Search results

Subscribe to an always-updated RSS feed.

DNA Database for Missing Persons and Unidentified Dead Bodies: by Vipul Kharbanda — published Oct 31, 2014 — last modified Nov 04, 2014 03:46 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
This blog discusses the possible implications of the public interest litigation that has been placed before the Supreme Court petitioning for the establishment of a DNA database in respect to unidentified bodies.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
DNA Databases and Human Rights: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 17, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Using DNA to trace people who are suspected of committing a crime has been a major advance in policing.
Located in Internet Governance
dna exclusive: Geeks have a solution to digital surveillance in India: Cryptography: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 07, 2013 — last modified Jul 15, 2013 06:24 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
While you were thinking of what next to post on Twitter, the government has stealthily put an ambitious surveillance programme in place that tracks your every move in the digital world — through voice calls, SMS and MMS, GPRS, fax communications on landlines, video calls and emails.
Located in News & Media
DNA Research: by Vanya Rakesh — published Dec 02, 2015 — last modified Jul 21, 2016 11:02 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
In 2006, the Department of Biotechnology drafted the Human DNA Profiling Bill. In 2012 a revised Bill was released and a group of Experts was constituted to finalize the Bill. In 2014, another version was released, the approval of which is pending before the Parliament. This legislation will allow the government of India to Create a National DNA Data Bank and a DNA Profiling Board for the purposes of forensic research and analysis. Here is a collection of our research on privacy and security concerns related to the Bill.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Do we need the Aadhar scheme?: by Sunil Abraham — published Feb 03, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
"Decentralisation and privacy are preconditions for security. Digital signatures don’t require centralised storage and are much more resilient in terms of security", Sunil Abraham in the Business Standard on 1 February 2012.
Located in Internet Governance
Do We Really Need an App for That? Examining the Utility and Privacy Implications of India’s Digital Vaccine Certificates: by Divyank Katira — published Aug 03, 2021 — last modified Aug 03, 2021 05:13 AM — filed under: Privacy, Digital ID, Covid19, Appropriate Use of Digital ID
We examine the purported benefits of digital vaccine certificates over regular paper-based ones and analyse the privacy implications of their use.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Does Size Matter? A Tale of Performing Welfare, Producing Bodies and Faking Identity: by Prasad Krishna — published May 14, 2014 — last modified Jun 04, 2014 09:45 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Malavika Jayaram gave a talk.
Located in News & Media
Does the Safe-Harbor Program Adequately Address Third Parties Online?: by Rebecca Schild — published Apr 16, 2010 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:19 AM — filed under: Privacy, Internet Governance, Facebook, Data Protection, Social Networking
While many citizens outside of the US and EU benefit from the data privacy provisions the Safe Harbor Program, it remains unclear how successfully the program can govern privacy practices when third-parties continue to gain more rights over personal data. Using Facebook as a site of analysis, I will attempt to shed light on the deficiencies of the framework for addressing the complexity of data flows in the online ecosystem.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Does the Social Web need a Googopoly?: by Rebecca Schild — published Mar 02, 2010 — last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:06 AM — filed under: Privacy, Social Networking, Competition, Google Buzz
While the utility of the new social tool Buzz is still under question, the bold move into social space taken last week by the Google Buzz team has Gmail users questioning privacy implications of the new feature. In this post, I posit that Buzz highlights two privacy challenges of the social web. First, the application has sidestepped the consensual and contextual qualities desirable of social spaces. Secondly, Google’s move highlights the increasingly competitive and convergent nature of the social media landscape.
Located in Openness / Blog
Draft bill proposes Rs 1 crore fine, 3 year jail for data privacy violation: by Admin — published Jun 29, 2018 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The move comes at a time when user data of Indians is under threat from social media firms accused of data mining and sharing information with private companies for advertising and marketing purposes. There has also been a growing concern over Aadhaar.
Located in Internet Governance

« Previous 10 items Next 10 items » 1 … 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 … 103

Support Us

Please help us defend citizen and user rights on the Internet!

You may donate online via Instamojo. Or, write a cheque in favour of ‘The Centre for Internet and Society’ and mail it to us at #32, 1st Floor, 2nd Block, Austin Town, Viveka Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560047. These charitable contributions will be towards the Institutional Corpus Fund of the Centre for Internet and Society.

Follow our Works

Newsletter: Subscribe

researchers@work blog: medium.com/rawblog

Twitter (CIS): @cis_india

Twitter (CIS-A2K): @cisa2k

Instagram: @cis.india

Youtube: Centre for Internet and Society

Request for Collaboration

We invite researchers, practitioners, artists, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to engage with us on topics related internet and society, and improve our collective understanding of this field. To discuss such possibilities, please write to us at communications[at]cis-india[dot]org with an indication of the form and the content of the collaboration you might be interested in.

In general, we offer financial support for collaborative/invited works only through public calls.

About Us

The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

Through its diverse initiatives, CIS explores, intervenes in, and advances contemporary discourse and regulatory practices around internet, technology, and society in India, and elsewhere.

© Centre for Internet & Society

Unless otherwise specified, content licensed under Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported.