Internet Governance Blog
Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012 v/s 2015 Bill
- September 06, 2015
This entry analyses the Human DNA Profiling Bill introduced in 2012 with the provisions of the 2015 Bill
Read more →Data Flow in the Unique Identification Scheme of India
- September 03, 2015
This note analyses the data flow within the UID scheme and aims at highlighting vulnerabilities at each stage. The data flow within the UID Scheme can be best understood by first delineating the organizations involved in enrolling residents for Aadhaar. The UIDAI partners with various Registrars usually a department of the central or state Government, and some private sector agencies like LIC etc– through a Memorandum of Understanding for assisting with the enrollment process of the UID project.
Read more →Response by the Centre for Internet and Society to the Draft Proposal to Transition the Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration
- November 29, 2015
This proposal was made to the Global Multistakeholder Community on August 9, 2015. The proposal was drafted by Pranesh Prakash and Jyoti Panday. The research assistance was provided by Padmini Baruah, Vidushi Marda, and inputs from Sunil Abraham.
Read more →Supreme Court Order is a Good Start, but is Seeding Necessary?
- September 02, 2015
This blog post seeks to unpack the ‘seeding’ process in the UIDAI scheme, understand the implications of the Supreme Court order on this process, and identify questions regarding the UID scheme that still need to be clarified by the court in the context of the seeding process.
Read more →Are we Throwing our Data Protection Regimes under the Bus?
- September 02, 2015
In this blog post Rohan examines why the principle of consent is providing us increasingly less of an aegis in protecting our data.
Read more →CIS Comments and Recommendations to the Human DNA Profiling Bill, June 2015
- September 02, 2015
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted a clause-by-clause comments on the Human DNA Profiling Bill that was circulated by the Department of Biotechnology on June 9, 2015.
Read more →Responsible Data Forum: Discussion on the Risks and Mitigations of releasing Data
- September 06, 2015
The seedy underbelly of revenge porn
- September 05, 2015
Intimate photos posted by angry exes are becoming part of an expanding online body of dirty work.
Read more →Civil Society Organisations and Internet Governance in India - Open Review
- August 19, 2015
This is a book section written for the third volume (2000-2010) of the Asia Internet History series edited by Prof. Kilnam Chon. The pre-publication text of the section is being shared here to invite suggestions for addition and modification. Please share your comments via email sent to raw[at]cis-india[dot]org with 'Civil Society Organisations and Internet Governance in India - Comments' as the subject line. This text is published under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license.
Read more →Civil Society Organisations and Internet Governance in Asia - Open Review
- August 19, 2015
This is a book section written for the third volume (2000-2010) of the Asia Internet History series edited by Prof. Kilnam Chon. The pre-publication text of the section is being shared here to invite suggestions for addition and modification. Please share your comments via email sent to raw[at]cis-india[dot]org with 'Civil Society Organisations and Internet Governance in Asia - Comments' as the subject line. This text is published under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license.
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