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The Centre for Internet and Society’s comments and recommendations to the: The Digital Data Protection Bill 2022
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by
Shweta Mohandas and Pallavi Bedi
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published
Jan 20, 2023
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Digital Governance,
Data Protection,
Privacy
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
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Getting the (Digital) Indo-Pacific Economic Framework Right
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by
Arindrajit Basu
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published
Oct 03, 2022
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filed under:
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Digital Governance,
Digital Economy
On the eve of the Tokyo Quad Summit in May 2022, President Biden unveiled the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), visualising cooperation across the Indo-Pacific based on four pillars: trade; supply chains; clean energy, decarbonisation and infrastructure; and tax and anti-corruption. Galvanised by the US, the other 13 founding members of the IPEF are Australia, Brunei Darussalam, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The first official in-person Ministerial meeting was held in Los Angeles on 9 September 2022.
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Blog
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Techno-solutionist Responses to COVID-19
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by
Amber Sinha, Pallavi Bedi and Aman Nair
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published
Aug 10, 2021
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filed under:
Digital Governance,
Privacy,
Digitalisation,
Co-WIN,
Covid19,
Digital Technologies,
Internet Governance,
Technology,
E-Governance
The Indian state has increasingly adopted a digital approach to service delivery over the past decade, with vaccination being the latest area to be subsumed by this strategy. In the context of the need for universal vaccination, the limitations of the government’s vaccination platform Co-WIN need to be analysed.
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Blog
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State of Consumer Digital Security in India
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by
Pranav M B
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published
Jul 05, 2021
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last modified
Jul 05, 2021 11:07 AM
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filed under:
Digital Governance,
Privacy,
Digital Knowledge,
Internet Governance,
Digital Media
This report attempts to identify the existing state of digital safety in India, with a mapping of digital threats, which will aid stakeholders in identifying and addressing digital security problems in the country. This project was funded by the Asia Foundation.
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Blog
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UN Questionnaire on Digital Innovation, Technologies and Right to Health
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by
Pahlavi and Shweta Mohandas
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published
Dec 31, 2020
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last modified
Nov 21, 2022 04:10 PM
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filed under:
Digital Media,
Digital Technologies,
Internet Governance,
Digital Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) contributed to the questionnaire put out by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on digital innovation, technologies and the right to health. The responses were authored by Pahlavi and Shweta Mohandas, and edited by Indumathi Manohar.
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Beyond Scale: How to make your digital development program sustainable
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by
Admin
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published
Feb 26, 2018
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Digital Governance
A dissemination workshop was organized by BBC Media Action, with support from the Digital Impact Alliance and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on February 21, 2018 in Bangalore. Sunil Abraham participated in the workshop.
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News & Media
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The soon-to-be launched Aadhaar Pay will let you make purchases using your fingerprint
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 16, 2017
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filed under:
Demonetisation,
Digital Payment,
Digital Governance,
Digital Economy,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Digital Money,
Video,
Aadhaar,
Biometrics
Paying for your groceries and other goods by using your biometrics instead of an e-wallet, debit card or cash seems to be the next phase in the Centre’s ambitious push to shift the country to a “less cash” economy, as its mandarins term it.
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News & Media
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Millions of Indians move from cash to digital payments. But some ask whether it’s safe
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 16, 2017
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filed under:
Digital Money,
Internet Governance,
Digital Governance,
Digital Economy
Minutes after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began an ambitious new mobile-phone-payment application in December, several clones of the app popped up at Android smartphone stores.
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Fake Narendra Modi apps aplenty, but it’s up to users to protect themselves
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 10, 2016
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last modified
Dec 10, 2016 04:24 AM
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filed under:
Digital India,
Internet Governance,
Digital Governance,
Privacy
The app, hosted on Google Play store, automatically gets excessive permission including full network access and ability to take pictures and videos once downloaded.
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Workshop on 'Privacy after Big Data' (Delhi, November 12)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Nov 02, 2016
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last modified
Nov 12, 2016 10:14 AM
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filed under:
Data Systems,
Digital Governance,
Privacy,
Data Revolution,
Surveillance,
Big Data,
Digital India,
Internet Governance,
Big Data for Development,
Digital Rights
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) and the Sarai programme, CSDS, invite you to a workshop on 'Privacy after Big Data: What Changes? What should Change?' on Saturday, November 12. This workshop aims to build a dialogue around some of the key government-led big data initiatives in India and elsewhere that are contributing significant new challenges and concerns to the ongoing debates on the right to privacy. It is an open event. Please register to participate.
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