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Future of Privacy in India: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 26, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
DSCI and ICOMP are organizing a meet on Privacy at the Oberoi Hotel in New Delhi on April 5, 2013. Sunil Abraham will be participating in this event as a speaker.
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Driving in the Surveillance Society: Cameras, RFID tags and Black Boxes...: by Maria Xynou — published Mar 26, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:26 PM — filed under: SAFEGUARDS, Internet Governance, Privacy
In this post, Maria Xynou looks at red light cameras, RFID tags and black boxes used to monitor vehicles in India.
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A Privacy Round Table in Delhi: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 29, 2013 — last modified Apr 12, 2013 09:33 AM — filed under: Event, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry cordially invite you to a "Privacy Round Table" at the FICCI Federation House in Tansen Marg, New Delhi on April 13, 2013, from 10.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.
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Microsoft releases its first report on data requests by law enforcement agencies around the world: by Maria Xynou — published Mar 27, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 12:19 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, SAFEGUARDS
In this post, the Centre for Internet and Society presents Microsoft´s report on law enforcement requests, with a focus on data requested by Indian law enforcement agencies.
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Mixed signals? Supreme Court notices to states on Facebook arrests: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 28, 2013 — last modified Aug 28, 2013 08:42 AM — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
In wake of the recent arrests of UP-based scholar Kanwal Bharti and Andhra-based PUCL activist Jaya Vindhyala over their Facebook posts, NDTV aired a discussion on the grey areas of the IT Act. Pranesh Prakash, Shreya Singhal and Faizal Farooqui
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The Personal Data (Protection) Bill, 2013: by Prachi Arya — published Aug 30, 2013 — last modified Aug 30, 2013 02:53 PM — filed under: SAFEGUARDS, Internet Governance, Privacy
Below is the text of the Personal Data (Protection) Bill, 2013 as discussed at the 6th Privacy Roundtable, New Delhi held on 24 August 2013. Note: This version of the Bill caters only to the Personal Data regime. The surveillance and privacy of communications regime was not discussed at the 6th Privacy Roundtable.
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How Next-Gen Smartphone Users are Being Bought and Sold: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 19, 2013 — last modified Sep 05, 2013 10:48 AM — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
After facebook and google, Twitter became the latest to buy millions of Indian smartphone users in July.
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Indien: Regierung will Nutzung von US-Mailprovidern in Verwaltungen verbieten: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 05, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance
Die indische Regierung wird in Kürze all ihre Mitarbeiter auffordern, keine US-amerikanischen Mailprovider, allen voran Gmail, für ihre offizielle Kommunikation zu nutzen.
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A dangerous trend: social media adds fire to Muzaffarnagar clashes: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 12, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance, Censorship
As access to the Internet grows, especially in small Indian towns and cities, social media has revealed a darker side as a hatred-mongering tool capable of setting off serious violence.
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Youths brainstorm at social summit: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 25, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance
This group of youngsters is in the process of developing a smartphone app that will help traffic police and civic agencies strengthen emergency services like ambulances and fire engines.
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