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Security: Privacy, Transparency and Technology: by Sunil Abraham — published Aug 19, 2015 — last modified Sep 15, 2015 10:53 AM — filed under: Big Data, Privacy, Internet Governance, Featured, Homepage
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has been involved in privacy and data protection research for the last five years. It has participated as a member of the Justice A.P. Shah Committee, which has influenced the draft Privacy Bill being authored by the Department of Personnel and Training. It has organised 11 multistakeholder roundtables across India over the last two years to discuss a shadow Privacy Bill drafted by CIS with the participation of privacy commissioners and data protection authorities from Europe and Canada.
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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.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Smart City Policies and Standards: Overview of Projects, Data Policies, and Standards across Five International Smart Cities: by Kiran A. B., Elonnai Hickok and Vanya Rakesh — published Jun 08, 2016 — last modified Jun 11, 2016 01:29 PM — filed under: Big Data, Internet Governance, Featured, Smart Cities, Policies, Homepage
This blog post aims to review five Smart Cities across the globe, namely Singapore, Dubai, New York City, London and Seoul, the Data Policies and Standards adopted. Also, the research seeks to point the similarities, differences and best practices in the development of smart cities across jurisdictions.
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Spy Files 3: WikiLeaks Sheds More Light On The Global Surveillance Industry: by Maria Xynou — published Oct 25, 2013 — last modified Nov 14, 2013 04:21 PM — filed under: Privacy, Internet Governance, SAFEGUARDS, Featured, Homepage
In this article, Maria Xynou looks at WikiLeaks' latest Spy Files and examines the legality of India's surveillance technologies, as well as their potential connection with India's Central Monitoring System (CMS) and implications on human rights.
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Strategies to Organise Platform Workers: by Chiaro Furtado — published Oct 22, 2023 — filed under: Labour Futures, Digital Economy, Researchers at Work, Gig Work, Platform-Work, Featured, RAW Research, Homepage
In 2022, the Centre for Internet and Society hosted a panel with Akkanut Wantanasombut, Ayoade Ibrahim, Rikta Krishnaswamy, and Sofía Scasserra at RightsCon, an annual summit on technology and human rights.
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Submission by the Centre for Internet and Society on Revisions to ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior: by Vidushi Marda — published Jun 29, 2016 — last modified Jun 30, 2016 06:07 AM — filed under: Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Featured, ICANN, IANA Transition, Homepage
Prepared by Vidushi Marda, with inputs from Dr. Nirmita Narasimhan and Sunil Abraham.
Located in Internet Governance
Submitted Comments on the 'Government Open Data Use License - India': by Anubha Sinha — published Jul 26, 2016 — last modified Jul 26, 2016 09:23 AM — filed under: Open Government Data, Open License, Open Data, NDSAP, Featured, Openness, Homepage
The public consultation process of the draft open data license to be used by Government of India has ended yesterday. Here we share the text of the submission by CIS. It was drafted by Anubha Sinha, Pranesh Prakash, and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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Submitted Comments on the Telangana State Open Data Policy 2016: by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Sep 01, 2016 — last modified Sep 01, 2016 05:49 AM — filed under: Open Data, Open Government Data, Featured, Policies, Openness, Homepage
Last month, the Information Technology, Electronics & Communications Department of the Government of Telangana released the first public draft of the Telangana State Open Data Policy 2016, and sought comments from various stakeholders in the state and outside. The draft policy not only aims to facilitate and provide a framework for proactive disclosure of data created by the state government agencies, but also identify the need for integrating such a mandate within the information systems operated by these agencies as well. CIS is grateful to be invited to submit its detailed comments on the same. The submission was drafted by Anubha Sinha and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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Survey on Data Protection Regime: by Aditi Chaturvedi and Elonnai Hickok — published Feb 10, 2017 — last modified Feb 10, 2017 10:47 AM — filed under: General Data Protection Regulation, Internet Governance, Featured, Data Protection, Homepage
We request you to take part in this survey aimed at understanding how various organisations view the changes in the Data Protection Regime in the European Union. Recently the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 was passed, which shall replace the present Data Protection Directive DPD 95/46/EC. This step is likely to impact the way of working for many organisations. We are grateful for your voluntary contribution to our research, and all information shared by you will be used for the purpose of research only. Questions that personally identify you are not mandatory and will be kept strictly confidential.
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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: Featured, Homepage, Internet Governance, Privacy
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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