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Database on Big Data and Smart Cities International Standards: by Vanya Rakesh — published Feb 11, 2016 — filed under: Internet Governance, Big Data
The Centre for Internet and Society is in the process of mapping international standards specifically around Big Data, IoT and Smart Cities. Here is a living document containing a database of some of these key globally accepted standards.
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Reply to RTI Application under RTI Act of 2005 from Vanya Rakesh: by Vanya Rakesh — published Jan 03, 2016 — last modified Jan 13, 2016 02:40 AM — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Unique Identification Authority of India replied to the RTI application filed by Vanya Rakesh.
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RTI response regarding the UIDAI: by Vanya Rakesh — published Dec 12, 2015 — last modified Dec 22, 2015 02:57 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
This is a response to the RTI filed regarding UIDAI
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ISO/IEC/ JTC 1/SC 27 Working Groups Meeting, Jaipur: by Vanya Rakesh — published Oct 31, 2015 — last modified Dec 21, 2015 02:38 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
I attended this event held from October 26 to 30, 2015 in Jaipur.
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Smart Cities in India: An Overview: by Vanya Rakesh — published Dec 21, 2015 — last modified Jan 11, 2016 01:30 AM — filed under: Featured, Homepage, Internet Governance
The Government of India is in the process of developing 100 smart cities in India which it sees as the key to the country's economic and social growth. This blog post gives an overview of the Smart Cities project currently underway in India. The smart cities mission in India is at a nascent stage and an evolving area for research. The Centre for Internet and Society will continue work in this area.
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UID Research: by Vanya Rakesh — published Dec 02, 2015 — last modified Jan 03, 2016 09:59 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The Centre Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy policy in India since the year 2010 with the following objectives.
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Security Research: by Vanya Rakesh — published Dec 03, 2015 — last modified Jan 03, 2016 09:55 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The Centre Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy policy in India since the year 2010 with the following objectives.
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Sectoral Privacy Research: by Vanya Rakesh — published Dec 02, 2015 — last modified Jan 03, 2016 09:46 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy in India since the year 2010, with special focus on the following issues.
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Privacy Policy Research: by Vanya Rakesh — published Dec 02, 2015 — last modified Jan 03, 2016 09:40 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The Centre Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy policy in India since the year 2010 with the following objectives.
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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.
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