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Report on the Sixth Privacy Roundtable Meeting, New Delhi
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Prachi Arya
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published
Aug 30, 2013
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Aug 30, 2013 03:04 PM
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SAFEGUARDS,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
In 2013 the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) drafted the Privacy Protection Bill as a citizens' version of a privacy legislation for India. Since April 2013, CIS has been holding Privacy Roundtables in collaboration with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and DSCI, with the objective of gaining public feedback to the Privacy Protection Bill and other possible frameworks for privacy in India. The following is a report on the Sixth Privacy Roundtable held in New Delhi on August 24, 2013.
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Report on Understanding Aadhaar and its New Challenges
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by
Japreet Grewal, Vanya Rakesh, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, and Elonnai Hickock
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published
Aug 31, 2016
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last modified
Mar 16, 2019 04:42 AM
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filed under:
Big Data,
Data Systems,
Privacy,
Researchers at Work,
Internet Governance,
Aadhaar,
Welfare Governance,
Biometrics,
Big Data for Development,
UID
The Trans-disciplinary Research Cluster on Sustainability Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University collaborated with the Centre for Internet and Society, and other individuals and organisations to organise a two day workshop on “Understanding Aadhaar and its New Challenges” at the Centre for Studies in Science Policy, JNU on May 26 and 27, 2016. The objective of the workshop was to bring together experts from various fields, who have been rigorously following the developments in the Unique Identification (UID) Project and align their perspectives and develop a shared understanding of the status of the UID Project and its impact. Through this exercise, it was also sought to develop a plan of action to address the welfare exclusion issues that have arisen due to implementation of the UID Project.
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Report: From Oppression to Liberation: Reclaiming the Right to Privacy
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Admin
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Dec 05, 2018
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Eva Blum-Dumontet, Research Officer at Privacy International, published her report on gender and privacy on November 28, 2018. The report, titled 'From Oppression to Liberation: Reclaiming the Right to Privacy', traces the history of privacy as a tool of oppressing women across different spheres, eventually calling for a feminist reclamation of privacy. Ambika Tandon was quoted.
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News & Media
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Request for Specifics: Rebuttal to UIDAI
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Hans Varghese Mathews
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Oct 16, 2016
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last modified
Oct 30, 2016 03:06 PM
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UID,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Responding to the Unique Identification Authority of India’s article that found “serious mathematical errors” in “Flaws in the UIDAI Process” (EPW 12 March 2016), the main mathematical argument used to arrive at the number of duplicates in the biometric database is explained.
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Research Advisory Network Meeting
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Prasad Krishna
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Jun 18, 2014
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last modified
Jul 03, 2014 06:39 AM
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Internet Governance
All sessions will take place at the OECD Headquarters, located at 2 Rue André Pascal, 75016, Paris, France. Sunil Abraham is participating in the event.
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Research Initiative: Women in India's IT Industry
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by
Jadine Lannon
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Feb 28, 2013
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last modified
Mar 06, 2013 10:31 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
CIS has begun a brief research project which will examine indicators of female economic empowerment in the IT industry in India. Though the gathering of quantitative and qualitative data from the six largest publicly-traded Indian software companies, we hope to provide insight into state of female employment in one of the most important and rapidly growing economic sectors in the country.
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Respite from Internet Censorship?
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 10, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Of late, a lot of the blocked websites have started reappearing. So should we sit back and relax? We take a look at how it's not really the start of something beautiful...writes Nimish Sawant. Sunil Abraham is quoted.
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Responding to govt requests is a challenge for online firms: Colin Maclay
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 13, 2013
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last modified
Mar 15, 2013 05:07 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
Colin M. Maclay, MD of Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard, on challenges in cyberspace.
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Response by the Centre for Internet and Society to the Draft Proposal to Transition the Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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Aug 30, 2015
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last modified
Nov 29, 2015 06:35 AM
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filed under:
IANA,
Internet Governance,
IANA Transition
This proposal was made to the Global Multistakeholder Community on August 9, 2015. The proposal was drafted by Pranesh Prakash and Jyoti Panday. The research assistance was provided by Padmini Baruah, Vidushi Marda, and inputs from Sunil Abraham.
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Response to GCSC on Request for Consultation: Norm Package Singapore
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Arindrajit Basu, Gurshabad Grover and Elonnai Hickok
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Jan 22, 2019
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last modified
Jan 27, 2019 03:43 PM
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filed under:
Cyber Security,
International Relations,
Internet Governance
The GCSC opened a public comment procedure to solicit comments and obtain additional feedback. CIS responded to the public call-offering comments on all six norms and proposing two further norms.
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