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                                       Will Aadhaar Act Address India’s Dire Need For a Privacy Law? Will Aadhaar Act Address India’s Dire Need For a Privacy Law?
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                                              Nehaa Chaudhari
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                       Sexual Harassment at ICANN Sexual Harassment at ICANN
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                                      Padmini Baruah represented the Centre for Internet & Society at ICANN in the month of March 2016. In a submission to ICANN she is calling upon the ICANN board for implementing a system for investigating cases related to sexual harassments.  Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      RightsCon Silicon Valley 2016
                                    
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                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                      RightsCon is the world’s leading event convened around the issues of the internet and human rights. The annual conference convenes business leaders, visionaries, technologists, legal experts, civil society members, activists, and government representatives from across the globe on issues at the intersection of tech and human rights.  The event was organized by RightsCon. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      India's biometric database crosses billion-member mark
                                    
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                                      India's biometric database notched up one billion members on Monday, as the government sought to allay concerns about privacy breaches in the world's biggest such scheme. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                       FAQ on the Aadhaar Project and the Bill FAQ on the Aadhaar Project and the Bill
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                                              Elonnai Hickok, Vanya Rakesh, and Vipul Kharbanda
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                      This FAQ attempts to address the key questions regarding the Aadhaar/UIDAI project and the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016 (henceforth, Bill). This is neither a comprehensive list of questions, nor does it contain fully developed answers. We will continue to add questions to this list, and edit/expand the answers, based on our ongoing research. We will be grateful to receive your comments, criticisms, evidences, edits, suggestions for new answers, and any other responses. These can either be shared as comments in the document hosted on Google Drive, or via tweets sent to the information policy team at @CIS_InfoPolicy.  Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      'Attempts to censor the web ill-advised'
                                    
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                                      Amid concerted government attempts to censor the internet and the recent blocking of file-sharing websites due to a court order based on a petition by producers of a Tamil film, speakers at a discussion on Saturday felt that there was a fear of freedom of expression among those affected by it, primarily the powerful. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      India's struggle for online freedom 
                                    
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                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                      "65 years since your independence," a new battle for freedom is under way in India — according to a YouTube video uploaded by an Indian member of Anonymous, the global "hacktivist" movement.
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                                       Response to the Pegasus Questionnaire issued by the SC Technical Committee Response to the Pegasus Questionnaire issued by the SC Technical Committee
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                                              Anamika Kundu, Digvijay, Arindrajit Basu, Shweta Mohandas and Pallavi Bedi
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                      On March 25, 2022, the Supreme Court appointed Technical Committee constituted to examine the allegations of alleged unauthorised surveillance using the Pegasus software released a questionnaire seeking responses and comments from the general public. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      The Phishing Society: Why 'Facebook' is more Dangerous than the Government Spying on You - A Talk by Maria Xynou
                                    
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                                              Maria Xynou
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                      Next Wednesday, you are all invited to listen to Maria Xynou's crazy - or not-so-crazy theory of the "Phishing Society", in which surveillance, control and oppression is not imposed in a traditional top-down manner, but rather a personal and collective "choice"...come and engage in a heated debate!  Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                      Challenging government snooping at an all-night cryptography party. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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