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Trans Pacific Partnership and Digital 2 Dozen: Implications for Data Protection and Digital Privacy
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by
Shubhangi Heda
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published
Jul 12, 2016
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last modified
Jul 12, 2016 07:56 AM
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filed under:
Trans Pacific Partnership,
Privacy,
Free Trade Agreement,
Digital Economy,
Internet Governance,
Data Protection
In this essay, Shubhangi Heda explores the concerns related to data protection and digital privacy under the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement signed recently between United States of America and eleven countries located around the pacific ocean region, across South America, Australia, and Asia. TPP is a free trade agreement (FTA) that emphasises, among other things, the need for liberalising global digital economy. The essay also analyses the critical document titled ‘Digital 2 Dozen’ (D2D), which compiles the key action items within TPP addressing liberalisation of digital economy, and sets up the relevant goals for the member nations.
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Place for a safety net
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 13, 2016
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance
Vinupriya took her life last week, humiliated by the morphed images of her naked body posted on a social media site. Experts warn that the spike in Internet traffic brings with it an increase in online sexual crimes. Measures must be taken urgently to save lives, they tell T.V. Jayan.
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Tamil Nadu likely to hold Facebook accountable for suicide case
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 13, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Facebook,
Internet Governance
The recent suicide of a 21-year-old woman from Salem district in Tamil Nadu over her morphed pictures being uploaded on Facebook could turn into a flash-point between the state police and the world's most-popular social networking site.
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No, India did NOT oppose the United Nations move to “make internet access a human right”
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by
Pranesh Prakash and Japreet Grewal
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published
Jul 13, 2016
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Last Friday, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed a resolution titled “The promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet.”
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The Idea of the Book
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Apr 10, 2012
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filed under:
Books,
Internet Governance
Its future lies in a trans-media format that is ever evolving, writes Nishant Shah in an article which was published in the Indian Express on April 8, 2012.
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Internet Governance
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Cartonama Workshop
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 14, 2012
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last modified
Feb 14, 2012 10:21 AM
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Event Type,
Workshop,
Internet Governance
HasGeek presents an intensive, hands-on training for managing and building location based services at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), Bangalore on 2nd and 3rd March, 2012. CIS is a partner for this event.
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Internet Governance
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Tweeple say it pithily with hash tags
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 13, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Twitter best captures public irreverence to pomposity and the powers-that-be, writes Deepa Kurup in this article published in the Hindu on February 11, 2012. Nishant Shah is quoted in this article.
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Personal Data, Public Profile
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Feb 14, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Whether we like it or not, we live in a world that is rapidly being Googlised, writes Nishant Shah in an article published by the Financial Express on February 13, 2012.
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Internet Governance
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Prometheus bound and gagged
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 14, 2012
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance
Funny how a healthy person like me can collapse one day and end up in the hospital. The doctor who made me go through every lab test available, finally diagnosed the cause after a chat with me. Apparently, I collapsed because I’m getting angry, increasing my blood pressure. The only solution he said is to stop reading newspapers, as I’m getting agitated by headlines like ‘India can go the China way and block sites’, or by how the government says there’s no Internet censorship while all it’s actions point the other way.
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Indecent Proposals
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 19, 2011
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last modified
Feb 14, 2012 06:13 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
If Kapil Sibal’s attempts to police net content fructify, it may even lead to a reversal of some of the forward-looking provisions of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000. The new proposal, for instance, will reverse Section 79 which protects intermediaries (websites and carriers) from being prosecuted or made liable for any objectionable content published. Says Pranesh Prakash, programme manager, Centre for Internet and Society: “Unfortunately, what Sibal says turns this upside down as they would now be held responsible for e-content.” Sibal wants to monitor content prior to publication.
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