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Data Protection Submission: by Amber Sinha — published Apr 18, 2018
Located in Internet Governance / Files
National Telecom Policy 2012 — Issues and Concerns: by Snehashish Ghosh — published Jun 30, 2012 — last modified Mar 25, 2013 10:22 AM — filed under: Telecom
Snehashish Ghosh throws light on some of the issues and concerns surrounding the recently passed National Telecom Policy 2012.
Located in Telecom
CIS Submission to the Committee of Experts on a Data Protection Framework for India: by Amber Sinha — published Apr 06, 2018
Located in Internet Governance / Files
What's Needed Is User-Centric Design, Not Good Intentions: by Shyam Ponappa — published Jan 06, 2013 — last modified Jan 25, 2013 11:26 AM — filed under: Telecom
The inadequacy of essentials and conveniences around us results from a slack approach to both design and execution. We know we are deficient in execution, but we need to be more aware of deficiencies in approach and design. Good intentions, while important, cannot substitute for good systems design and execution.
Located in Telecom / Blog
Submission to the Committee of Experts on a Data Protection Framework for India: by Amber Sinha — published Feb 05, 2018 — last modified Feb 05, 2018 01:39 PM — filed under: Data Governance, Internet Governance, Data Protection, Privacy
This submission presents comments by the Centre for Internet and Society, India (“CIS”) on the ‘White Paper of the Committee of Experts on a Data Protection Framework for India’ (“White Paper”) released by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The White paper was drafted by a Committee of Expert (“Committee”) constituted by the Ministry. CIS has conducted research on the issues of privacy, data protection and data security since 2010 and is thankful for the opportunity to put forth its views. The submission was made on January 31, 2018.
Located in Internet Governance
Responding to govt requests is a challenge for online firms: Colin Maclay: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 13, 2013 — last modified Mar 15, 2013 05:07 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Colin M. Maclay, MD of Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard, on challenges in cyberspace.
Located in News & Media
NETmundial Roadmap: Defining the Roles of Stakeholders in Multistakeholderism: by Jyoti Panday — published Apr 23, 2014 — last modified Apr 28, 2014 12:51 PM — filed under: ICANN, IANA, Internet Governance, NETmundial
NETmundial, one of the most anticipated events in the Internet governance calendar, will see the global community convening at Sao Paolo, with an aim to establish 'strategic guidelines related to the use and development of the Internet in the world.' This post analyses the submissions at NETmundial that focused on Roadmap, towards an understanding of stakeholder roles in relation to specific governance functions and highlighting the political, technical and architectural possibilities that lie ahead.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Pratap Vikram Singh - Why Aadhaar is Baseless?: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 17, 2016 — last modified Apr 02, 2016 05:31 AM — filed under: UID, Privacy, Internet Governance, Digital India, Aadhaar, Biometrics
This article by Pratap Vikram Singh, Governance Now, discusses the problems emerging out of the UIDAI project due to its lack of mechanisms for informed and granular consent, and for seeking recourse in the case of denial of service. The article quotes Sumandro Chattapadhyay and mentions Hans Varghese Mathew's work on the biometric basis of UIDAI. It was written before the Aadhaar bill was passed in Lok Sabha.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Reversing India's Downward Trajectory: by Shyam Ponappa — published Jan 09, 2012 — last modified Mar 01, 2012 05:30 AM — filed under: Telecom
The country can regain growth momentum with rate cuts and telecom reforms, writes Shyam Ponappa in this column published in the Business Standard on 5 January 2012.
Located in Telecom
Konkani Wikipedia Advances in 4 Days — From 90 Articles to 130 Articles!: by Nitika Tandon — published Aug 31, 2013 — last modified Sep 03, 2013 10:37 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Featured, Workshop, Video, Openness
There has been a rise of article contributions to the Konkani Wikipedia in a span of 4 days following a 4 day programme organized by the CIS-A2K team for M.A. students from the Konkani Department, Goa University at the Central State Library, Goa from August 21 to 24, 2013. Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahi conducted the event.
Located in Openness / Blog

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