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Presentation of the UID project by Ashok Dalwai – A Report: by Elonnai Hickok — published Sep 08, 2010 — last modified Mar 21, 2012 10:09 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
On Tuesday, 7 September 2010, Ashok Dalwai, the Deputy Director General of the Unique Identification of India (UIDAI), gave a lecture at the Indian Institute for Science in Bangalore. Representing the UID Authority, his presentation explained the vision of the project and focused on the challenges involved in demographic and biometric identification, the technology adopted, and the enrolment process. Elonnai Hickok gives a report of his presentation in this blog post.
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DSCI Information Security Summit 2010 – A Report: by Elonnai Hickok — published Dec 07, 2010 — last modified Mar 21, 2012 10:04 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
On 2 and 3 December 2010, the DSCI Information Security Summit 2010 took place in the Trident Hotel, Chennai. The two day summit included a broad spectrum of speakers/panels and topics, ranging from Securing Data & Systems to how to leverage the Cloud. The key speakers were Mr. Gulshan Rai, Director General, CERT-In, DIT, Mr. Rajeev Kapoor, Joint Secretary, DoPT, Govt. of India, Mr. Vakul Sharma, Advocate, Supreme Court of India and Dr. Kamlesh Bajaj, CEO, DSCI. Elonnai Hickok attended the summit.
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Google Policy Fellowship Program: Asia Chapter: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 24, 2011 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:34 AM — filed under: Featured, Internet Governance
For the ardent followers of free and open Internet and for those who love to debate on technology, media law and Internet-related policy issues, there is some good news. The Centre for Internet and Society, India is conducting a Google Policy Fellowship program this summer!
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CIS Para-wise Comments on Draft Reasonable Security Practices Rules, 2011: by Prashant Iyengar — published Feb 24, 2011 — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:32 AM — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
On February 7th 2011, the Department of Information Technology, MCIT published draft rules on its website (The Information Technology (Reasonable security practices and procedures and sensitive personal information) Rules, 2011) in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 87(2)(ob), read with Section 43A of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Comments were invited from the public before February 25th 2011. Accordingly, Privacy India and Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore have prepared the following para-wise comments for the Ministry’s consideration.
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CIS Para-wise Comments on Cyber Café Rules, 2011: by Prashant Iyengar — published Feb 25, 2011 — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:32 AM — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
On February 7th 2011, the Department of Information Technology, MCIT published draft rules on its website (The Information Technology (Guidelines for Cyber Cafe) Rules, 2011) in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 87(2) (zg), read with Section 79(2) of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Comments were invited from the public before February 25th 2011. Accordingly, Privacy India and Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore have prepared the following para wise comments for the Ministry’s consideration.
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The Draft Electronic Delivery of Services Bill, 2011 – Comments by CIS: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 29, 2011 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:37 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Draft Electronic Delivery of Services Bill, 2011 (“Bill”) is a Bill to provide for delivery of government services manadatorily through electronic means by phasing out manual delivery of services. It is heartening to note that the Bill shifts the approach to electronic delivery of services by Government agencies to one as part of the citizens' right to service delivery through electronic means rather than a luxury or benefit doled out by the Government. The Bill introduces bodies exclusively accountable for ensuring that electronic delivery of services by the Government at the state and central levels. While this is a welcome move on the part of the Government there are a few comments we, at the Centre for Internet and Society, have on the present version of the Bill:
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Say 'Password' in Hindi: by Nishant Shah — published Jun 08, 2011 — last modified Mar 21, 2012 09:18 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
English might be the language of the online world, but it’s time other languages had their say, writes Nishant Shah. The article was published in the Indian Express on June 5, 2011.
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Do You Want to be Watched?: by Sunil Abraham — published Jun 09, 2011 — last modified Mar 21, 2012 09:11 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The new rules under the IT Act are an assault on our freedom, says Sunil Abraham in this article published in Pragati on June 8, 2011.
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Snooping Can Lead to Data Abuse: by Sunil Abraham — published Jun 09, 2011 — last modified Mar 21, 2012 10:39 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
THE NATGRID, aiming to link databases of 21 departments and ministries for better counter-terror measures, adopts blunt policy approach, subjecting every citizen to the same level of blanket surveillance, instead of a targeted approach that intelligently focuses on geographic or demographic areas that are currently important, writes Sunil Abraham in this article published by Mail Today on June 9, 2011.
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Privacy and Security Can Co-exist: by Sunil Abraham — published Jun 22, 2011 — last modified Mar 21, 2012 09:05 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The blanket surveillance the Centre seeks is not going to make India more secure, writes Sunil Abraham in this article published in Mail Today on June 21, 2011.
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