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Blog Entry Cryptocurrency Regulation in India – A brief history
by Vipul Kharbanda published Mar 05, 2020 last modified Mar 05, 2020 06:36 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
In March 2020, the Supreme Court of India quashed the RBI order passed in 2018 that banned financial services firms from trading in virtual currency or cryptocurrency. Keeping this policy window in mind, the Centre for Internet & Society will be releasing a series of blog posts and policy briefs on cryptocurrency regulation in India
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Blog Entry A Compilation of Research on the PDP Bill
by Pranav M B published Mar 05, 2020 last modified Mar 05, 2020 08:04 AM — filed under: , , ,
The most recent step in India’s initiative to create an effective and comprehensive Data Protection regime was the call for comments to the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, which closed last month. Leading up to the comments, CIS has published numerous research pieces with the goal of providing a comprehensive overview of how this legislation would place India within the global scheme, and how the local situation has developed, as well as analysing its impacts on citizens’ rights.
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Blog Entry Governing ID: Kenya’s Huduma Namba Programme
by Amber Sinha published Mar 02, 2020 — filed under: , , ,
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Blog Entry Governing ID: Use of Digital ID in the Healthcare Sector
by Shruti Trikanad published Mar 02, 2020 last modified Mar 02, 2020 01:21 PM — filed under: , , ,
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Blog Entry Governing ID: India’s Unique Identity Programme
by Vrinda Bhandari published Mar 02, 2020 — filed under: , , ,
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Use of Digital ID for Verification
by Shruti Trikanad published Mar 02, 2020 last modified Mar 02, 2020 11:16 AM — filed under: , , ,
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Blog Entry Governing ID: A Framework for Evaluation of Digital Identity
by Vrinda Bhandari, Shruti Trikanad, and Amber Sinha published Mar 02, 2020 last modified Mar 02, 2020 01:22 PM — filed under: , , ,
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Blog Entry Governing ID: Introducing our Evaluation Framework
by Shruti Trikanad published Mar 02, 2020 last modified Mar 02, 2020 08:03 AM — filed under: , , ,
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Blog Entry Divergence between the General Data Protection Regulation and the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019
by Pallavi Bedi published Feb 21, 2020 — filed under: , ,
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Blog Entry Content takedown and users' rights
by Torsha Sarkar, Gurshabad Grover published Feb 14, 2020 last modified Feb 17, 2020 05:18 AM — filed under: , , ,
After Shreya Singhal v Union of India, commentators have continued to question the constitutionality of the content takedown regime under Section 69A of the IT Act (and the Blocking Rules issued under it). There has also been considerable debate around how the judgement has changed this regime: specifically about (i) whether originators of content are entitled to a hearing, (ii) whether Rule 16 of the Blocking Rules, which mandates confidentiality of content takedown requests received by intermediaries from the Government, continues to be operative, and (iii) the effect of Rule 16 on the rights of the originator and the public to challenge executive action. In this opinion piece, we attempt to answer some of these questions.
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