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Rational Internet laws essential to fulfil India’s digital goals
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 15, 2016 — last modified Aug 15, 2016 04:13 AM — filed under: ,
India has emerged as a digitally-connected nation but experts suggest the country still lacks pragmatic Internet laws.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Blog Entry RBI Ban on Cryptocurrencies not backed by any data or statistics
by Vipul Kharbanda — published Mar 05, 2020 — last modified Mar 05, 2020 06:35 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
In March 2020, the Supreme Court of India quashed the RBI order passed in 2018 that banned financial services firms from trading in virtual currency or cryptocurrency. Keeping this policy window in mind, the Centre for Internet & Society will be releasing a series of blog posts and policy briefs on cryptocurrency regulation in India
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry RBI Directions on Account Aggregators
by Vipul Kharbanda and Elonnai Hickok — published Oct 21, 2016 — last modified Oct 21, 2016 03:25 PM — filed under: , , ,
The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Directions for account aggregator services in India seem to lay great emphasis on data security by allowing only direct access between institutions and do away with data scraping techniques.
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Re-thinking Key Escrow
by Natasha Vaz — published Aug 09, 2011 — last modified Aug 22, 2011 11:44 AM — filed under: ,
Would you make duplicates of your house keys and hand them over to the local police authority? And if so, would you feel safe? Naturally, one would protest this invasion of privacy. Similarly, would it be justified for the government to have a copy of the private key to intercept and decrypt communications? This is the idea behind key escrow; it enables government ‘wiretapping’.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog / Privacy
Re-Wiring Women's Rights Debates in the Digital Age
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 19, 2014 — last modified Feb 12, 2015 05:07 PM — filed under: , , ,
IT for Change in partnership with Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan and ANANDI organized this event on September 13 and 14, 2014. Rohini Lakshane participated as a speaker.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Blog Entry Re: The Human DNA Profiling Bill, 2012
by Bhairav Acharya — published Oct 09, 2013 — last modified Oct 29, 2013 10:00 AM — filed under: , ,
This short note speaks to legal issues arising from the proposed Human DNA Profiling Bill, 2012 ("DBT Bill") that was circulated drafted under the aegis of the Department of Biotechnology of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, which seeks to collect human DNA samples, profile them and store them. These comments are made clause-by-clause against the DBT Bill.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
re:thinking tomorrow
by Prasad Krishna — published May 04, 2015 — last modified Jun 19, 2015 02:12 PM — filed under:
The lightning spread of communication technologies has enabled the dissemination of information and ideas that mainstream media have been unwilling or unable to publish.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Reading a closed book
by Radha Rao — published Sep 30, 2009 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:50 PM — filed under:
With the right combination of privacy tweaks and a little prudence, you can maintain privacy online - an article in Livemint by Krish Raghav (29th September, 2009)
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Blog Entry Reclaiming AI Futures: Call for Contributions and Provocations
by Divij Joshi — published Nov 09, 2020 — last modified Nov 18, 2020 09:04 AM — filed under: ,
CIS is pleased to share this call for contributions by Mozilla Fellow Divij Joshi. CIS will be working with Divij to edit, collate, and finalise this publication. This publication will add to Divij’s work as part of the AI observatory. The work is entirely funded by Divij Joshi.
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Blog Entry Reconfiguring Data Governance: Insights from India and the EU
by Swati Punia, Srishti Joshi, Siddharth Peter De Souza, Linnet Taylor, Jhalak M. Kakkar, Isha Suri, Arindrajit Basu, and Anushka Mittal — published Feb 17, 2024 — last modified Feb 20, 2024 12:30 AM — filed under: , , ,
This policy paper is the result of a workshop organised jointly by the Tilburg Institute of Law, Technology and Society, Netherlands, the Centre for Communication Governance at the National Law University Delhi, India and the Centre for Internet & Society, India in January, 2023. The workshop brought together a number of academics, researchers, and industry representatives in Delhi to discuss a range of issues at the core of data governance theory and practice.
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