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                                      Workshop on Democratic Accountability in the Digital Age (Delhi, November 14-15)
                                    
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                                              Sumandro Chattapadhyay
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Oct 31, 2016
                                            
                                            
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                                            UID,
                                          
                                          
                                            Internet Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Accountability,
                                          
                                          
                                            Digital India,
                                          
                                          
                                            Aadhaar,
                                          
                                          
                                            Welfare Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            E-Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Digital Rights
                                          
                                        
                                      
                                      IT for Change, along with Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF), Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) and National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI), is organising a two day workshop on ‘Democratic Accountability in the Digital Age’. The workshop will focus on evolving a comprehensive policy approach to data based governance and digital democracy, grounded in a rights and social justice framework. It will be held at the United Service Institution of India, Delhi, during November 14-15, 2016. The CIS team to participate in the workshop includes Sumandro Chattapadhyay (speaker), Amber Sinha (speaker), Vanya Rakesh (participant), and Himadri Chatterjee (participant). Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      Millions of Indians move from cash to digital payments. But some ask whether it’s safe
                                    
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                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                            Digital Money,
                                          
                                          
                                            Internet Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Digital Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Digital Economy
                                          
                                        
                                      
                                      Minutes after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began an ambitious new mobile-phone-payment application in December, several clones of the app popped up at Android smartphone stores. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      Fake Narendra Modi apps aplenty, but it’s up to users to protect themselves
                                    
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                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Dec 10, 2016
                                            
                                            
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                                            Digital India,
                                          
                                          
                                            Internet Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Digital Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Privacy
                                          
                                        
                                      
                                      The app, hosted on Google Play store, automatically gets excessive permission including full network access and ability to take pictures and videos once downloaded. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      The soon-to-be launched Aadhaar Pay will let you make purchases using your fingerprint
                                    
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                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Jan 16, 2017
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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                                            Demonetisation,
                                          
                                          
                                            Digital Payment,
                                          
                                          
                                            Digital Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Digital Economy,
                                          
                                          
                                            Privacy,
                                          
                                          
                                            Internet Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Digital Money,
                                          
                                          
                                            Video,
                                          
                                          
                                            Aadhaar,
                                          
                                          
                                            Biometrics
                                          
                                        
                                      
                                      Paying for your groceries and other goods by using your biometrics instead of an e-wallet, debit card or cash seems to be the next phase in the Centre’s ambitious push to shift the country to a “less cash” economy, as its mandarins term it. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                       State of Consumer Digital Security in India State of Consumer Digital Security in India
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                                              Pranav M B
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Jul 05, 2021
                                            
                                            
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                                            Digital Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Privacy,
                                          
                                          
                                            Digital Knowledge,
                                          
                                          
                                            Internet Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Digital Media
                                          
                                        
                                      
                                      This report attempts to identify the existing state of digital safety in India, with a mapping of digital threats, which will aid stakeholders in identifying and addressing digital security problems in the country. This project was funded by the Asia Foundation. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                       An Evidence based Intermediary Liability Policy Framework: Workshop  at IGF An Evidence based Intermediary Liability Policy Framework: Workshop  at IGF
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                                              Jyoti Panday
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Jun 30, 2014
                                            
                                            
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                                            human rights,
                                          
                                          
                                            Digital Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            internet governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Freedom of Speech and Expression,
                                          
                                          
                                            Internet Governance Forum,
                                          
                                          
                                            Human Rights Online,
                                          
                                          
                                            Intermediary Liability,
                                          
                                          
                                            Policies,
                                          
                                          
                                            Multi-stakeholder
                                          
                                        
                                      
                                      CIS is organising a workshop at the Internet Governance Forum 2014. The workshop will be an opportunity to present and discuss ongoing research on the changing definition of intermediaries and their responsibilities across jurisdictions and technologies and contribute to a comprehensible framework for liability that is consistent with the capacity of the intermediary and with international human-rights standards. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                       The Centre for Internet and Society’s comments and recommendations to the: The Digital Data Protection Bill 2022 The Centre for Internet and Society’s comments and recommendations to the: The Digital Data Protection Bill 2022
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                                              Shweta Mohandas and Pallavi Bedi
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Jan 20, 2023
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
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                                            Internet Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Digital Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Data Protection,
                                          
                                          
                                            Privacy
                                          
                                        
                                      
                                      The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) published its comments and recommendations to the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, on December 17, 2022. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                       Summary Report Internet Governance Forum 2015 Summary Report Internet Governance Forum 2015
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                                              Jyoti Panday
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                            Big Data,
                                          
                                          
                                            Freedom of Speech and Expression,
                                          
                                          
                                            Encryption,
                                          
                                          
                                            Internet Governance Forum,
                                          
                                          
                                            Intermediary Liability,
                                          
                                          
                                            Accountability,
                                          
                                          
                                            Internet Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Censorship,
                                          
                                          
                                            Cyber Security,
                                          
                                          
                                            Digital Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Anonymity,
                                          
                                          
                                            Civil Society,
                                          
                                          
                                            Blocking
                                          
                                        
                                      
                                      Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India participated in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held at Poeta Ronaldo Cunha Lima Conference Center, Joao Pessoa in Brazil from 10 November 2015 to 13 November 2015. The theme of IGF 2015 was ‘Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development’. Sunil Abraham, Pranesh Prakash & Jyoti Panday from CIS actively engaged and made substantive contributions to several key issues affecting internet governance at the IGF 2015. The issue-wise detail of their engagement is set out below.  Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                       Open Standards Workshop at IGF '09 Open Standards Workshop at IGF '09
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                                              Pranesh Prakash
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Nov 30, 2009
                                            
                                            
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                                            Consumer Rights,
                                          
                                          
                                            Digital Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Fair Dealings,
                                          
                                          
                                            FLOSS,
                                          
                                          
                                            Workshop,
                                          
                                          
                                            Openness
                                          
                                        
                                      
                                      The Centre for Internet and Society co-organized a workshop on 'Open Standards: A Rights-Based Framework' at the fourth Internet Governance Forum, at Sharm el-Sheikh.  The panel was chaired by Aslam Raffee of Sun Microsystems and the panellists were Sir Tim Berners-Lee of W3C, Renu Budhiraja of India's DIT, Sunil Abraham of CIS, Steve Mutkoski of Microsoft, and Rishab Ghosh of UNU-MERIT. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                       Civic Hacking Workshop Civic Hacking Workshop
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                                              Pranesh Prakash
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Jul 28, 2010
                                            
                                            
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                                            Digital Governance,
                                          
                                          
                                            Openness
                                          
                                        
                                      
                                      CIS, with the UK Government's Foreign Office and the Cabinet Office Team for Digital Engagement, and Google India, is organizing a workshop on open data (or the lack thereof) and 'civic hacking'. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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