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Survey on Data Protection Regime
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Aditi Chaturvedi and Elonnai Hickok
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published
Feb 10, 2017
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last modified
Feb 10, 2017 10:47 AM
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filed under:
General Data Protection Regulation,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Data Protection,
Homepage
We request you to take part in this survey aimed at understanding how various organisations view the changes in the Data Protection Regime in the European Union. Recently the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 was passed, which shall replace the present Data Protection Directive DPD 95/46/EC. This step is likely to impact the way of working for many organisations. We are grateful for your voluntary contribution to our research, and all information shared by you will be used for the purpose of research only. Questions that personally identify you are not mandatory and will be kept strictly confidential.
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Developer team fixed vulnerabilities in Honorable PM's app and API
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 04, 2016
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filed under:
Privacy,
Security,
Internet Governance,
Data Protection,
Cyber Security,
Hacking,
Mobile Apps,
Data Management
The official app of Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime Minister, was found to contain a security flaw in 2015 that exposed millions of people's personal data. A few days ago a very similar flaw was reported again. This post by Bhavyanshu Parasher, who found the flaw and sought to get it fixed last year, explains the technical details behind the security vulnerability.
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Comments on the Report of the Committee on Digital Payments (December 2016)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Amber Sinha
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published
Jan 12, 2017
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last modified
Jan 12, 2017 12:32 PM
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filed under:
UID,
Digital ID,
Big Data,
Digital Economy,
Digital Access,
Privacy,
Digital Security,
Data Revolution,
Digital Payment,
Internet Governance,
Digital India,
Data Protection,
Demonetisation,
Homepage,
Featured,
Aadhaar
The Committee on Digital Payments constituted by the Ministry of Finance and chaired by Ratan P. Watal, Principal Advisor, NITI Aayog, submitted its report on the "Medium Term Recommendations to Strengthen Digital Payments Ecosystem" on December 09, 2016. The report was made public on December 27, and comments were sought from the general public. Here are the comments submitted by the Centre for Internet and Society.
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Personal Data Protection Bill must examine data collection practices that emerged during pandemic
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Shweta Mohandas and Anamika Kundu
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Mar 30, 2022
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Data Protection,
Privacy
The PDP bill is speculated to be introduced during the winter session of the parliament soon. The PDP Bill in its current form provides wide-ranging exemptions which allow government agencies to process citizen’s data in order to fulfil its responsibilities. The bill could ensure that employers have some responsibility towards the data they collect from the employees.
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Marco Civil da Internet: Brazil’s ‘Internet Constitution’
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by
Geetha Hariharan
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published
Apr 03, 2014
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last modified
Jun 19, 2014 10:38 AM
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filed under:
Privacy,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Data Protection,
Net Neutrality,
Internet Governance
On March 25, 2014, Brazil's lower house of parliament passed bill no. 2126/2011, popularly known as Marco Civil da Internet. The Marco Civil is a charter of Internet user-rights and service provider responsibilities, committed to freedom of speech and expression, privacy, and accessibility and openness of the Internet. In this post, the author looks at the pros and cons of the bill.
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Centre for Internet and Society joins the Dynamic Coalition for Platform Responsibility
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Jyoti Panday
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Sep 23, 2014
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last modified
Oct 07, 2014 10:54 AM
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filed under:
Human Rights,
Privacy,
Internet Governance Forum,
Data Protection,
Terms of Service,
Internet Governance,
Platform Responsibility,
Intermediary Liability
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has joined the multistakeholder cooperative engagement amidst stakeholders towards creating Due Diligence Recommendations for online platforms and Model Contractual Provisions to be enshrined in ToS. This blog provides a brief background of the role of dynamic coalitions within the IGF structure, establishes the need for the coalition and provides an update on the action plan and next steps for interested stakeholders.
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CIS Comments and Recommendations on the Data Protection Bill, 2021
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by
Pallavi Bedi and Shweta Mohandas
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published
Feb 14, 2022
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Data Protection,
Privacy
This document is a revised version of the comments we provided on the 2019 Bill on 20 February 2020, with updates based on the amendments in the 2021 Bill.
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Response Submission on TRAI's Consultation Paper on Privacy, Security and Ownership of Data in Telecom Sector
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Amber Sinha, Elonnai Hickok and Udbhav Tiwari
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published
Nov 08, 2017
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last modified
Mar 13, 2019 12:27 AM
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filed under:
Telecom,
Data Protection,
Data Management,
Privacy
CIS submitted its comments on the consultation paper on privacy, security and ownership of data in telecom sector which was published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on August 9, 2017.
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NHA Data Sharing Guidelines – Yet Another Policy in the Absence of a Data Protection Act
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by
Shweta Mohandas and Pallavi Bedi
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published
Sep 29, 2022
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance,
Data Protection,
Privacy
In July this year, the National Health Authority (NHA) released the NHA Data Sharing Guidelines for the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PM-JAY) just two months after publishing the draft Health Data Management Policy.
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Demystifying Data Breaches in India
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Pawan Singh
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Oct 17, 2022
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filed under:
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Data Governance,
Data Protection,
Data Management
Despite the rate at which data breaches occur and are reported in the media, there seems to be little information about how and when they are resolved. This post examines the discourse on data breaches in India with respect to their historical forms, with a focus on how the specific terminology to describe data security incidents has evolved in mainstream news media reportage.
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