Centre for Internet & Society

RTI response regarding the UIDAI

by Vanya Rakesh

This is a response to the RTI filed regarding UIDAI

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CIS's Position on Net Neutrality

by Sunil Abraham

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.

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Security Research

by Vanya Rakesh

The Centre Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy policy in India since the year 2010 with the following objectives.

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Sectoral Privacy Research

by Vanya Rakesh

The Centre for Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy in India since the year 2010, with special focus on the following issues.

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Privacy Policy Research

by Vanya Rakesh

The Centre Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy policy in India since the year 2010 with the following objectives.

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DNA Research

by Vanya Rakesh

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.

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UID Research

by Vanya Rakesh

The Centre Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy policy in India since the year 2010 with the following objectives.

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The Humpty-Dumpty Censorship of Television in India

by Bhairav Acharya

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.

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The Short-lived Adventure of India’s Encryption Policy

by Bhairav Acharya

Written for the Berkeley Information Privacy Law Association (BIPLA).

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Predictive Policing: What is it, How it works, and its Legal Implications

by Rohan George

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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