Internet Governance Blog
RTI response regarding the UIDAI
- December 22, 2015
This is a response to the RTI filed regarding UIDAI
Read more →CIS's Position on Net Neutrality
- December 04, 2015
As researchers committed to the principle of pluralism we rarely produce institutional positions. This is also because we tend to update our positions based on research outputs. But the lack of clarity around our position on network neutrality has led some stakeholders to believe that we are advocating for forbearance. Nothing can be farther from the truth. Please see below for the current articulation of our common institutional position.
Read more →Security Research
- December 03, 2015
The Centre Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy policy in India since the year 2010 with the following objectives.
Read more →Sectoral Privacy Research
- December 02, 2015
The Centre for Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy in India since the year 2010, with special focus on the following issues.
Read more →Privacy Policy Research
- December 02, 2015
The Centre Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy policy in India since the year 2010 with the following objectives.
Read more →DNA Research
- December 02, 2015
In 2006, the Department of Biotechnology drafted the Human DNA Profiling Bill. In 2012 a revised Bill was released and a group of Experts was constituted to finalize the Bill. In 2014, another version was released, the approval of which is pending before the Parliament. This legislation will allow the government of India to Create a National DNA Data Bank and a DNA Profiling Board for the purposes of forensic research and analysis. Here is a collection of our research on privacy and security concerns related to the Bill.
Read more →UID Research
- December 03, 2015
The Centre Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy policy in India since the year 2010 with the following objectives.
Read more →The Humpty-Dumpty Censorship of Television in India
- November 29, 2015
The Modi government’s attack on Sathiyam TV is another manifestation of the Indian state’s paranoia of the medium of film and television, and consequently, the irrational controlling impulse of the law.
Read more →The Short-lived Adventure of India’s Encryption Policy
- November 29, 2015
Written for the Berkeley Information Privacy Law Association (BIPLA).
Read more →Predictive Policing: What is it, How it works, and its Legal Implications
- November 24, 2015
This article reviews literature surrounding big data and predictive policing and provides an analysis of the legal implications of using predictive policing techniques in the Indian context.
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