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Blog Entry CIS Welcomes 52nd Report on Cyber Crime, Cyber Security, and Right to Privacy
by Elonnai Hickok — published Feb 24, 2014 — last modified Feb 24, 2014 10:49 AM — filed under: ,
The “Fifty Second Report on Cyber Crime, Cyber Security, and Right to Privacy” issued by the 2013 -2014 Standing Committee on Information Technology on February 12th 2014, highlights the urgent need for reform in India’s cyber security framework and the need for the much awaited privacy legislation to be finalized and made into a law.
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Blog Entry Comparison of Section 35(1) of the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill and Section 4 of the Identification Act Revised Statute of Canada
by Elonnai Hickok — published Mar 03, 2014 — filed under: ,
A comparison of section 35(1) of the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill, section 4 of the Identification Act, Revised Statute of Canada, and a review of international best practices.
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December 2013 Bulletin
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 31, 2013 — last modified Feb 25, 2014 01:51 PM — filed under: , , , , , ,
Our newsletter for the month of December 2013 can be accessed below.
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File The​ ​Fundamental​ ​Right​ ​to​ ​Privacy:​ ​Part​ ​III SCOPE
by Amber Sinha — published Oct 02, 2017 — filed under: ,
This is the third paper in a series on the recent judgment on the right to privacy by the nine judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court in a reference matter in Puttaswamy and others v. Union of India. The first two papers on the Sources and Structure of the constitutional right to privacy are available here, and here, respectively. While the previous papers dealt with the sources in the Constitution and the interpretive tools used by the bench to locate the right to privacy as a constitutional right, as well as the structure of the right with its various dimensions, this paper will look at the judgment for guidance on principles to determine what the scope of the right of privacy may be.
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September 2017 Newsletter
by Admin — published Sep 30, 2017 — last modified Nov 21, 2017 03:19 PM — filed under: , ,
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Blog Entry Interview with Bruce Schneier - Internationally Renowned Security Technologist
by Maria Xynou — published Oct 17, 2013 — filed under: , ,
Maria Xynou recently interviewed Bruce Schneier on privacy and surveillance. View this interview and gain an insight on why we should all "have something to hide"!
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Charting the Charter: Internet Rights and Principles Online
by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 21, 2013 — filed under: ,
This workshop is being organised by IRP Coalition on October 22 in Bali Nusa Dua Convention Centre. Pranesh Prakash is participating as a panelist.
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Indian politicians yet to tap voters online: CIS’s Abraham
by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 23, 2013 — filed under: ,
Sunil Abraham talks about the role online media will play in forthcoming elections and the behaviour of online readers of news.
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Blog Entry Interview with Dr. Alexander Dix - Berlin Data Protection and Freedom of Information Commissioner
by Maria Xynou — published Oct 23, 2013 — last modified Nov 06, 2013 09:29 AM — filed under: , ,
Maria Xynou recently interviewed Berlin's Data Protection and Freedom of Information Commissioner: Dr. Alexander Dix. View this interview and gain an insight on recommendations for better data protection in India!
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Location Tracking: Why the Govt-Mobile Manufacturer War Won’t End Soon
by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 25, 2013 — filed under:
The Union government and mobile operators are at loggerheads on location based services (LBS) – the service through which mobile companies can provide real time location of mobile users to the government.
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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