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‘By weakening our security, govt is putting us at risk of espionage’: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 27, 2015 — last modified Oct 02, 2015 03:09 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Encryption Policy, Privacy
After the BlackBerry encryption and IT Act fiascos of recent years, the government last week sent yet another cyber policy howler, the Draft National Encryption Policy, only to withdraw it in the face of severe protests. S. Raghotham and Mayukh Mukherjee spoke with Pranesh Prakash, policy director, Centre for Internet & Society, on the government’s continued misadventures with data privacy and encryption.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Open Governance and Privacy in a Post-Snowden World : Webinar: by Vanya Rakesh — published Sep 26, 2015 — last modified Oct 04, 2015 11:09 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
On 10th September 2015, the OGP Support Unit, the Open Government Guide, and the World Bank held a webinar on “Open Governance and Privacy in a Post-Snowden World” presented by Carly Nyst, Independent consultant and former Legal Director of Privacy International and Javier Ruiz, Policy Director of Open Rights Group. This is a summary of the key issues that were discussed by the speakers and the participants.
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India encryption policy draft faces backlash: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 22, 2015 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The department of information technology is facing a backlash from industry experts, Internet watchers and netizens on its draft of the National Encryption Policy that it recently made public.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012 v/s 2015 Bill: by Vanya Rakesh — published Sep 06, 2015 — filed under: DNA Profiling, Internet Governance, Privacy
This entry analyses the Human DNA Profiling Bill introduced in 2012 with the provisions of the 2015 Bill
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Data Flow in the Unique Identification Scheme of India: by Vidushi Marda — published Sep 03, 2015 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
This note analyses the data flow within the UID scheme and aims at highlighting vulnerabilities at each stage. The data flow within the UID Scheme can be best understood by first delineating the organizations involved in enrolling residents for Aadhaar. The UIDAI partners with various Registrars usually a department of the central or state Government, and some private sector agencies like LIC etc– through a Memorandum of Understanding for assisting with the enrollment process of the UID project.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Supreme Court Order is a Good Start, but is Seeding Necessary?: by Elonnai Hickok and Rohan George — published Aug 29, 2015 — last modified Sep 07, 2015 01:21 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
This blog post seeks to unpack the ‘seeding’ process in the UIDAI scheme, understand the implications of the Supreme Court order on this process, and identify questions regarding the UID scheme that still need to be clarified by the court in the context of the seeding process.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
CIS Comments and Recommendations to the Human DNA Profiling Bill, June 2015: by Elonnai Hickok, Vipul Kharbanda and Vanya Rakesh — published Aug 27, 2015 — last modified Sep 02, 2015 05:09 PM — filed under: DNA Profiling, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted a clause-by-clause comments on the Human DNA Profiling Bill that was circulated by the Department of Biotechnology on June 9, 2015.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
The seedy underbelly of revenge porn: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 23, 2015 — last modified Sep 27, 2015 02:25 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Intimate photos posted by angry exes are becoming part of an expanding online body of dirty work.
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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.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Right to Privacy in Peril: by Vipul Kharbanda — published Aug 13, 2015 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
It seems to have become quite a fad, especially amongst journalists, to use this headline and claim that the right to privacy which we consider so inherent to our being, is under attack. However, when I use this heading in this piece I am not referring to the rampant illegal surveillance being done by the government, or the widely reported recent raids on consenting (unmarried) adults who were staying in hotel rooms in Mumbai. I am talking about the fact that the Supreme Court of India has deemed it fit to refer the question of the very existence of a fundamental right to privacy to a Constitution Bench to finally decide the matter, and define the contours of such right if it does exist.
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