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Blog Entry State Surveillance and Human Rights Camp: Summary
by Elonnai Hickok published Dec 31, 2012 last modified Jul 12, 2013 04:02 PM — filed under: ,
On December 13 and 14, 2012, the Electronic Frontier Foundation organized the Surveillance and Human Rights Camp held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The meeting examined trends in surveillance, reasons for state surveillance, surveillance tactics that governments are using, and safeguards that can be put in place to protect against unlawful or disproportionate surveillance.
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Blog Entry Report on the 3rd Privacy Round Table meeting
by Maria Xynou published May 21, 2013 last modified Jul 12, 2013 11:35 AM — filed under: , ,
This report entails an overview of the discussions and recommendations of the third Privacy Round Table meeting in Chennai, on 18th May 2013.
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Blog Entry The Surveillance Industry in India: At Least 76 Companies Aiding Our Watchers!
by Maria Xynou published May 02, 2013 last modified Jul 12, 2013 11:59 AM — filed under: , ,
Maria Xynou is conducting research on surveillance technology companies operating in India. So far, 76 companies have been detected which are currently producing and selling different types of surveillance technology. This post entails primary data on the first ever investigation of the surveillance industry in India. Check it out!
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Blog Entry A Comparison of the Draft DNA Profiling Bill 2007 and the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012
by Maria Xynou published Mar 15, 2013 last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:32 PM — filed under: , ,
In this post, Maria Xynou gives us a comparison of the Draft DNA Profiling Bill 2007 and the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012.
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Blog Entry Hacking without borders: The future of artificial intelligence and surveillance
by Maria Xynou published Mar 15, 2013 last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:30 PM — filed under: , ,
In this post, Maria Xynou looks at some of DARPA´s artificial intelligence surveillance technologies in regards to the right to privacy and their potential future use in India.
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Blog Entry Workshop on the Unique Identity Number (UID), the National Population Register (NPR) and Governance: What will happen to our data?
by Maria Xynou published Mar 18, 2013 last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:28 PM — filed under: , ,
On March 2nd, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society and the Say No to UID campaign organized a workshop to discuss the present state of the UID and NPR schemes. Some of the questions which were addressed included ´How do the UID and NPR impact citizenship´, ´Why and how is national security linked to UID/NPR´, and ´What is the relationship between UID and Big Data´.
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Blog Entry Interview with Mathew Thomas from the Say No to UID campaign - UID Court Cases
by Maria Xynou published Jan 27, 2014 — filed under: , ,
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) recently interviewed Mathew Thomas from the Say No to UID campaign about his ongoing efforts to challenge the UID scheme legally in the Bangalore High Court and Supreme Court of India. Read this interview and gain an interesting insight on recent legal developments with regards to the UID!
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File New Document on India's Central Monitoring System (CMS) - 2
by Maria Xynou published Jan 30, 2014 — filed under: , ,
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File UAS License Agreement Amendment regarding the Central Monitoring System (CMS)
by Maria Xynou published Jan 30, 2014 — filed under: , ,
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Blog Entry The Privacy (Protection) Bill 2013: A Citizen's Draft
by Bhairav Acharya published Mar 26, 2013 last modified Jul 12, 2013 11:50 AM — filed under: , ,
The Centre for Internet and Society has been researching privacy in India since 2010 with the objective of raising public awareness around privacy, completing in depth research, and driving a privacy legislation in India. As part of this work, Bhairav Acharya has drafted the Privacy (Protection) Bill 2013.
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