Internet Governance Blog
Artificial Intelligence in the Governance Sector in India
- September 14, 2018
The use of Artificial Intelligence has the potential to ameliorate several existing structural inefficiencies in the discharge of governmental functions. Our research indicates that the deployment of this technology across sub-sectors is still on the horizons.
Read more →India’s post-truth society
- September 12, 2018
The proliferation of lies and manipulative content supplies an ever-willing state a pretext to step up surveillance.
Read more →The Srikrishna Committee Data Protection Bill and Artificial Intelligence in India
- September 03, 2018
Artificial Intelligence in many ways is in direct conflict with traditional data protection principles and requirements including consent, purpose limitation, data minimization, retention and deletion, accountability, and transparency.
Read more →Consumer Care Society: Silver Jubilee Year Celebrations
- August 27, 2018
Arindrajit Basu delivered a talk the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the Consumer Care Society (CCS )on 'Privacy and Security in the Age of the Internet.
Read more →An Analysis of the CLOUD Act and Implications for India
- August 22, 2018
India houses the second largest population in the world at approximately 1.35 billion individuals. In such a diverse and dense context, law enforcement could be a challenging job.
Read more →DNA ‘Evidence’: Only Opinion, Not Science, And Definitely Not Proof Of Crime!
- August 22, 2018
On August 9, 2018, the DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2018 was introduced in the Lok Sabha and we commented on some key aspects of it earlier.
Read more →ICANN response to DIDP #31 on diversity
- August 21, 2018
This post summarizes the response of ICANN to our inquiry on the diversity of their employees.
Read more →Use of Visuals and Nudges in Privacy Notices
- August 18, 2018
Nudging in privacy notices can be a privacy-enhancing tool. For example, informing users of how many people would have access to their data would help them make a decision. However, nudges can also be used to influence users towards making choices that compromise their privacy. For example, the visual design of default options on digital platforms currently nudge users to share their data. It is critical to ensure that there is mindful use of nudges, and that it is directed at the well being of the users.
Read more →National Health Stack: Data For Data’s Sake, A Manmade Health Hazard
- August 17, 2018
On Oct. 5, 2017, an HIV positive woman was denied admission in Hyderabad’s Osmania General Hospital even though she was entitled to free treatment under India’s National AIDS Control Organisation programme. Another incident around the same time witnessed a 24-year-old pregnant woman at Tikamgarh district hospital in Madhya Pradesh being denied treatment by hospital doctors once she tested positive for HIV. The patient reportedly delivered the twins outside the maternity ward after she was turned away by the hospital, but her newborn twin girls died soon after.
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