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Financial Express hosts #NetNeutralityDebate: ‘Price discrimination can be allowed, but not for the same packet of data’
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 24, 2015 — last modified May 09, 2015 10:05 AM — filed under: ,
Trying to cut through the noise on Net Neutrality in India, FICCI in partnership with Financial Express is hosting a panel discussion titled “Decoding Net Neutrality” in New Delhi on Wednesday.
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Financial Express hosts #NetNeutralityDebate: ‘Price discrimination can be allowed, but not for the same packet of data’
by Pranesh Prakash — published Apr 27, 2015 — last modified Apr 27, 2015 02:18 AM — filed under: ,
Trying to cut through the noise on Net Neutrality in India, FICCI in partnership with Financial Express is hosting a panel discussion titled ‘Decoding Net Neutrality’ in New Delhi on Wednesday.
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Financial Inclusion and the UID
by elonnai hickok — published Aug 22, 2011 — last modified Aug 23, 2011 10:36 AM — filed under: ,
Since 2009, when Nandan Nilekani began to envision and implement the Unique Identification Project, the UID authority has promoted the UID/Aadhaar scheme as a tool of development for India - arguing that an identity will assist in bringing benefits to the poor, promote financial inclusion in India, and allow for economic and social development. In this blog entry I will focus on the challenges and possibilities of the UID number providing the residents of India a viable method of access to financial services across the country.
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Find ways to trace origin of messages: Government to WhatsApp
by Admin — published Sep 24, 2018 — filed under:
Unhappy with the steps taken so far by WhatsApp, the government plans to trace the origins of incendiary messages spread on its platform.
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Blog Entry Finding Needles in Haystacks - Discussing the Role of Automated Filtering in the New Indian Intermediary Liability Rules 
by Shweta Mohandas and Torsha Sarkar — published Aug 03, 2021 — last modified Aug 03, 2021 07:28 AM — filed under: , ,
On the 25th of February this year The Government of India notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. The new Rules broaden the scope of which entities can be considered as intermediaries to now include curated-content platforms (Netflix) as well as digital news publications. This blogpost analyzes the rule on automated filtering, in the context of the growing use of automated content moderation.
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Blog Entry FinFisher in India and the Myth of Harmless Metadata
by Maria Xynou — published Aug 13, 2013 — last modified Aug 13, 2013 11:30 AM — filed under: , ,
In this article, Maria Xynou argues that metadata is anything but harmless, especially since FinFisher — one of the world's most controversial types of spyware — uses metadata to target individuals.
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Blog Entry FinTech in India: A Study of Privacy and Security Commitments
by Aayush Rathi and Shweta Mohandas — published Apr 30, 2019 — last modified May 02, 2019 11:20 AM — filed under: , , ,
The unprecedented growth of the fintech space in India has concomitantly come with regulatory challenges around inter alia privacy and security concerns. This report studies the privacy policies of 48 fintech companies operating in India to better understand some of these concerns.
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Firms find wealth in your data
by Admin — published Jul 25, 2018 — filed under: ,
Data collection and theft is quite prevalent and there is little an individual can do right now.
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Blog Entry First draft of Technology Business Incubators: An Indian Perspective and Implementation Guidance Report
by Vidushi Marda — published Jul 25, 2015 — filed under:
The Centre for Internet and Society presents the first draft of its analysis on technology business incubators("TBI") in India. The report prepared by Sunil Abraham, Vidushi Marda, Udbhav Tiwari and Anumeha Karnatak looks at operating procedures, success stories and lessons that can be learnt from TBIs in India.
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Blog Entry First Look: CIS Cybersecurity documentary film
by Purba Sarkar — published Nov 18, 2013 — last modified Dec 17, 2013 08:16 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
CIS presents the trailer of its documentary film DesiSec: Cybersecurity & Civil Society in India
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