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Blog Entry Demystifying Data Breaches in India
by Pawan Singh published Oct 17, 2022 — filed under: , , , ,
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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Blog Entry The Centre for Internet and Society’s comments and recommendations to the: The Digital Data Protection Bill 2022
by Shweta Mohandas and Pallavi Bedi published Jan 20, 2023 — filed under: , , ,
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) published its comments and recommendations to the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, on December 17, 2022.
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Blog Entry WSIS+10 High Level Event: A Bird's Eye Report
by Geetha Hariharan published Jun 20, 2014 last modified Jun 20, 2014 03:57 PM — filed under: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
The WSIS+10 High Level was organised by the ITU and collaborative UN entities on June 9-13, 2014. It aimed to evaluate the progress on implementation of WSIS Outcomes from Geneva 2003 and Tunis 2005, and to envision a post-2015 Development Agenda. Geetha Hariharan attended the event on CIS' behalf.
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Blog Entry Reading the Fine Script: Service Providers, Terms and Conditions and Consumer Rights
by Jyoti Panday published Jul 02, 2014 last modified Jul 04, 2014 06:31 AM — filed under: , , , , , , , , , , ,
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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Blog Entry Divergence between the General Data Protection Regulation and the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019
by Pallavi Bedi published Feb 21, 2020 — filed under: , ,
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Blog Entry Data Protection: We can innovate, leapfrog
by Sunil Abraham published Jan 22, 2018 — filed under: , ,
About 27% of India's population is still illiterate or barely literate. Most privacy policies and terms of services for web and mobile applications are in English and therefore it is only 10% of us who can actually read them before we provide our consent.
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Blog Entry CCTVs in Public Spaces and the Data Protection Bill, 2021
by Anamika Kundu and Digvijay S Chaudhary published Apr 28, 2022 — filed under: , ,
This article has been authored by Ms. Anamika Kundu, Research Assistant at the Centre for Internet and Society, and Digvijay S. Chaudhary, Researcher at the Centre for Internet and Society. This blog is a part of RSRR’s Blog Series on the Right to Privacy and the Legality of Surveillance, in collaboration with the Centre for Internet & Society.
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SFLC Round Table Discussion on Personal Data Protection Bill
by Admin published Sep 25, 2018 last modified Oct 02, 2018 03:16 AM — filed under: , ,
Shweta Mohandas participated in a Round Table Discussion on Personal Data Protection Bill, orgnanised by SFLC on September 25, 2018 in Bangalore. She also moderated the first session - Data Protection Principles (Rights and Obligations).
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Danish Expert Group on Data Ethics
by Admin published Nov 30, 2018 last modified Dec 01, 2018 04:42 AM — filed under: , , ,
Amber Sinha was one of the stakeholders who provided inputs to the Danish Expert Group on Data Ethics in June 2018 during their visit to New Delhi. The Expert Group has prepared and submitted its final report.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Blog Entry Unpacking Data Protection Law: A Visual Representation
by Amber Sinha published Feb 15, 2018 last modified Feb 15, 2018 01:22 PM — filed under: , , ,
This visual explainer unpacking data protection law was developed by Amber Sinha (research) and Pooja Saxena (design), and published as part of the Data Privacy Week celebrations on the Privacy International blog. Join the conversation on Twitter using #dataprivacyweek.
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