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CyFy 2017
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Admin
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published
Oct 05, 2017
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last modified
Nov 26, 2017 09:36 AM
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filed under:
Cyber Security,
Internet Governance
CyFy is a conference on internet governance and cyber security organised by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in New Delhi between 2 and 4 October 2017. Sunil Abraham was a speaker.
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CyFy 2017 Agenda
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by
Admin
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published
Nov 26, 2017
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Dark days for the creative class in India: Siddiqui
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 17, 2014
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last modified
Feb 17, 2014 09:14 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Censorship
As India’s literacy rate improves, governments, courts, media, publishers and big business are all stifling free speech.
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Data Flow in the Unique Identification Scheme of India
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Vidushi Marda
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Sep 03, 2015
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
This note analyses the data flow within the UID scheme and aims at highlighting vulnerabilities at each stage. The data flow within the UID Scheme can be best understood by first delineating the organizations involved in enrolling residents for Aadhaar. The UIDAI partners with various Registrars usually a department of the central or state Government, and some private sector agencies like LIC etc– through a Memorandum of Understanding for assisting with the enrollment process of the UID project.
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Data Infrastructures and Inequities: Why Does Reproductive Health Surveillance in India Need Our Urgent Attention?
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Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon
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published
Feb 14, 2019
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last modified
Dec 30, 2019 04:44 PM
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filed under:
Big Data,
Data Systems,
Privacy,
Researchers at Work,
Internet Governance,
Research,
BD4D,
Healthcare,
Surveillance,
Big Data for Development
In order to bring out certain conceptual and procedural problems with health monitoring in the Indian context, this article by Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon posits health monitoring as surveillance and not merely as a “data problem.” Casting a critical feminist lens, the historicity of surveillance practices unveils the gendered power differentials wedded into taken-for-granted “benign” monitoring processes. The unpacking of the Mother and Child Tracking System and the National Health Stack reveals the neo-liberal aspirations of the Indian state.
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Data Privacy: Footprints on the Web
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by
Admin
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Jun 25, 2018
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Technology has made data protection a hot button issue. Now, a group of eminent citizens, mostly lawyers, have formulated a draft privacy bill, a legal framework that protects the individual’s right to privacy, but it faces legal jurisdiction issues
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News & Media
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Data protection experts slam state for sending mass SMSes
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 27, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Experts in the field of data protection, privacy law and media have criticised the West Bengal government's mass SMS sent to individuals, companies and media houses through private mobile networks last Friday. Lara Choksey reports this in an article published in the Statesman on March 25, 2012.
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Data Protection Submission
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by
Amber Sinha
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published
Apr 18, 2018
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Data Retention in India
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by
Elonnai Hickok
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Jan 30, 2013
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last modified
Jul 12, 2013 03:51 PM
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SAFEGUARDS,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
As part of its privacy research, the Centre for Internet and Society has been researching upon data retention mandates from the Government of India and data retention practices by service providers. Globally, data retention has become a contested practice with regards to privacy, as many governments require service providers to retain more data for extensive time periods, for security purposes. Many argue that the scope of the retention is becoming disproportional to the purpose of investigating crimes.
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Database on Big Data and Smart Cities International Standards
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by
Vanya Rakesh
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Feb 11, 2016
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Big Data
The Centre for Internet and Society is in the process of mapping international standards specifically around Big Data, IoT and Smart Cities. Here is a living document containing a database of some of these key globally accepted standards.
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