Internet Governance Blog
Comments on the National Digital Health Blueprint
- August 07, 2019
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had released the National Digital Health Blueprint on 15 July 2019 for comments. The Centre for Internet & Society submitted its comments.
Read more →In India, Privacy Policies of Fintech Companies Pay Lip Service to User Rights
- July 31, 2019
A study of the privacy policies of 48 fintech companies that operate in India shows that none comply with even the basic requirements of the IT Rules, 2011.
Read more →The Digital Identification Parade
- July 30, 2019
NCRB’s proposed Automated Facial Recognition System impinges on right to privacy, is likely to target certain groups.
Read more →What is the problem with ‘Ethical AI’? An Indian Perspective
- July 21, 2019
On 22 May 2019, the OECD member countries adopted the OECD Council Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence. The Principles, meant to provide an “ethical framework” for governing Artificial Intelligence (AI), were the first set of guidelines signed by multiple governments, including non-OECD members: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, and Romania.
Read more →Old Isn't Always Gold: FaceApp and Its Privacy Policies
- July 21, 2019
Leaving aside the Red Scare for a moment, FaceApp's own rebuttal of privacy worries are highly problematic in nature.
Read more →DIDP #34 On granular detail on ICANN's budget for policy development process
- July 06, 2019
ICANN has Advisory Committees which help guide the policy recommendations that the ICANN community develops while its Supporting Organizations are charged with developing policy recommendations for a particular aspect of ICANN's operations. Supporting Organizations are composed of volunteers from the community. ICANN publishes a combined budget for all these bodies under the head of policy development and CIS inquired about the financial resources allocated to each of them specifically.
Read more →The Impact of Consolidation in the Internet Economy on the Evolution of the Internet
- July 03, 2019
The Centre for Internet and Society in partnership with the Internet Society organized an event on the impact of consolidation in the Internet economy. It was divided into two roundtable discussions, the first one focusing on the policies and regulation while the latter dealt with the technical evolution of the Internet. This report contributed to the Internet Society’s 2019 Global Internet Report on Consolidation in the Internet Economy.
Read more →Picking ‘Wholes’ - Thinking in Systems Workshop
- June 05, 2019
A System's Thinking masterclass was conducted by Dinesh Korjan on 27th and 28th May in the CIS Delhi office.
Read more →Announcement of a Three-Region Research Alliance on the Appropriate Use of Digital Identity
- May 13, 2019
Omidyar Network has recently announced its decision to invest in establishment of a three-region research alliance — to be co-led by the Institute for Technology & Society (ITS), Brazil, the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT) , Kenya, and the CIS, India — on the Appropriate Use of Digital Identity. As part of this Alliance, we at the CIS will look at the policy objectives of digital identity projects, how technological policy choices can be thought through to meet the objectives, and how legitimate uses of a digital identity framework may be evaluated.
Read more →Workshop on Feminist Information Infrastructure
- May 09, 2019
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) organised a workshop on feminist infrastructure in collaboration with Blank Noise and Sangama, on 29th October, 2018. The purpose of the workshop was to disseminate the findings from a two-month long project being undertaken by researchers at Blank Noise and Sangama, with research support and training from CIS.
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