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Institute for Internet & Society 2014, Pune
- March 05, 2014
Last month, activists, journalists, researchers, and members of civil society came together at the 2014 Institute for Internet & Society in Pune, which was hosted by CIS and funded by the Ford Foundation. The Institute was a week long, in which participants heard from speakers from various backgrounds on issues arising out of the intersection of internet and society, such as intellectual property, freedom of expression, and accessibility, to name a few. Below is an official reporting summarizing sessions that took place.
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- February 25, 2014
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Read more →Big Democracy, Big Surveillance: India's Surveillance State
- February 28, 2014
In India, surveillance is on the rise by the state to tackle crime and terrorism, and private companies are eager to meet the demand.
Read more →Surveillance and the Indian Constitution - Part 3: The Public/Private Distinction and the Supreme Court’s Wrong Turn
- March 06, 2014
After its decision in Gobind, the Supreme Court's privacy floodgates opened; a series of claims involving private parties came before its docket, and the resulting jurisprudence ended up creating confusion between state-individual surveillance, and individual-individual surveillance.
Read more →UIDAI Practices and the Information Technology Act, Section 43A and Subsequent Rules
- March 06, 2014
UIDAI practices and section 43A of the IT Act are analyzed in this post.
Read more →Open Call for Comments: The Privacy Protection Bill 2013 drafted by the Centre for Internet and Society
- February 25, 2014
The Centre for Internet and Society is announcing an Open Call for Comments to the CIS Privacy Protection Bill 2013.
Read more →CIS Welcomes 52nd Report on Cyber Crime, Cyber Security, and Right to Privacy
- February 24, 2014
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Read more →Calcutta High Court Strengthens Whistle Blower Protection
- February 24, 2014
Calcutta High Court has ordered for protection of whistle blower's privacy in its November 20, 2013 order. The court has directed the government to accept RTI applications without the applicant's personal details.
Read more →Will You be Paid to Post a Picture?
- March 06, 2014
The wave of free information production on the web is on the wane.
Read more →The Internet Way
- February 14, 2014
Dr. Nishant Shah's review of the book “The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon” by Bantam Press/Random House Group, London was published in Biblio Vol. 19 No.8 (1&2), January – February 2014.
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