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November 2014 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2014 — last modified Dec 15, 2014 01:27 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, Digital Humanities
We at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) welcome you to the eleventh issue of the newsletter (November 2014).
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The Last Chance for a Welfare State Doesn’t Rest in the Aadhaar System: by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Apr 19, 2016 — last modified Apr 19, 2016 01:18 PM — filed under: UID, Data Systems, Privacy, Internet Governance, Digital India, Aadhaar, Biometrics
Boosting welfare is the message, which is how Aadhaar is being presented in India. The Aadhaar system as a medium, however, is one that enables tracking, surveillance, and data monetisation. This piece by Sumandro Chattapadhyay was published in The Wire on April 19, 2016.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
CIS Statement on Right to Privacy Judgment: by Amber Sinha — published Aug 28, 2017 — last modified Aug 31, 2017 06:13 PM — filed under: Featured, Internet Governance, Privacy
In an emphatic endorsement of the right to privacy, a nine judge constitutional bench unanimously upheld a fundamental right to privacy. The events leading to this bench began during the hearings in the ongoing Aadhaar case, when in August 2015, Mukul Rohatgi, the then Attorney General stated that there is no constitutionally guaranteed right to privacy.
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Governing ID: A Framework for Evaluation of Digital Identity: by Vrinda Bhandari, Shruti Trikanad, and Amber Sinha — published Mar 02, 2020 — last modified Mar 02, 2020 01:22 PM — filed under: internet governance, Internet Governance, Digital ID, Digital Identity
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Ten Indian government agencies can now snoop on people’s internet data: by Admin — published Dec 25, 2018 — filed under: Internet Governance
In a significant attack on online privacy, India’s Home Affair’s Ministry has authorised no fewer than ten different central government agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt “any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer”.
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 1) - Christopher Soghoian: by Purba Sarkar — published May 28, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 10:26 AM — filed under: Cybersecurity, Cyberspace, Cybercultures, Cyber Security Interview
CIS interviews Christopher Soghoian, cybersecurity researcher and activist, as part of the Cybersecurity Series
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Rethinking National Privacy Principles: Evaluating Principles for India's Proposed Data Protection Law: by Amber Sinha — published Sep 11, 2017 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
This report is intended to be the first part in a series of white papers that CIS will publish which seeks to contribute to the discussions around the enactment of a privacy legislation in India. In subsequent pieces we will focus on subjects such as regulatory framework to implement, supervise and enforce privacy principles, and principles to regulate surveillance in India under a privacy law.
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Sub Tracks: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 11, 2013
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Digital mediation of domestic and care work in India: Project Announcement: by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi — published Oct 01, 2019 — last modified Oct 10, 2019 08:09 AM — filed under: Digital Economy, Digital Labour, Research, Researchers at Work, Digital Domestic Work
It is our great pleasure to announce that we are undertaking a study on digital mediation of domestic and care work in India, as part of and supported by the Feminist Internet Research Network led by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The study is exploring the ways in which structural inequalities, such as those of gender and class, are being reproduced or challenged by digital platforms. The project sites are Delhi and Bangalore, where we are conducting interviews with workers, companies, and unions. In Bangalore, we are collaborating with Stree Jagruti Samiti to collect qualitative data from different stakeholders. The outputs of the research will include a report, policy brief, and other communication materials in English, Hindi, and Kannada. This study is being led by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi, along with Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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Aadhaar marks a fundamental shift in citizen-state relations: From ‘We the People’ to ‘We the Government’: by Pranesh Prakash — published Apr 04, 2017 — filed under: Biometrics, Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Your fingerprints, iris scans, details of where you shop. Compulsory Aadhaar means all this data is out there. And it’s still not clear who can view or use it.
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