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(Updated) Information Security Practices of Aadhaar (or lack thereof): A documentation of public availability of Aadhaar Numbers with sensitive personal financial information: by Amber Sinha and Srinivas Kodali — published May 01, 2017 — last modified Mar 13, 2019 12:29 AM — filed under: Digital ID, Privacy, NDSAP, Data Protection, Accountability, Featured, Data Governance, Aadhaar, Digitisation, Homepage, Internet Governance, Data Management
Since its inception in 2009, the Aadhaar project has been shrouded in controversy due to various questions raised about privacy, technological issues, welfare exclusion, and security concerns. In this study, we document numerous instances of publicly available Aadhaar Numbers along with other personally identifiable information (PII) of individuals on government websites. This report highlights four government projects run by various government departments that have made sensitive personal financial information and Aadhaar numbers public on the project websites.
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CIS Comments: Enhancing ICANN Accountability: by Geetha Hariharan — published Jun 10, 2014 — last modified Jun 10, 2014 01:03 PM — filed under: IANA, Internet Governance, NETmundial, ICANN, Accountability
On May 6, 2014, ICANN published a call for public comments on "Enhancing ICANN Accountability". This comes in the wake of the IANA stewardship transition spearheaded by ICANN and related concerns of ICANN's external and internal accountability mechanisms. Centre for Internet and Society contributed to the call for comments.
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CIS RTI REQUEST TO DIPP - NUMBER 1 - FEBRUARY, 2015: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Apr 14, 2015 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, Accountability, Patents
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CIS RTI REQUEST TO DIPP - NUMBER 3 - FEBRUARY, 2015: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Apr 14, 2015 — filed under: Government Information, Access to Knowledge, DIPP, Intellectual Property Rights, Accountability, NATIONAL IPR POLICY, IPR THINK TANK
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CIS Statement at ICANN 49's Public Forum: by Pranesh Prakash — published Mar 27, 2014 — last modified Jun 04, 2014 05:31 AM — filed under: IANA, IG4all, Internet Governance, Accountability, ICANN, North vs South
This was a statement made by Pranesh Prakash at the ICANN 49 meeting (on March 27, 2014), arguing that ICANN's bias towards the North America and Western Europe result in a lack of legitimacy, and hoping that the IANA transition process provides an opportunity to address this.
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CIS’ Efforts Towards Greater Financial Disclosure by ICANN: by Padma Venkataraman — published Oct 29, 2017 — last modified Oct 31, 2017 02:10 AM — filed under: ICANN, Transparency, Internet Governance, Accountability
CIS has been working towards enhancing transparency and accountability at ICANN since 2014. While initial efforts have resulted in ICANN revealing its sources of income in a granular fashion in 2015, we are yet to see this level of transparency become a default approach within ICANN. Here, Padma Venkataraman chronologically maps CIS’ efforts at enhancing financial transparency and accountability at ICANN, while providing an outline of what remains to be done.
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Comments to ICANN Supporting the DNS Industry in Underserved Regions: by Jyoti Panday — published Jun 13, 2014 — last modified Jul 04, 2014 06:48 AM — filed under: IG4all, ICANN, Internet Governance, Accountability
Towards exploring ideas and strategies to help promote the domain name industry in regions that have typically been underserved, ICANN published a call for public comments on May 14, 2014. In particular, ICANN sought comments related to existing barriers to Registrar Accreditation and operation and suggestions on how these challenges might be mitigated. CIS contributed to the comments on this report, which will be used to determine next steps to support the domain name industry in underserved regions.
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Contestations of Data, ECJ Safe Harbor Ruling and Lessons for India: by Jyoti Panday — published Oct 14, 2015 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Economy, Public Accountability, Privacy, Platform Responsibility, Data Protection, Accountability, Digital Security, Digital India, Internet Governance
The European Court of Justice has invalidated a European Commission decision, which had previously concluded that the 'Safe Harbour Privacy Principles' provide adequate protections for European citizens’ privacy rights for the transfer of personal data between European Union and United States. The inadequacies of the framework is not news for the European Commission and action by ECJ has been a long time coming. The ruling raises important questions about how the claims of citizenship are being negotiated in the context of the internet, and how increasingly the contestations of personal data are being employed in the discourse.
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DeitY says 143 URLs have been Blocked in 2015; Procedure for Blocking Content Remains Opaque and in Urgent Need of Transparency Measures: by Jyoti Panday — published Apr 29, 2015 — last modified Apr 30, 2015 07:37 AM — filed under: Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, RTI, Intermediary Liability, Accountability, Featured, 69A, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect, Transparency, Homepage, Blocking
Across India on 30 December 2014, following an order issued by the Department of Telecom (DOT), Internet Service Providers (ISPs) blocked 32 websites including Vimeo, Dailymotion, GitHub and Pastebin.
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DIDP Request #1: ICANN's Expenditures on "Travel & Meetings": by Geetha Hariharan — published Mar 05, 2015 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Transparency, Accountability
CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking details of expenditure by ICANN at its Meetings. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below.
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