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Report on the Sixth Privacy Roundtable Meeting, New Delhi: by Prachi Arya — published Aug 30, 2013 — last modified Aug 30, 2013 03:04 PM — filed under: SAFEGUARDS, Internet Governance, Privacy
In 2013 the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) drafted the Privacy Protection Bill as a citizens' version of a privacy legislation for India. Since April 2013, CIS has been holding Privacy Roundtables in collaboration with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and DSCI, with the objective of gaining public feedback to the Privacy Protection Bill and other possible frameworks for privacy in India. The following is a report on the Sixth Privacy Roundtable held in New Delhi on August 24, 2013.
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International Summer School: "Digitization and its Impact on Society": by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 28, 2013 — last modified Nov 20, 2013 10:00 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Dr. Nishant Shah will be the key note speaker in the session "Social Networks and the Revolution of Political Communication". The event is being hosted by the Dresden Center for Digital Linguistics from September 29 to October 5, 2013.
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Mixed signals? Supreme Court notices to states on Facebook arrests: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 28, 2013 — last modified Aug 28, 2013 08:42 AM — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
In wake of the recent arrests of UP-based scholar Kanwal Bharti and Andhra-based PUCL activist Jaya Vindhyala over their Facebook posts, NDTV aired a discussion on the grey areas of the IT Act. Pranesh Prakash, Shreya Singhal and Faizal Farooqui
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India's Internet Privacy Woes: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 27, 2013 — last modified Sep 05, 2013 11:09 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
“For the sake of national security and to protect the privacy of its citizens, India should develop its own social media platforms,” says Dr Kamlesh Bajaj, CEO of Data Security Council of India (DSCI), a Nasscom-promoted ‘self-regulatory’ organisation on data protection and privacy in India, in a blog post dated August 13.
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Election campaign: parties draw battle lines on media platforms: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 26, 2013 — last modified Sep 05, 2013 10:23 AM — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
In the run-up to the 2014 polls, parties are drawing up media strategies that have a focus on young voters.
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Out of the Bedroom: by Nishant Shah — published Aug 25, 2013 — last modified Sep 06, 2013 08:32 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Censorship
We have shared it with our friends. We have watched it with our lovers. We have discussed it with our children and talked about it with our partners. It is in our bedrooms, hidden in sock drawers. It is in our laptops, in a folder marked "Miscellaneous". It is in our cellphones and tablets, protected under passwords. It is the biggest reason why people have learned to clean their browsing history and cookies from their browsers.
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Dear Milind Deora, Prakash Javadekar Deserved The Truth: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 22, 2013 — last modified Sep 05, 2013 10:38 AM — filed under: Surveillance, Internet Governance, Privacy
Milind Deora, the Minister of State for Communications, Information Technology and Shipping, isn’t your typical politician.
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Freedom from Monitoring: India Inc Should Push For Privacy Laws: by Sunil Abraham — published Aug 21, 2013 — filed under: Central Monitoring System, Internet Governance, Privacy
More surveillance than absolutely necessary actually undermines the security objective.
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Balancing vigilance and privacy: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 19, 2013 — last modified Sep 05, 2013 10:53 AM — filed under: Central Monitoring System, Internet Governance, Privacy
As the government steps up its surveillance capabilities, the entire social contract between the state and citizens is being reformulated, with worrying consequences.
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How Next-Gen Smartphone Users are Being Bought and Sold: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 19, 2013 — last modified Sep 05, 2013 10:48 AM — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
After facebook and google, Twitter became the latest to buy millions of Indian smartphone users in July.
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