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Biometrics or Bust? Implications of the UID for Participation and Inclusion: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 06, 2014 — last modified Jan 06, 2014 08:56 AM — filed under: UID, Event, Internet Governance, Privacy
Malavika Jayaram will give a talk on biometrics and the implications of UID for participation and inclusion at the office of the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore on January 10, 2014 at 6.00 p.m.
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Biometrics or bust? India's Identity Crisis: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 01, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Malavika Jayaram is speaking at an event organized by the Oxford Internet Institute on July 2, 2013. The talk will be held at Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, 1 St Giles Oxford OX1 3JS.
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Biometrics: An ‘Angootha Chaap’ nation?: by Mukta Batra — published Sep 19, 2014 — last modified Sep 19, 2014 06:12 AM — filed under: UID, Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
This blog post throws light on the inconsistencies in biometric collection under the UID and NPR Schemes.
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Biometry Is Watching: by Prasad Krishna — published May 12, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 12:08 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
In its first steps, the UID drive encounters practical problems, raises ethical questions, reports Sugata Srinivasaraju in Outlook.
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BIS International Seminar on Internet of Things: by Admin — published Nov 25, 2017 — filed under: IoT, Internet Governance
To create awareness among Indian community and to provide a platform to all stakeholders to discuss the technology, challenges and the way forward with an emphasis on the role of standards, BIS organized a half day International seminar on Internet of Things on 15 November 2017 at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi. Amber Sinha attended the event.
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BIS LITD 17 meeting: by Admin — published Jul 21, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
On July 3, 2019, Gurshabad Grover attended the sixteenth meeting of the Information Systems Security and Biometrics Section Committee (LITD17) at the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in New Delhi.
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BIS LITD 17 Privacy Panel meeting: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 21, 2017 — last modified Jul 07, 2017 01:31 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Udbhav Tiwari represented CIS at this meeting organized by National Law School of India University in Bangalore on June 21, 2017.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Bit by byte protecting her privacy: by Admin — published Jul 29, 2018 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The Srikrishna committee draft law on data protection is days away. Here’s a bucket list of issues that will matter
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Bitcoin & Open Source with Aaron Koenig: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 06, 2014 — filed under: Openness, Internet Governance, Event, Access to Knowledge
Aaron Koenig, director of bitfilm.org and a global Bitcoin entrepreneur will give a talk at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore on February 7 at 6.00 p.m.
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Biz moving to IPv6 but lower costs, support needed: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 14, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance
Organisations such as Cisco Systems, Equinix and Singapore Internet Exchange are all gearing up for migration to IPv6 in time for the World IPv6 Launch day slated on Jun. 6,which involved everything from redesigning their backend infrastructure to assessing their systems’ readiness.
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