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Does the Government want to enter our homes?: by Sunil Abraham — published Aug 13, 2010 — last modified Mar 21, 2012 10:12 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
When rogue politicians and bureaucrats are granted unrestricted access to information then the very future of democracy and free media will be in jeopardy. In an article published in the Pune Mirror on 10 August, 2010, Sunil Abraham examines this in light of the BlackBerry-to-BlackBerry messenger service that the Government of India plans to block if its makers do not allow the monitoring of messages. He says that civil society should rather resist and insist on suitable checks and balances like governmental transparency and a fair judicial oversight instead of allowing the government to intrude into the privacy and civil liberties of its citizens.
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Aadhar: Privacy is not a unidimensional concept: by Amber Sinha — published Jul 23, 2017 — last modified Aug 23, 2017 01:50 AM — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Right to privacy is important not only for our negotiations with the information age but also to counter the transgressions of a welfare state. A robust right to privacy is essential for all Indian citizens to defend their individual autonomy in the face of invasive state actions purportedly for the public good.
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The (in)Visible Subject: Power, Privacy and Social Networking: by Rebecca Schild — published Feb 26, 2010 — last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:06 AM — filed under: Social Networking, Attention Economy, Facebook, Privacy
In this entry, I will argue that the interplay between privacy and power on social network sites works ultimately to subject individuals to the gaze of others, or to alternatively render them invisible. Individual choices concerning privacy preferences must, therefore, be informed by the intrinsic relationship which exists between publicness/privateness and subjectivity/obscurity.
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March - May Newsletter: by Pranav M B — published Aug 08, 2021 — filed under: Internet Governance, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
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Fixing India’s anarchic IT Act: by Pranesh Prakash — published Nov 28, 2012 — last modified Nov 30, 2012 06:33 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship, Information Technology
Section 66A of the Information Technology (IT) Act criminalizes “causing annoyance or inconvenience” online, among other things. A conviction for such an offence can attract a prison sentence of as many as three years.
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Transparent Government, via Webcams in India: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 20, 2011 — last modified Jul 21, 2011 05:41 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India — Little Brother is watching you. That is the premise for the webcam that a top government official here has installed in his office, as an anticorruption experiment. Goings-on in his chamber are viewable to the public, 24/7.
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Why The New Government Policy Mandating Panic Buttons On Phones Isn’t Going To Protect Women: by Prasad Krishna — published May 15, 2016 — filed under: Gender, Internet Governance
Recently, the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad tweeted about new rules mandating a panic button in every cell phone sold in the country from January 2017. To keep ladies safe, of course.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
C.I.S Responds to Privacy Approach Paper: by Elonnai Hickok — published Nov 22, 2010 — last modified Mar 21, 2012 10:08 AM
A group of officers was created to develop a framework for a privacy legislation that would balance the need for privacy protection, security, sectoral interests, and respond to the domain legislation on the subject. Shri Rahul Matthan of Tri Legal Services prepared an approach paper for the legal framework for a proposed legislation on privacy. The approach paper is now being circulated for seeking opinions of the group of officers and is also being placed on the website of the Department of Personnel and Training for seeking public views on the subject. The Privacy India team at C.I.S responded to the approach paper and has called for the need for a more detailed study of statutory enforcement models and mechanisms in the creation of a privacy legislation.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog / Privacy
Locating the Mobile: An Ethnographic Investigation into Locative Media in Melbourne, Bangalore and Shanghai: by Larissa Hjorth and Genevieve Bell — published Mar 23, 2012 — last modified Oct 24, 2015 01:41 PM — filed under: Net Cultures, Researchers at Work, Research
From Google maps, geoweb, GPS (Global Positioning System), geotagging, Foursquare and Jie Pang, locative media is becoming an integral part of the smartphone (and shanzhai or copy) phenomenon. For a growing generation of users, locative media is already an everyday practice.
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Rethinking Acquisition of Digital Devices by Law Enforcement Agencies: by Harikartik Ramesh — published Apr 16, 2022 — last modified May 02, 2022 09:27 AM — filed under: Surveillance, Internet Governance, Privacy
This article has been selected as a part of The Right to Privacy and the Legality of Surveillance series organized in collaboration with the RGNUL Student Research Review (RSRR) Journal.
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