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Privacy, Free/Open Source, and the Cloud: by Elonnai Hickok — published Nov 22, 2010 — last modified Mar 22, 2012 05:50 AM — filed under: Openness, Internet Governance, Privacy
A look into the questions that arise in concern to privacy and cloud computing, and how open source plays into the picture.
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Data Retention in India: by Elonnai Hickok — published Jan 30, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:51 PM — filed under: SAFEGUARDS, Internet Governance, Privacy
As part of its privacy research, the Centre for Internet and Society has been researching upon data retention mandates from the Government of India and data retention practices by service providers. Globally, data retention has become a contested practice with regards to privacy, as many governments require service providers to retain more data for extensive time periods, for security purposes. Many argue that the scope of the retention is becoming disproportional to the purpose of investigating crimes.
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2012: Privacy Highlights in India: by Elonnai Hickok — published Feb 12, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
In this blog post, Elonnai Hickok summarizes the top privacy moments of 2012 in India. In doing so she lists out the major ones like the Report of Group of Experts on Privacy, the RIM Standoff, the Nira Radia controversy, the Centralized Monitoring System, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, NATGRID, CCTNS, the growth of CCTVs, the leaked DNA Profiling Bill, and the UID project.
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Workshop on 'Urban Data, Inequality and Justice in the Global South': by Admin — published Jun 14, 2019 — last modified Jul 06, 2019 01:30 AM — filed under: Surveillance, Internet Governance, Privacy
Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon presented our research on video-based surveillance in New Delhi at a workshop on urban data, inequality, and justice in the global South at the University of Manchester on 14 June 2019.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
No Fintech company meets every single privacy requirement under IT Act: CIS report: by Shilpa S. Ranipeta — published Jun 10, 2019 — last modified Jul 08, 2019 02:34 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The study shows that privacy policies companies such as Paytm, Jio Payments Bank, Airtel Payments Bank, Amazon Pay, Bhim are not accessible from the main website.
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Old Isn't Always Gold: FaceApp and Its Privacy Policies: by Mira Swaminathan and Shweta Reddy — published Jul 21, 2019 — last modified Aug 09, 2019 10:12 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Leaving aside the Red Scare for a moment, FaceApp's own rebuttal of privacy worries are highly problematic in nature.
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BIS LITD 17 meeting: by Admin — published Jul 21, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
On July 3, 2019, Gurshabad Grover attended the sixteenth meeting of the Information Systems Security and Biometrics Section Committee (LITD17) at the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in New Delhi.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Easing the US-India divergence on data localisation: by Shashidhar KJ and Kashish Parpiani — published Jul 30, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Addition of data localisation to the basket of persisting trade issues warrants greater compartmentalisation and consultative approaches to US-India ties.
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In India, Privacy Policies of Fintech Companies Pay Lip Service to User Rights: by Shweta Mohandas — published Jul 31, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
A study of the privacy policies of 48 fintech companies that operate in India shows that none comply with even the basic requirements of the IT Rules, 2011.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Comments on the National Digital Health Blueprint: by Samyukta Prabhu, Ambika Tandon, Torsha Sarkar and Aayush Rathi — published Aug 07, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had released the National Digital Health Blueprint on 15 July 2019 for comments. The Centre for Internet & Society submitted its comments.
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