav M B — published Nov 10, 2020
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Annual Report (2011-12): by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 23, 2012 — last modified Oct 22, 2014 12:15 AM
Draft Annual Report of 2011-12 from the Centre for Internet and Society
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