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Short-term Consultant (IETF)
by Elonnai Hickok published Apr 20, 2018 last modified Apr 21, 2018 03:44 PM — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet & Society is seeking an individual with a strong understanding of IETF standards to work with us on writing 7 Human Rights Considerations for Internet standards and active drafts that are relevant to public interest. Additionally, the individual will help develop a longer term work-plan, expertise and approach for engagement in the IETF.
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Blog Entry Should Aadhaar be mandatory?
by Amber Sinha published Dec 18, 2017 — filed under: , ,
This week, a constitutional bench of the Supreme Court will adjudicate on limited questions of stay orders in the Aadhaar case. After numerous attempts by the petitioners in the Aadhaar case, the court has agreed to hear this matter, just shy of the looming deadline of December 31 for the linking of Aadhaar numbers to avail government services and benefits.
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Blog Entry Should an Inability to Precisely Define Privacy Render It Untenable as a Right?
by Amber Sinha published Aug 04, 2017 — filed under: ,
The judges may still be able to articulate the manner in which limits for a right to privacy may be arrived at, without explicitly specifying them.
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Should Nandan Nilekani's Aadhaar project, for identity proof and welfare delivery, exist at all?
by Prasad Krishna published Apr 04, 2014 last modified Apr 14, 2014 10:27 AM — filed under: ,
The foundation of Aadhaar—a Congress flagship project to give every Indian a unique identity number and then use it to deliver services—has been under assault in the past three months.
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Should online political advertising be regulated?
by P.J. George published Nov 13, 2019 — filed under: ,
Micro-targeting could have potentially damaging results in the context of political advertising.
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Should you worry about identity theft?
by Admin published Sep 20, 2017 last modified Nov 26, 2017 11:24 AM — filed under: ,
Laws in India regarding data protection may be weak, but following basic cyber hygiene rules can make your own defences stronger.
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Blog Entry Shreya Singhal and 66A
by Sunil Abraham published Apr 11, 2015 last modified Apr 19, 2015 08:09 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Most software code has dependencies. Simple and reproducible methods exist for mapping and understanding the impact of these dependencies. Legal code also has dependencies --across court orders and within a single court order. And since court orders are not produced using a structured mark-up language, experts are required to understand the precedential value of a court order.
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Blog Entry Silence on the Dera Front
by Sat Singh published Dec 20, 2017 — filed under: ,
Strap: How DSS followers, accused of violent protests after their leader was sentenced, manage without the internet.
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Siri, did you hear me? Adapting Privacy to New Technologies, Automated Decision-making, and Cloud Computing
by Admin published Mar 25, 2018 — filed under: ,
Amber Sinha participated as a panelist in the discussion on adapting privacy to new technologies organised by the USIBC on March 6, 2018 in New Delhi.
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Blog Entry Sixth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum, Nairobi: A Summary
by Prasad Krishna published Oct 24, 2011 last modified Oct 24, 2011 09:09 AM — filed under:
The sixth annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum was held from 27 to 30 September 2011 at the United Nations Office in Nairobi, Kenya. Sunil Abraham participated in six workshops: Privacy, Security, and Access to Rights: A Technical and Policy Analyses, Use of Digital Technologies for Civic Engagement and Political Change: Lessons Learned and Way Forward, The Impact of Regulation: FOSS and Enterprise, Proprietary Influences in Free and Open Source Software: Lessons to Open and Universal Internet Standards, Access and Diversity of Broadband Internet Access and Putting Users First: How Can Privacy be Protected in Today’s Complex Mobile Ecosystem?
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