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Digital Delivery and Data System for Farmer Income Support
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Sameet Panda
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published
Oct 18, 2023
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filed under:
Digital Technologies,
Data Governance,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
This report, jointly published by the Centre for Internet & Society and Privacy International, highlights the digital systems deployed by the government to augment farmer income. It analyses the PM-Kisan and Kalia schemes in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.
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Deceptive Design in Voice Interfaces: Impact on Inclusivity, Accessibility, and Privacy
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by
Saumyaa Naidu and Shweta Mohandas
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published
Aug 08, 2023
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
This article was commissioned by the Pranava Institute, as part of their project titled Design Beyond Deception, supported by the University of Notre Dame - IBM's Tech Ethics Lab.” The article examines the design of voice interfaces (VI) to anticipate potential deceptive design patterns in VIs. It also presents design and regulatory recommendations to mitigate these practices.
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Health Data Management Policies - Differences Between the EU and India
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Shweta Mohandas
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published
Jul 10, 2023
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filed under:
Health Management,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Covid19,
Digitisation
Through this issue brief we would like to highlight the differences in approaches to health data management taken by the EU and India, and look at possible recommendations for India, in creating a privacy preserving health data management policy.
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CoWIN Breach: What Makes India's Health Data an Easy Target for Bad Actors?
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Shweta Mohandas and Pallavi Bedi
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published
Jul 04, 2023
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Data Protection,
Privacy
Recent health data policies have failed to even mention the CoWIN platform.
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The Centre for Internet and Society’s comments and recommendations to the: The Digital Data Protection Bill 2022
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Shweta Mohandas and Pallavi Bedi
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published
Jan 20, 2023
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Digital Governance,
Data Protection,
Privacy
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) published its comments and recommendations to the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, on December 17, 2022.
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Demystifying Data Breaches in India
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by
Pawan Singh
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published
Oct 17, 2022
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filed under:
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Data Governance,
Data Protection,
Data Management
Despite the rate at which data breaches occur and are reported in the media, there seems to be little information about how and when they are resolved. This post examines the discourse on data breaches in India with respect to their historical forms, with a focus on how the specific terminology to describe data security incidents has evolved in mainstream news media reportage.
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Getting the (Digital) Indo-Pacific Economic Framework Right
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by
Arindrajit Basu
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published
Oct 03, 2022
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filed under:
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Digital Governance,
Digital Economy
On the eve of the Tokyo Quad Summit in May 2022, President Biden unveiled the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), visualising cooperation across the Indo-Pacific based on four pillars: trade; supply chains; clean energy, decarbonisation and infrastructure; and tax and anti-corruption. Galvanised by the US, the other 13 founding members of the IPEF are Australia, Brunei Darussalam, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The first official in-person Ministerial meeting was held in Los Angeles on 9 September 2022.
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NHA Data Sharing Guidelines – Yet Another Policy in the Absence of a Data Protection Act
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by
Shweta Mohandas and Pallavi Bedi
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published
Sep 29, 2022
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance,
Data Protection,
Privacy
In July this year, the National Health Authority (NHA) released the NHA Data Sharing Guidelines for the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PM-JAY) just two months after publishing the draft Health Data Management Policy.
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Surveillance Enabling Identity Systems in Africa: Tracing the Fingerprints of Aadhaar
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by
Shruti Trikanad and Vrinda Bhandari
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published
Aug 09, 2022
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filed under:
Surveillance,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Biometric identity systems are being introduced around the world with a focus on promoting human development and social and economic inclusion, rather than previous goals of security. As a result, these systems being encouraged in developing countries, particularly in Africa and Asia, sometimes with disastrous consequences.
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Deployment of Digital Health Policies and Technologies: During Covid-19
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by
Pallavi Bedi
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published
Jul 21, 2022
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filed under:
Privacy,
Digitalisation,
Digital Health,
Digital Knowledge,
Internet Governance,
Digital Media,
Digital Technologies,
Digitisation
In the last twenty years or so, the Indian government has adopted several digital mechanisms to deliver services to its citizens.
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