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DIPP RESPONSE TO CIS (THIRD) RTI REQUEST - FEBRUARY, 2015
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Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Apr 14, 2015
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filed under:
Government Information,
Access to Knowledge,
DIPP,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Accountability,
NATIONAL IPR POLICY,
IPR THINK TANK
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DIPP RESPONSE TO CIS RTI - IMPROPER PAYMENT - FEBRUARY, 2015
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Apr 14, 2015
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filed under:
Government Information,
Access to Knowledge,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Accountability,
NATIONAL IPR POLICY,
IPR THINK TANK
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ICANN reveals hitherto undisclosed details of domain names revenues
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by
Geetha Hariharan
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published
Dec 08, 2014
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last modified
Dec 12, 2014 05:08 AM
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filed under:
ICANN,
Transparency,
Accountability
Following requests from CIS, ICANN has shared a detailed list of its revenues from domain names for the fiscal year ending June 2014. Such level of detail has, until now, been unavailable. Historical data is still to be made available.
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ICANN Workstream 2 Recommendations on Accountability
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by
Akriti Bopanna
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published
Nov 23, 2018
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filed under:
ICANN,
Internet Governance,
Accountability
One of the most significant initiatives to improve the accountability of the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) commenced in 2014, when the Cross Community Working Group on Accountability was created. Its role was to develop a set of proposed enhancements to ICANN’s accountability to the global Internet community. This resulted in the first Work Stream (WS1) recommendations, which were eventually approved and incorporated into the bylaws of ICANN in 2016. These included a provision expressing the need for a second WS since the first one, done on a tight deadline,did not cover all the requisite issues. Instead WS1 only focused on issues that were needed to complete the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority(IANA) transition.
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ICANN’s Documentary Information Disclosure Policy – I: DIDP Basics
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by
Vinayak Mithal
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published
Jul 01, 2014
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Accountability,
ICANN,
DIDP,
Transparency
In a series of blogposts, Vinayak Mithal analyses ICANN's reactive transparency mechanism, comparing it with freedom of information best practices. In this post, he describes the DIDP and its relevance for the Internet community.
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ICANN’s Problems with Accountability and the .WEB Controversy
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by
Padma Venkataraman
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published
Oct 24, 2017
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last modified
Oct 28, 2017 03:49 PM
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filed under:
ICANN,
Transparency,
Internet Governance,
Accountability
The Post-Transition IANA promised enhanced transparency and accountability to the global multistakeholder community. The series of events surrounding the .WEB auction earlier this year has stirred up issues relating to the lack of transparency and accountability of ICANN. This post examines the .WEB auction as a case study to better understand exact gaps in accountability.
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National IPR Policy Series: RTI Requests by CIS to DIPP + DIPP Responses
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Apr 15, 2015
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last modified
Apr 26, 2015 08:47 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies,
DIPP,
RTI,
National IPR Policy,
Accountability,
Featured,
IPR Think Tank,
Homepage
In earlier blog posts, we have discussed the development of India’s National IPR Policy (“the Policy”); comments by the Centre for Internet and Society (“CIS”) to the IPR Think Tank before the release of the first draft of the Policy and CIS’ comments to the IPR Think Tank in response to the first draft of the Policy. Continuing our National IPR Policy Series, this article documents our requests to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (“DIPP” / “the Department”) under the Right to Information (“RTI”) Act, 2005 and the responses of the Department.
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Reading the Fine Script: Service Providers, Terms and Conditions and Consumer Rights
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by
Jyoti Panday
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published
Jul 02, 2014
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last modified
Jul 04, 2014 06:31 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Consumer Rights,
Google,
internet and society,
Privacy,
Transparency and Accountability,
Intermediary Liability,
Accountability,
Facebook,
Data Protection,
Policies,
Safety
This year, an increasing number of incidents, related to consumer rights and service providers, have come to light. This blog illustrates the facts of the cases, and discusses the main issues at stake, namely, the role and responsibilities of providers of platforms for user-created content with regard to consumer rights.
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Report of the Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2017
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by
Nirmita Narasimhan
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published
Jun 17, 2017
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last modified
Jun 19, 2017 03:07 PM
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filed under:
Accountability
Aditya Tejas attended the Global Accessibility Awareness Day event organized at NIMHANS Convention Centre in Bengaluru. The event had multiple panels and presentations, including a talk on coding for accessibility, a panel on why accessibility is necessary and how India is lagging behind in implementing it, and a presentation on how accessibility principles are integrated into the product life cycle at Cisco.
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Summary Report Internet Governance Forum 2015
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by
Jyoti Panday
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published
Nov 23, 2015
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last modified
Nov 30, 2015 10:47 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Big Data,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Encryption,
Internet Governance Forum,
Intermediary Liability,
Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship,
Cyber Security,
Digital Governance,
Anonymity,
Civil Society,
Blocking
Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India participated in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held at Poeta Ronaldo Cunha Lima Conference Center, Joao Pessoa in Brazil from 10 November 2015 to 13 November 2015. The theme of IGF 2015 was ‘Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development’. Sunil Abraham, Pranesh Prakash & Jyoti Panday from CIS actively engaged and made substantive contributions to several key issues affecting internet governance at the IGF 2015. The issue-wise detail of their engagement is set out below.
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