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India needs better cyber police: by Prasad Krishna — published May 23, 2014 — last modified Jun 04, 2014 07:56 AM — filed under: Cyber Security, Internet Governance
On Wednesday, one of the largest online shopping and auction portals, eBay, revealed that earlier this year, cybercriminals accessed details of 145 million of its customers.
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India No Haven For Net Freedom But It Did Not Oppose UN Move on Internet Rights: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 09, 2016 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
India hasn’t had the best record when it comes to Internet rights. The country regularly carries out Internet shutdowns under flimsy pretexts, is still fumbling when it comes to the drafting of a comprehensive privacy bill, and most recently came out with a geospatial information regulation bill that would establish ownership over all forms of location data.
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India partially lifts Porn Ban?: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 07, 2015 — last modified Sep 20, 2015 06:30 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
India is said to have partially removed the porn ban. But many internet service providers have refused to restore access, due to a 'vague' government order.
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India Privacy Meet: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 02, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Microsoft, DSCI and Greyhead came together to organise India Privacy Meet at Hotel LeMeridien on June 29, 2012 in New Delhi. Sunil Abraham was a panelist in the event.
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India Proposes Law to Give Indians Complete Control of their Digital Health Data: by Admin — published May 31, 2018 — last modified Jun 01, 2018 01:57 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
India’s health ministry has proposed a law to govern data security in the healthcare sector that would give individuals complete ownership of their health data.
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India Proposes Restrictions on Tapping Telephone Calls: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 26, 2011 — last modified May 06, 2011 05:53 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
An Indian government report has recommended that interception of telephone calls by government agencies should be limited to situations when there is a "public emergency" or "public safety" is at stake. John Riberio's article appeared in the PC World, TechWorld and CIO. Pranesh Prakash, program manager from the Centre for Internet and Society has been quoted in these articles.
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India Puts Tight Leash on Internet Free Speech: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 27, 2011 — last modified May 01, 2011 02:20 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Free speech advocates and Internet users are protesting new Indian regulations restricting Web content that, among other things, can be considered “disparaging,” “harassing,” “blasphemous” or “hateful.” This article by Vikas Bajaj was published in the New York Times on April 27, 2011.
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India ranks second globally in accessing private details of users: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 19, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Privacy
According to the latest transparency report released by Google, India ranks second in the world for accessing private details of its citizens, only after the U.S. The Google report lists out requests it received from governments across the world to access details of users of its various services.
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India second in keeping tabs on netizens: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 15, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
India ranks second globally in accessing private details of its citizens, next only to the US, if the latest data from Google is to be believed.
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India second in requesting user info: Google: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 15, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
India is at second place after the US in terms of the government requests for user data from Google
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