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Indian Government Quietly Brings In Its 'Central Monitoring System': Total Surveillance Of All Telecommunications: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 08, 2013 — last modified Jul 02, 2013 09:12 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
There's a worrying trend around the world for governments to extend online surveillance capabilities to encompass all citizens -- often justified with the usual excuse of combatting terrorism and/or child pornography.
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Issue of duplication of identities of users under control: Nilekani: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 29, 2013 — last modified Jul 02, 2013 10:13 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Nandan Nilekani says UIDAI system almost completely accurate, duplication of identities virtually negligible.
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Facebook, Google deny spying access: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 09, 2013 — last modified Jul 02, 2013 10:18 AM — filed under: Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
The CEOs of Facebook and Google on Saturday categorically denied that the US National Security Agency had "direct access" to their company servers for snooping on Gmail and Facebook users. But both acknowledged that the companies complied with the 'lawful' requests made by the US government and shared user data with sleuths.
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Cyber experts suggest using open source software to protect privacy: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 22, 2013 — last modified Jul 03, 2013 04:32 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Big Brother is watching. With the Central Monitoring System (CMS) at home and PRISM from the US, millions of users worldwide have become vulnerable to online surveillance by state agencies without even realizing it. No surprise, several cyber security experts feel that building one's own personal firewall is a good way of fortifying online privacy.
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In India, Prism-like Surveillance Slips Under the Radar: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 30, 2013 — last modified Jul 03, 2013 09:31 AM — filed under: Surveillance, Internet Governance, Privacy
Prism, the contentious U.S. data-collection surveillance program, has captured the world’s attention ever since whistle-blower Edward Snowden leaked details of global spying to the Guardian and Washington Post.
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Report on CIS' Workshop at the IGF:'An Evidence Based Framework for Intermediary Liability': by Jyoti Panday — published Sep 22, 2014 — last modified Sep 24, 2014 10:47 AM — filed under: Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance Forum, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
An evidence based framework for intermediary liability' was organised to present evidence and discuss ongoing research on the changing definition, function and responsibilities of intermediaries across jurisdictions.
Located in Internet Governance
CIS contributes to ABLI Compendium on Regulation of Cross-Border Transfers of Personal Data in Asia: by Amber Sinha and Elonnai Hickok — published May 31, 2018 — last modified Jun 03, 2018 03:10 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The Asian Business Law Institute, based in Singapore published a compendium on “Regulation of cross-border transfer of personal data in Asia”. This was part of an exercise to explore legal convergence around issues such as data protection, enforcement of foreign judgments and principle of restructuring in Asia.
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Why NPCI and Facebook need urgent regulatory attention: by Sunil Abraham — published Jun 12, 2018 — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance, Privacy
The world’s oldest networked infrastructure, money, is increasingly dematerialising and fusing with the world’s latest networked infrastructure, the Internet.
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The AI Task Force Report - The first steps towards India’s AI framework: by Elonnai Hickok, Shweta Mohandas and Swaraj Paul Barooah — published Jun 27, 2018 — last modified Jun 27, 2018 02:32 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Artificial Intelligence, Privacy
The Task Force on Artificial Intelligence was established by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to leverage AI for economic benefits, and provide policy recommendations on the deployment of AI for India.
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Comment by CIS at ACE on Presentation on French Charter on the Fight against Cyber-Counterfeiting: by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 01, 2011 — last modified Dec 01, 2011 11:59 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Intellectual Property Rights, Piracy, Censorship, WIPO
The seventh session of the World Intellectual Property Organization's Advisory Committee on Enforcement is being held in Geneva on November 30 and December 1, 2011. Pranesh Prakash responded to a presentation by Prof. Pierre Sirinelli of the École de droit de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 on 'The French Charter on the Fight against Cyber-Counterfeiting of December 16, 2009' with this comment.
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