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A Guide to Drafting Privacy Policy under the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019
The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, (PDP Bill) which is currently being deliberated by the Joint Parliamentary Committee, is likely to be tabled in the Parliament during the winter session of 2021.
Media Market Risk Ratings: India
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) and the Global Disinformation Index (GDI) are launching a study into the risk of disinformation on digital news platforms in India, creating an index that is intended to serve donors and brands with a neutral assessment of news sites that they can utilise to defund disinformation.
Beyond the PDP Bill: Governance Choices for the DPA
This article examines the specific governance choices the Data Protection Authority (DPA) in India must deliberate on vis-à-vis its standard-setting function, which are distinct from those it will encounter as part of its enforcement and supervision functions.
Does Google’s bid to replace third party cookies with FLOCs protect user privacy?
In its efforts to deprecate third-party cookies, Google, in August 2019, has brought an alternative plan with its new Privacy Sandbox platform. This plan promises to preserve anonymity when serving tailored advertising. While unveiling the system, Google explained that even though advertising is necessary to keep the web available to everyone, the web ecosystem is at risk if privacy policies do not keep pace with evolving expectations. But does this new framework help users in any way?
IRC22 - Proposed Session - #Involute - Jagged Seams of the Domestic and the Vocational
Details of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
IRC22 - Proposed Session - #CovidConfessions: An internet art project
Details of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
IRC22 - Proposed Session - #TransActandWhatFollowed - Access to care for transgender persons during the COVID-19 pandemic
Details of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
IRC 22 - Proposed Session - #ThisMightNotBeOnline
Details of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
IRC22 - Proposed Session - #“Going Home”: Constructions of a Digital-Urban Platform Interface in Delhi-NCR
Details of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
IRC22 - Proposed Session - #SocialMediaActivism
Details of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
IRC 22 - Proposed Session - # ActFromHome
Details of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
IRC 22 - Proposed Session - #LockdownsAndShutdowns
Details of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
IRC 22 - Proposed Session - #MetaverseInquilab
Details of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
IRC 22 - Proposed Session - #LetsMoveIn
Details of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
IRC22 - Proposed Session - #DigitisingCrisesRemakingHome
Details of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022- #Home.
Big Tech’s privacy promise to consumers could be good news — and also bad news
Rajat Kathuria, Isha Suri write: Its use as a tool for market development must balance consumer protection, innovation, and competition.
UN Questionnaire on Digital Innovation, Technologies and Right to Health
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) contributed to the questionnaire put out by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on digital innovation, technologies and the right to health. The responses were authored by Pahlavi and Shweta Mohandas, and edited by Indumathi Manohar.
Parichiti - Domestic Workers’ Access to Secure Livelihoods in West Bengal
This report by Anchita Ghatak of Parichiti presents findings of a pilot study conducted by the author and colleagues to document the situation of women domestic workers (WDWs) in the lockdown and the initial stages of the lifting of restrictions. This study would not have been possible without the WDWs who agreed to be interviewed for this study and gave their time generously. We are grateful to Dr Abhijit Das of the Centre for Health and Social Justice for his advice and help. The report is edited by Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon, and this work forms a part of the CIS’s project on gender, welfare and surveillance supported by Privacy International, United Kingdom.
