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Surveillance and Privacy Law Roundtable: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 25, 2014 — filed under: Event, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society, COAI and Vahura invite you to a privacy roundtable at the India International Centre in New Delhi on September 1, 2014.
Located in Events
Surveillance and the Indian Constitution - Part 1: Foundations: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 13, 2014 — last modified Jan 23, 2014 03:12 PM — filed under: Surveillance, Constitutional Law, Internet Governance, Privacy
In this insightful seven-part series, Gautam Bhatia looks at surveillance and the right to privacy in India from a constitutional perspective, tracing its genealogy through Supreme Court case law and compares it with the law in the USA.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Surveillance and the Indian Constitution - Part 2: Gobind and the Compelling State Interest Test: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 27, 2014 — filed under: Surveillance, Constitutional Law, Internet Governance, Privacy
Gautam Bhatia analyses the first case in which the Supreme Court recognized a constitutional right to privacy, Gobind v. State of Madhya Pradesh, and argues that the holding in that case adopted the three-pronged American test of strict scrutiny, compelling State interest, and narrow tailoring in its approach to privacy violations.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Surveillance and the Indian Constitution - Part 3: The Public/Private Distinction and the Supreme Court’s Wrong Turn: by Pranesh Prakash — published Feb 25, 2014 — last modified Mar 06, 2014 11:02 PM — filed under: Surveillance, Internet Governance, Privacy
After its decision in Gobind, the Supreme Court's privacy floodgates opened; a series of claims involving private parties came before its docket, and the resulting jurisprudence ended up creating confusion between state-individual surveillance, and individual-individual surveillance.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Surveillance Camp IV: Disproportionate State Surveillance - A Violation of Privacy: by Elonnai Hickok — published Feb 19, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
This is the fourth in a series of posts mapping global surveillance challenges discussed at EFF's State Surveillance and Human Rights Camp in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This article has been co-written with Elonnai Hickok — Centre for Internet and Society India, and a speaker at EFF's Camp.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Surveillance Camp: Privatized State Surveillance: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 29, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
This is the second in a series of posts mapping global surveillance challenges discussed at EFF’s Surveillance Camp in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Located in News & Media
Surveillance Enabling Identity Systems in Africa: Tracing the Fingerprints of Aadhaar: by Shruti Trikanad and Vrinda Bhandari — published Aug 09, 2022 — filed under: Surveillance, Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Biometric identity systems are being introduced around the world with a focus on promoting human development and social and economic inclusion, rather than previous goals of security. As a result, these systems being encouraged in developing countries, particularly in Africa and Asia, sometimes with disastrous consequences.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Surveillance Project: by Sunil Abraham — published Apr 05, 2016 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Aadhaar project’s technological design and architecture is an unmitigated disaster and no amount of legal fixes in the Act will make it any better.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Surveillance rises, privacy retreats: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 12, 2015 — last modified May 02, 2015 06:43 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden have, at considerable personal cost, revealed how surveillance has eroded the private space in a world driven by digital technology.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Surveillance Stories: Optimizing rights and governance: by Admin — published Oct 31, 2018 — filed under: Surveillance, Internet Governance, Privacy
Sunil Abraham gave a talk at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore on October 16, 2018. Sunil used a series of stories to explain how surveillance works and fails in the context of theft, murder, insider trading, terrorism, demonetization and encounter killings.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media

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