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Celebrating One Year of the Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India Judgment: by Admin — published Aug 30, 2018 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Shweta Mohandas was a panelist at the event, "Celebrating One Year of the Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India Judgment", organised by Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, and the Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University Delhi. It took place on Friday, 24 August 2018 at India International Centre, New Delhi.
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Centre brings in new safeguards following cases of Aadhaar data leaks on government websites: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 06, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Centre has put in new safeguards following a number of cases of Aadhaar data leaks on government websites. All ministries are being asked to encrypt all Aadhaar data and personal financial details. Also, officials are being "sensitised" about legal consequences of data breach. And every government department is to now have one official responsible for Aadhaar data protection.
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Centre for Internet and Society joins the Dynamic Coalition for Platform Responsibility: by Jyoti Panday — published Sep 23, 2014 — last modified Oct 07, 2014 10:54 AM — filed under: Human Rights, Privacy, Internet Governance Forum, Data Protection, Terms of Service, Internet Governance, Platform Responsibility, Intermediary Liability
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has joined the multistakeholder cooperative engagement amidst stakeholders towards creating Due Diligence Recommendations for online platforms and Model Contractual Provisions to be enshrined in ToS. This blog provides a brief background of the role of dynamic coalitions within the IGF structure, establishes the need for the coalition and provides an update on the action plan and next steps for interested stakeholders.
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Centre to form panel to 'encrypt' MGNREGA-DBT database and prevent leaks: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 14, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Around 5 crore bank accounts of active MGNREGA workers yet to be seeded with Aadhaar.
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Centre’s order on computer surveillance threatens right to privacy, experts say: by Admin — published Dec 25, 2018 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The Constitutional validity of the notification allowing ten agencies to intercept information is uncertain.
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Checks and balances needed for mass surveillance of citizens, say experts: by Admin — published Dec 16, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
A number of measures are required to protect law-abiding citizens from mass surveillance and misuse of their personal data, according to top technology and legal experts.
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Chinese hackers baiting Indian govt, corporate employees: report: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 10, 2013 — last modified Sep 05, 2013 10:31 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Hackers using fake subject headings to get users to open virus-laden email attachments.
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Chinese state media says U.S. should take some blame for cyber attack: by Prasad Krishna — published May 21, 2017 — last modified Jun 07, 2017 01:12 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
"WannaCry is far and away the most severe malware attack so far in 2017, and the spread of this troubling ransomware is far from over". Since the global attack was launched on Friday, several thousand more computers were discovered to be infected, particularly in Asia as the work day began on Monday. "We've seen that the slowdown of the infection rate over Friday night, after a temporary fix around it, has now been overcome by a second variation the criminals have released".
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CII Conference on "ACT": Achieve Cyber Security Together": by Kovey Coles — published Jul 22, 2013 — last modified Jul 26, 2013 08:17 AM — filed under: Cyber Security, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) organized a conference on facing cyber threats and challenges at Hotel Hilton in Chennai on July 13, 2013. Kovey Coles attended this conference and shares a summary of the event in this blog post.
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CIS and International Coalition Calls upon Governments to Protect Privacy: by Elonnai Hickok — published Sep 25, 2013 — last modified Sep 25, 2013 07:21 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) along with the International Coalition has called upon governments across the globe to protect privacy.
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