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The State is Snooping: Can You Escape?: by Snehashish Ghosh — published Jun 27, 2013 — last modified Apr 29, 2019 03:09 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Blanket surveillance of the kind envisaged by India's Centralized Monitoring System achieves little, but blatantly violates the citizen's right to privacy; Snehashish Ghosh explores why it may be dangerous and looks at potential safeguards against such intrusion.
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Open Letter to Prevent the Installation of RFID tags in Vehicles: by Maria Xynou — published Jun 27, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 10:59 AM — filed under: SAFEGUARDS, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has sent this open letter to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) to urge them not to intall RFID tags in vehicles in India.
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Way to watch: by Chinmayi Arun — published Jun 26, 2013 — last modified Jul 01, 2013 10:17 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The domestic surveillance regime in India lacks adequate safeguards.
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Govt goes after porn, makes ISPs ban sites: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 26, 2013 — last modified Jul 01, 2013 10:11 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
The government has decided to put a blanket ban on several websites that allow users to share pornographic content.
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Report on the 4th Privacy Round Table meeting: by Maria Xynou — published Jun 25, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 11:04 AM — filed under: SAFEGUARDS, Internet Governance, Privacy
This report entails an overview of the discussions and recommendations of the fourth Privacy Round Table in Mumbai, on 15th June 2013.
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Interview with the Citizen Lab on Internet Filtering in India: by Maria Xynou — published Jun 24, 2013 — last modified Jun 26, 2013 09:47 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Maria Xynou recently interviewed Masashi Crete-Nishihata and Jakub Dalek from the Citizen Lab on internet filtering in India. View this interview and gain an insight on Netsweeper and FinFisher!
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Cyber experts suggest using open source software to protect privacy: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 22, 2013 — last modified Jul 03, 2013 04:32 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Big Brother is watching. With the Central Monitoring System (CMS) at home and PRISM from the US, millions of users worldwide have become vulnerable to online surveillance by state agencies without even realizing it. No surprise, several cyber security experts feel that building one's own personal firewall is a good way of fortifying online privacy.
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Interview with Mr. Billy Hawkes - Irish Data Protection Commissioner: by Maria Xynou — published Jun 20, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 11:06 AM — filed under: SAFEGUARDS, Internet Governance, Privacy
Maria Xynou recently interviewed Mr. Billy Hawkes, the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, at the CIS´ 4th Privacy Round Table meeting. View this interview and gain an insight on recommendations for data protection in India!
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Open Letter to "Not" Recognize India as Data Secure Nation till Enactment of Privacy Legislation: by Elonnai Hickok — published Jun 19, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 11:07 AM — filed under: SAFEGUARDS, Internet Governance, Privacy
India shouldn't be granted the status of "data secure nation" by Europe until it enacts a suitable privacy legislation, points out the Centre for Internet and Society in this open letter.
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Pranesh Prakash on the US snooping into Indian cyber space: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 15, 2013 — last modified Jul 02, 2013 04:19 PM — filed under: Video, Internet Governance
Pranesh Prakash, Policy Director, Center for Internet and Society, talks about the ramifications of US incursion into the privacy of Indians through cyber space. He says that Indian laws on privacy and free speech shall be applied to the web companies in India so that they actually not surrender the privacy of Indian citizens just because American law requires them to.
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