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Blog Entry 2012: Privacy Highlights in India
by Elonnai Hickok published Feb 12, 2013 — filed under: ,
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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Blog Entry A Comparison of Indian Legislation to Draft International Principles on Surveillance of Communications
by Elonnai Hickok published Jan 31, 2013 last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:40 PM — filed under: , ,
This blog post is a comparison of the relevant Indian legislations allowing governmental access to communications and the Draft International Principles on Surveillance of Communications. The principles, first drafted in October 2012 and developed subsequently seeks to establish an international standard for surveillance of communications in the context of human rights.
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Blog Entry Leaked Privacy Bill: 2014 vs. 2011
by Elonnai Hickok published Mar 31, 2014 last modified Apr 01, 2014 10:52 AM — filed under: , ,
The Centre for Internet and Society has recently received a leaked version of the draft Privacy Bill 2014 that the Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India has drafted.
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File Analysis of CLOUD Act and Implications for India
by Elonnai Hickok published Aug 22, 2018
Located in Internet Governance / Files
Blog Entry SCOSTA and UID Comparison not Valid, says Finance Committee
by Elonnai Hickok published Oct 14, 2011 last modified Nov 22, 2011 04:37 PM — filed under:
The Standing Committee on Finance Branch, Lok Sabha Secretariat has responded to the suggestions offered by CIS on the National Identification Authority of India, Bill 2010 and has requested it to mail its views by 14 October 2011.
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Blog Entry An Interview with Suresh Ramasubramanian
by Elonnai Hickok published Sep 06, 2013 — filed under: , ,
Suresh Ramasubramanian is the ICS Quality Representative - IBM SmartCloud at IBM. We from the Centre for Internet and Society conducted an interview on cybersecurity and issues in the Cloud.
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Blog Entry A Privacy Meeting with the Federal Trade Commission in New Delhi
by Elonnai Hickok published Sep 30, 2013 last modified Oct 03, 2013 10:25 AM — filed under: ,
On September 20, the Centre for Internet and Society held a roundtable meeting with Betsy Broder, Counsel for International Consumer Protection, and Sarah Schroeder, Attorney, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), United States. The meeting took place at the Imperial, Janpath, New Delhi and discussed both the U.S framework to privacy and potential frameworks and challenges to privacy in India.
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Blog Entry Security and Surveillance – Optimizing Security while Safeguarding Human Rights
by Elonnai Hickok published Jan 19, 2015 last modified Feb 13, 2015 02:41 AM — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) on December 19, 2014 held a talk on “Security and Surveillance – Optimizing Security while Safeguarding Human Rights.
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File Export and Import of Security Technologies in India: Q&A
by Elonnai Hickok published Mar 14, 2015
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Blog Entry An Interview with Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ontario, Canada
by Elonnai Hickok published Dec 02, 2011 last modified Dec 03, 2011 01:26 AM — filed under: ,
Elonnai Hickok interviewed Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ontario, Canada. The full interview is reproduced below.
Located in Internet Governance