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Blog Entry The Privacy (Protection) Bill 2013: A Citizen's Draft
by Bhairav Acharya — published Mar 26, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 11:50 AM — filed under: , ,
The Centre for Internet and Society has been researching privacy in India since 2010 with the objective of raising public awareness around privacy, completing in depth research, and driving a privacy legislation in India. As part of this work, Bhairav Acharya has drafted the Privacy (Protection) Bill 2013.
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Blog Entry Workshop on the Unique Identity Number (UID), the National Population Register (NPR) and Governance: What will happen to our data?
by Maria Xynou — published Mar 18, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:28 PM — filed under: , ,
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 Entry Hacking without borders: The future of artificial intelligence and surveillance
by Maria Xynou — published Mar 15, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:30 PM — filed under: , ,
In this post, Maria Xynou looks at some of DARPA´s artificial intelligence surveillance technologies in regards to the right to privacy and their potential future use in India.
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Blog Entry A Comparison of the Draft DNA Profiling Bill 2007 and the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012
by Maria Xynou — published Mar 15, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:32 PM — filed under: , ,
In this post, Maria Xynou gives us a comparison of the Draft DNA Profiling Bill 2007 and the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012.
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Blog Entry Summary of the CIS workshop on the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012
by Maria Xynou — published Mar 14, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:33 PM — filed under: , ,
On March 1st, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society organized a workshop which analysed the April 2012 draft Human DNA Profiling Bill and its potential implications on human rights in India.
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Blog Entry Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill (April 2012): High Level Concerns
by Elonnai Hickok — published Mar 12, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:36 PM — filed under: , ,
In 2007 the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill was piloted by the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, with the objective of regulating the use of DNA for forensic and other purposes. In February 2012 another draft of the Bill was leaked. The February 2012 Bill was drafted by the Department of Biotechnology. Another working draft of the Bill was created in April 2012. The most recent version of the Bill seeks to create DNA databases at the state, regional, and national level.
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Blog Entry BigDog is Watching You! The Sci-fi Future of Animal and Insect Drones
by Maria Xynou — published Feb 25, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:38 PM — filed under: , ,
Do you think robotic aeroplanes monitoring us are scary enough? Wait until you read about DARPA´s new innovative and subtle way to keep us all under the microscope! This blog post presents a new reality of drones which is depicted in none other than animal and insect-like robots, equipped with cameras and other surveillance technologies.
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Blog Entry A Comparison of Indian Legislation to Draft International Principles on Surveillance of Communications
by Elonnai Hickok — published Jan 31, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:40 PM — filed under: , ,
This blog post is a comparison of the relevant Indian legislations allowing governmental access to communications and the Draft International Principles on Surveillance of Communications. The principles, first drafted in October 2012 and developed subsequently seeks to establish an international standard for surveillance of communications in the context of human rights.
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Blog Entry Data Retention in India
by Elonnai Hickok — published Jan 30, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:51 PM — filed under: , ,
As part of its privacy research, the Centre for Internet and Society has been researching upon data retention mandates from the Government of India and data retention practices by service providers. Globally, data retention has become a contested practice with regards to privacy, as many governments require service providers to retain more data for extensive time periods, for security purposes. Many argue that the scope of the retention is becoming disproportional to the purpose of investigating crimes.
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Blog Entry Draft International Principles on Communications Surveillance and Human Rights
by Elonnai Hickok — published Jan 16, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:55 PM — filed under: , ,
These principles were developed by Privacy International and the Electronic Frontier Foundation and seek to define an international standard for the surveillance of communications. The Centre for Internet and Society has been contributing feedback to the principles.
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