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What Centre will tell Supreme Court on Aadhaar and social media account linkage: by Amrita Madhukalya — published Aug 28, 2019 — last modified Sep 02, 2019 04:28 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The top court had held in the Aadhaar case that the government can make the linking of the 12-digit-number mandatory only in the case of availing subsidies and welfare benefits. Consequently, Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act was struck down.
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What Does Facebook's Transparency Report Tell Us About the Indian Government's Record on Free Expression & Privacy?: by Pranesh Prakash — published Mar 17, 2015 — last modified Apr 05, 2015 05:08 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Transparency Reports, Internet Governance, Privacy
Given India's online population, the number of user data requests made by the Indian government aren't very high, but the number of content restriction requests are not only high on an absolute number, but even on a per-user basis.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
What India can Learn from the Snowden Revelations: by Elonnai Hickok — published Oct 25, 2013 — last modified Oct 25, 2013 07:29 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Big Brother is watching, across cyberspace and international borders. Meanwhile, the Indian government has few safeguards in theory and fewer in practice. There’s no telling how prevalent or extensive Indian surveillance really is.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
What privacy? 13 crore Aadhaar numbers accessible on government portals: by Prasad Krishna — published May 03, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
At least 13 crore Aadhaar numbers and 10 crore bank account numbers are readily accessible on government portals, a report claims.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
What You Need To Worry About Before Linking Your Mobile Number With Aadhaar: by Admin — published Nov 26, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
As part of the directive issued by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) dated March 23, 2017, major telecom service providers have issued a deadline of February 6, 2018, for linking mobile numbers with Aadhaar as part of the E-KYC verification.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
What’s Hard To Digest About The Zomato Hacking: by Prasad Krishna — published May 19, 2017 — filed under: Cyber Security, Internet Governance, Privacy
Yet another day, yet another major security breach. But, this time it’s not a presidential candidate in the U.S. or the U.K.’s National Health Service. Instead. it’s Zomato, the popular Indian online food delivery and restaurant search service.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
What’s up with WhatsApp?: by Aayush Rathi and Sunil Abraham — published Apr 23, 2018 — filed under: Social Media, Privacy, Internet Governance, Featured, WhatsApp, Homepage
In 2016, WhatsApp Inc announced it was rolling out end-to-end encryption, but is the company doing what it claims to be doing?
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
WhatsApp races against time to fix fake news mess ahead of 2019 general elections: by Admin — published Jul 25, 2018 — filed under: Social Media, WhatsApp, Internet Governance, Privacy
On Friday, when WhatsApp announced that it would pilot a ‘five media-based forwards limit’ in India, the government came up with an unequivocal reminder.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
WhatsApp ruling: Experts seek privacy law: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 27, 2016 — filed under: Social Media, WhatsApp, Internet Governance, Privacy
On August 25, Whatsapp updated its policy to share user content with social network; the decision opened new monetisation models for the messaging app.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
WhatsApp spy attack and after: by Theres Sudeep — published Dec 15, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Bengaluru experts analyse the Pegasus snooping scandal, and provide advice on what you can do about the gaping holes in your mobile phone security.
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