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Winter School on Privacy, Surveillance and Data Protection
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Prasad Krishna
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Jan 30, 2015
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last modified
Feb 07, 2015 12:37 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Centre for Communication Governance (CCG) in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair on Freedom of Communication and Information at the University of Hamburg and the Hans Bredow conducted a week-long winter school on 'Privacy, Surveillance and Data Protection at National Law University, Delhi, from January 19 to 23, 2015.
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With digitisation at the forefront, government departments need to be cautious about digital security
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 04, 2017
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last modified
May 20, 2017 08:33 AM
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Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The huge leak of Aadhar data from four websites belonging to a central ministry and the Andhra Pradesh government has been on the government radar for a while. The leak, caused by poor security protocols, had left around 130 million numbers and their allied information, like bank and post office account details, open to access for several months. As the last website finally plugged loophole, violation echoed in Supreme Court.
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Workshop on 'Privacy after Big Data' (Delhi, November 12)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Nov 02, 2016
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last modified
Nov 12, 2016 10:14 AM
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filed under:
Data Systems,
Digital Governance,
Privacy,
Data Revolution,
Surveillance,
Big Data,
Digital India,
Internet Governance,
Big Data for Development,
Digital Rights
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) and the Sarai programme, CSDS, invite you to a workshop on 'Privacy after Big Data: What Changes? What should Change?' on Saturday, November 12. This workshop aims to build a dialogue around some of the key government-led big data initiatives in India and elsewhere that are contributing significant new challenges and concerns to the ongoing debates on the right to privacy. It is an open event. Please register to participate.
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Workshop on 'Urban Data, Inequality and Justice in the Global South'
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Admin
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Jun 14, 2019
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last modified
Jul 06, 2019 01:30 AM
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Surveillance,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon presented our research on video-based surveillance in New Delhi at a workshop on urban data, inequality, and justice in the global South at the University of Manchester on 14 June 2019.
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Workshop on Democratic Accountability in the Digital Age (Delhi, November 14-15)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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Oct 31, 2016
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last modified
Dec 15, 2016 09:27 AM
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filed under:
Digital ID,
Digital Governance,
Privacy,
UID,
Internet Governance,
Accountability,
Digital India,
Aadhaar,
Welfare Governance,
E-Governance,
Digital Rights
IT for Change, along with Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF), Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) and National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI), is organising a two day workshop on ‘Democratic Accountability in the Digital Age’. The workshop will focus on evolving a comprehensive policy approach to data based governance and digital democracy, grounded in a rights and social justice framework. It will be held at the United Service Institution of India, Delhi, during November 14-15, 2016. The CIS team to participate in the workshop includes Sumandro Chattapadhyay (speaker), Amber Sinha (speaker), Vanya Rakesh (participant), and Himadri Chatterjee (participant).
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Workshop on Set-top Boxes
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Anubha Sinha
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Jun 23, 2016
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last modified
Jun 24, 2016 03:13 PM
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Telecom,
Event,
Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is organising a one-day workshop in Delhi on Tuesday, July 12 on the evolution and state of the set-top box as an access device in India.
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Workshop on the Unique Identity Number (UID), the National Population Register (NPR) and Governance: What will happen to our data?
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by
Maria Xynou
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Mar 18, 2013
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Jul 12, 2013 03:28 PM
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SAFEGUARDS,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
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
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Worldwide: International Privacy - 2013 Year in Review - Asia
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 08, 2014
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last modified
Jan 31, 2014 08:44 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
Asian Data Privacy Updates
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WSIS+10 High Level Event: A Bird's Eye Report
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by
Geetha Hariharan
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Jun 20, 2014
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Jun 20, 2014 03:57 PM
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WSIS+10,
Privacy,
Cybersecurity,
Human Rights Online,
Surveillance,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Facebook,
Data Protection,
Multi-stakeholder,
ICANN,
Internet Access,
ITU,
Internet Studies,
E-Governance,
ICT
The WSIS+10 High Level was organised by the ITU and collaborative UN entities on June 9-13, 2014. It aimed to evaluate the progress on implementation of WSIS Outcomes from Geneva 2003 and Tunis 2005, and to envision a post-2015 Development Agenda. Geetha Hariharan attended the event on CIS' behalf.
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WSIS+10 High-Level Event: Open Consultation Process
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 31, 2014
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last modified
Jun 04, 2014 10:14 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Jyoti Panday represented the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) at the WSIS+10 High-Level Event:Open Consultation Process held in Geneva from May 28 to 31, 2014.
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