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July 2010 Bulletin
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 23, 2010
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last modified
Aug 10, 2012 09:41 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
CISRAW,
Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet & Society. We bring you updates of our research, news and media coverage, information on our events and other updates for the month of July 2010.
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Respite from Internet Censorship?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Aug 10, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Of late, a lot of the blocked websites have started reappearing. So should we sit back and relax? We take a look at how it's not really the start of something beautiful...writes Nimish Sawant. Sunil Abraham is quoted.
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April 2010 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 23, 2010
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last modified
Aug 13, 2012 04:51 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
CISRAW
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! We bring you updates of our research, events and news for the month of April 2010.
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India’s vanishing fingerprints put UID in question
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Prasad Krishna
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Oct 26, 2011
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last modified
Oct 26, 2011 10:05 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
A curious situation has come to light at the UID (unique identity) enrolment centres. Call it the phenomenon of vanishing fingerprints. You see, our unique fingerprints don’t necessarily last a lifetime and they can be damaged or destroyed and, in some cases, even non-existent. And that is not the best scenario for the first-of-its-kind project that endeavours to create a unique identity for India’s billion-plus population based on fingerprints and iris scans (or biometric data).
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Text of DIT's Response to Second RTI on Website Blocking
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Pranesh Prakash
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Oct 27, 2011
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last modified
Oct 28, 2011 02:37 PM
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RTI,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
CIS had filed a request under the Right to Information Act with the government, asking a number of questions relating to blocking of content under the IT Act. We have reproduced below the response we got from the government.
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11th Meeting of Information Systems Security Sectional Committee (LITD 17)
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Apr 19, 2017
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Udbhav Tiwari represented CIS at this meeting organized by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) at Manak Bhavan, New Delhi on April 13, 2017.
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Sunil Abraham: Honorary steward September 2017
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 20, 2017
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Shuttleworth Foundation has announced Sunil Abraham as Honorary Steward for its September 2017 fellowship round.
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Stop the Haphazard Internet Shutdown Says MP Jay Panda
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 27, 2017
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filed under:
Internet Governance
In just one year India lost $968M due to Internet shutdowns; “Cops may not be the right decision makers when it comes to imposing what is a digital curfew,” added an entrepreneur journalist.
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Analysis: Data Protection in India - Getting It Right
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Apr 28, 2017
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Indian Government Plans Ambitious Data Protection Legislation Rollout by October
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Privacy & Sexual Minorities
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by
Danish Sheikh
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Oct 24, 2011
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last modified
Sep 20, 2013 09:22 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Danish Sheikh examines the status of sexual minorities in the light of privacy framework in India. Culling out some real life examples based on various studies, media reports and judgments from the Supreme Court and the High Courts of Delhi and Allahabad, the research brings to light the privacy violations being committed by both individuals as well as state authorities. The research concludes by saying that privacy doesn’t necessarily encompass a one-size-fits-all approach, and can raise as many questions as it answers.
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