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Blog Entry Privacy Concerns Overshadow Monetary Benefits of Aadhaar Scheme
by Pranesh Prakash and Amber Sinha — published Mar 17, 2016 — last modified Mar 17, 2016 04:12 PM — filed under: , ,
Since its inception in 2009, the Aadhaar system has been shrouded in controversy over issues of privacy, security and viability. It has been implemented without a legislative mandate and has resulted in a PIL in the Supreme Court, which referred it to a Constitution bench. On Friday, it kicked up more dust when the Lok Sabha passed a Bill to give statutory backing to the unique identity number scheme.
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Blog Entry Privacy Gaps in India's Digital India Project
by Anisha Gupta and Edited by Amber Sinha — published Feb 21, 2017 — filed under: ,
This paper seeks to assess the privacy protections under 15 e-governance schemes: Soil Health Card, Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS), Project Panchdeep, U-Dise, Electronic Health Records, NHRM Smart Card, MyGov, eDistricts, Mobile Seva, Digi Locker, eSign framework for Aadhaar, Passport Seva, PayGov, National Land Records Modernization Programme (NLRMP), and Aadhaar.
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Blog Entry Privacy in Healthcare: Policy Guide
by Tanvi Mani — published Aug 26, 2014 — last modified Aug 31, 2014 03:18 PM — filed under: , , ,
The Health Policy Guide seeks to understand what are the legal regulations governing data flow in the health sector — particularly hospitals, and how are these regulations implemented. Towards this objective, the research reviews data practices in a variety of public and private hospitals and diagnostics labs. The research is based on legislation, case law, publicly available documents, and anonymous interviews.
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Blog Entry Privacy in India — An Early Draft
by Natasha Vaz — published Feb 29, 2012 — last modified Feb 28, 2014 05:05 AM — filed under: ,
Privacy India in partnership with Privacy International, UK, Society in Action Group, Gurgaon, and the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore is pleased to bring you the draft chapters of its book on privacy in India. These include the Country Report, Telecommunication and Internet Privacy, E-Governance Identity and Privacy, Finance and Privacy, Health and Privacy, Transparency and Privacy.
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Blog Entry Privacy in the Age of Big Data
by Amber Sinha — published Apr 11, 2017 — filed under: , , ,
Personal data is freely accessible, shared and even sold, and those to whom this information belongs have little control over its flow.
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Privacy in the Digital Age: Addressing Common Challenges, Seizing Opportunities
by Admin — published May 22, 2018 — last modified May 24, 2018 10:45 AM — filed under: ,
DG Justice and Consumers and European Union is organizing a conference on privacy in the digital age on May 25, 2018 in New Delhi.
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Privacy in the Social Networked World
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 18, 2012 — last modified Dec 04, 2012 04:19 PM — filed under: ,
The Asian Privacy Scholars Network 2nd International Conference was hosted by the Centre for Business Information Ethics, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan, on behalf of the Asian Privacy Scholars Network, November 19 - 20, 2012. Elonnai Hickok is speaking at the event.
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Privacy International Network Meeting
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 21, 2015 — last modified May 02, 2015 05:02 AM — filed under: ,
Sunil Abraham will be attending this meeting organized by Privacy International, UK in London on April 22 and 23, 2015.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Privacy International's Trip to Asia
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 25, 2012 — filed under: ,
In February 2012, the PI team travelled to India, Bangladesh and Hong Kong to meet with our local partners in the region and speak at four conferences they had organized. We also got the chance to interview our partners in India and Bangladesh on the privacy issues facing them at the moment - this video is the result of those conversations.
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Privacy is culture specific, MNCs hit by Aadhaar, says TRAI chief
by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 07, 2017 — filed under: , ,
A clutch of petitions filed by those opposing what they call the unchecked use of Aadhaar is currently in the Supreme Court.
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