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Surveillance Enabling Identity Systems in Africa: Tracing the Fingerprints of Aadhaar
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by
Shruti Trikanad and Vrinda Bhandari
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published
Aug 09, 2022
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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.
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Rethinking Acquisition of Digital Devices by Law Enforcement Agencies
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by
Harikartik Ramesh
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published
Apr 16, 2022
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last modified
May 02, 2022 09:27 AM
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filed under:
Surveillance,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
This article has been selected as a part of The Right to Privacy and the Legality of Surveillance series organized in collaboration with the RGNUL Student Research Review (RSRR) Journal.
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Response to the Pegasus Questionnaire issued by the SC Technical Committee
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by
Anamika Kundu, Digvijay, Arindrajit Basu, Shweta Mohandas and Pallavi Bedi
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published
Dec 31, 2020
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last modified
Apr 13, 2022 02:45 PM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Surveillance,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
On March 25, 2022, the Supreme Court appointed Technical Committee constituted to examine the allegations of alleged unauthorised surveillance using the Pegasus software released a questionnaire seeking responses and comments from the general public.
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Gender, Health, & Surveillance in India - A Panel Discussion
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by
Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon
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published
Dec 23, 2020
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last modified
Dec 23, 2020 02:03 PM
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filed under:
Data Systems,
RAW Events,
Gender,
Reproductive and Child Health,
Surveillance,
Researchers at Work,
Event
Women and LGBTHIAQ-identifying persons face intensive and varied forms of surveillance as they access reproductive health systems. Increasingly, these systems are also undergoing rapid digitisation. The panel was set-up to discuss the discursive, experiential and policy implications of these data-intensive developments on access to public health and welfare systems by women and LGBTHIAQ-identifying persons in India. The panelists presented studies undertaken as part of two projects at CIS, one of which is supported by Privacy International, UK, and the other by Big Data for Development network established by International Development Research Centre, Canada.
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Unpacking video-based surveillance in New Delhi
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by
Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon
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published
Jun 20, 2019
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last modified
Jun 20, 2019 05:13 AM
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filed under:
Big Data,
Data Justice,
Surveillance,
Featured,
Urban Data Justice,
Research,
Researchers at Work
Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon presented at an international workshop on 'Urban Data, Inequality and Justice in the Global South', on 14 June 2019, at the University of Manchester. The agenda for the workshop and the slides from the presentation by Aayush and Ambika are available below.
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Workshop on 'Urban Data, Inequality and Justice in the Global South'
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by
Admin
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published
Jun 14, 2019
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last modified
Jul 06, 2019 01:30 AM
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filed under:
Surveillance,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon presented our research on video-based surveillance in New Delhi at a workshop on urban data, inequality, and justice in the global South at the University of Manchester on 14 June 2019.
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CIS Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Speech and Expression: Surveillance Industry and Human Rights
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Elonnai Hickok, Arindrajit Basu, Gurshabad Grover, Akriti Bopanna, Shweta Mohandas, Martyna Kalvaityte
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published
Feb 20, 2019
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last modified
Feb 20, 2019 10:48 AM
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filed under:
Human Rights,
Internet Governance,
Surveillance
CIS responded to the call for submissions from the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Speech and Expression. The submission was on the Surveillance Industry and Human Rights.
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Data Infrastructures and Inequities: Why Does Reproductive Health Surveillance in India Need Our Urgent Attention?
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by
Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon
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published
Feb 14, 2019
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last modified
Dec 30, 2019 04:44 PM
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filed under:
Big Data,
Data Systems,
Privacy,
Researchers at Work,
Internet Governance,
Research,
BD4D,
Healthcare,
Surveillance,
Big Data for Development
In order to bring out certain conceptual and procedural problems with health monitoring in the Indian context, this article by Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon posits health monitoring as surveillance and not merely as a “data problem.” Casting a critical feminist lens, the historicity of surveillance practices unveils the gendered power differentials wedded into taken-for-granted “benign” monitoring processes. The unpacking of the Mother and Child Tracking System and the National Health Stack reveals the neo-liberal aspirations of the Indian state.
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Regulating the Internet: The Government of India & Standards Development at the IETF
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by
Aayush Rathi, Gurshabad Grover and Sunil Abraham
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published
Nov 30, 2018
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last modified
Jan 22, 2019 07:29 AM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Cryptography,
Cybersecurity,
Internet Governance,
Surveillance,
IETF,
Encryption Policy
The institution of open standards has been described as a formidable regulatory regime governing the Internet. Given the regulatory and domestic policy implications that technical standards can have, there is a need for Indian governmental agencies to focus adequate resources geared towards achieving favourable outcomes at standards development fora.
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Surveillance Stories: Optimizing rights and governance
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by
Admin
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published
Oct 31, 2018
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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.
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