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Govt mulls advisory on privacy issues related to Google, Facebook
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 10, 2013
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last modified
Jul 02, 2013 02:31 PM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Government is set to harden its stand against foreign Internet firms in asking them to comply with Indian laws.
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Govt narrative on Aadhaar has not changed in the last six years: Sunil Abraham
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 16, 2016
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Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The bill is basically the same as the UPA version, with some cosmetic changes, and some tokenism towards the right to privacy, says Abraham.
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Govt panel wants curbs on phone taps
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Oct 22, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
A government-appointed panel on Thursday recommended several measures, including guidelines on interception of telephonic conversations, video and audio recordings, use and storage of data as well as setting up of dispute resolution entities at Centre and state-level to protect the privacy of individuals.
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Govt to keep Aadhaar record for 7 years, activists worried
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 17, 2016
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filed under:
Surveillance,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The government will keep for seven years a record of all the services and benefits availed using the Aadhaar number, say new rules, prompting fears that the database could be used for surveillance.
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GSMA Research Outputs
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by
Elonnai Hickok
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published
Apr 04, 2015
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last modified
Apr 06, 2015 02:18 PM
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GSMA Research,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
This is a collection of research under our GSMA project that we have undertaken in collaboration with Privacy International. The research has sought to understand different legal and regulatory aspects of security and surveillance in India and consists of blog entries and reports. Any feedback or comment is welcome.
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Guidelines for the Protection of National Critical Information Infrastructure: How Much Regulation?
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by
Jonathan Diamond
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published
Jul 31, 2013
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last modified
Aug 01, 2013 04:48 AM
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filed under:
Cyber Security,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
July has been a busy month for cyber security in India. Beginning with the release of the country’s first National Cyber Security Policy on July 2 and followed just this past week by a set of guidelines for the protection of national critical information infrastructure (CII) developed under the direction of the National Technical Research Organization (NTRO), India has made respectable progress in its thinking on national cyber security.
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Habeas Data in India
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by
Vipul Kharbanda and edited by Elonnai Hickok
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published
Dec 10, 2016
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last modified
Dec 10, 2016 04:01 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Habeas Data,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Habeas Data is a latin word which can be loosely translated to mean “have the data”. The right has been primarily conceptualized, designed, ratified, and implemented by various nation-states in the background of a shared common history of decades of torture, terror, and other repressive practices under military juntas and other fascist regimes.
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Hack exposes Zomato's weak protection of customer data, say Cyber experts
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 19, 2017
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filed under:
Cyber Security,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Online restaurant aggregator says it will beef up security after 17 million user details were stolen.
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Hacker steals 17 million Zomato users’ data, briefly puts it on dark web
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 20, 2017
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filed under:
Cyber Security,
Hacking,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Records of 17 million users were stolen from online restaurant search platform Zomato, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.
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Hacking without borders: The future of artificial intelligence and surveillance
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by
Maria Xynou
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published
Mar 15, 2013
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last modified
Jul 12, 2013 03:30 PM
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filed under:
SAFEGUARDS,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
In this post, Maria Xynou looks at some of DARPA´s artificial intelligence surveillance technologies in regards to the right to privacy and their potential future use in India.
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