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Blog Entry The Embodiment of the Right to Privacy within Domestic Legislation
by Tanvi Mani — published Apr 29, 2014 — last modified Sep 08, 2014 02:37 AM — filed under: , , ,
The Right to Privacy is a pivotal construct, essential to the actualization of justice, fairness and equity within any democratic society. It is an instrument used to secure the boundaries of an individual’s personal space, in his interaction with not only the rest of society but also the State.
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Round-table on User Safety on the Internet
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 24, 2014 — last modified May 06, 2014 09:55 AM — filed under: ,
Elonnai Hickok participated in this round-table meeting organized by Consumer Voice in collaboration with Google at Infantry Road, Bangalore on April 24, 2014.
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Blog Entry Banking Policy Guide
by Kartik Chawla — published Apr 22, 2014 — last modified Jan 22, 2015 02:54 PM — filed under: , , ,
To gain a practical perspective on the existing banking practices and policies in India in this project, an empirical study of five separate and diverse banks has been conducted. The forms, policy documents, and other relevant and available documents of these banks have been analysed in this project.
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6th Biannual Surveillance and Society Conference
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 19, 2014 — last modified May 05, 2014 04:57 AM — filed under: ,
Malavika Jayaram is a speaker at the conference organized by Eticas Research and Consulting at the University of Barcelona and CCCB from April 24 to 26, 2014.
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Blog Entry South African Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013
by Divij Joshi — published Apr 16, 2014 — last modified May 05, 2014 06:59 AM — filed under: ,
As the rapid spread of technology in developing countries allows exponentially increasing availability of and access to personal data through automatic data processing, governments are beginning to recognize the necessity to evolve policies addressing data security and privacy concerns.
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Blog Entry Privacy Law in India: A Muddled Field - I
by Bhairav Acharya — published Apr 15, 2014 — last modified May 05, 2014 06:17 AM — filed under: ,
The absence of a statute expressing the legislative will of a democracy to forge a common understanding of privacy is a matter of concern, says BHAIRAV ACHARYA in the first of a two part series.
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Blog Entry Very Big Brother
by Sunil Abraham — published Apr 14, 2014 — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet and Society, the organization I work for, currently serves on a committee established by the Government of India's Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology in January 2013. The committee has been charged with preparing a report on the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy vs. The Leaked 2014 Privacy Bill
by Elonnai Hickok — published Apr 14, 2014 — filed under: , ,
Following our previous post comparing the leaked 2014 Privacy Bill with the leaked 2011 Privacy Bill, this post will compare the recommendations provided in the Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy by the Justice AP Shah Committee to the text of the leaked 2014 Privacy Bill. Below is an analysis of recommendations from the Report that are incorporated in the text of the Bill, and recommendations in the Report that are not incorporated in the text of the Bill.
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No party's got a clear stand, Aadhaar's fate hangs in balance
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 13, 2014 — last modified May 05, 2014 06:01 AM — filed under: , ,
A non-UPA government for sure will review the multi-crore UID programme, but none of the parties have yet talked about scrapping it.
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Parties give short shrift to privacy
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 12, 2014 — last modified May 05, 2014 05:54 AM — filed under: ,
Both the Congress and BJP vision documents disappoint, but the real surprise is the CPI-M document that deals with cyber issues in a substantial manner.
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