Centre for Internet & Society

Big Brother is watching you

by Chinmayi Arun

India has no requirements of transparency whether in the form of disclosing the quantum of interception or in the form of notification to people whose communication was intercepted.

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India's Identity Crisis

by Malavika Jayaram

Malavika Jayaram's article was published in 2013 Internet Monitor Annual Report: Reflections on the Digital World, published by Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society.

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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 13) - Pranesh Prakash

by Purba Sarkar

CIS interviews Pranesh Prakash, lawyer and policy director with Centre for Internet and Society, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.

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Brochures from Expos on Smart Cards, e-Security, RFID & Biometrics in India

by Maria Xynou

Electronics Today organised a series of expos on smart cards, e-security, RFID and biometric technology in Delhi on 16-18 October 2013. The Centre for Internet and Society is sharing the brochures it collected from these public expos for research purposes.

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I Just Pinged to Say Hello

by Nishant Shah

A host of social networks find us more connected than ever before, but leave us groping for words in the digital space.

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CIS Supports the UN Resolution on “The Right to Privacy in the Digital age”.

by Elonnai Hickok

The United Nations adopted the resolution on the right to privacy recently. It recognised privacy as a human right, integral to the right to free expression, and also declared that mass surveillance could have negative impacts on human rights.

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Seventh Privacy Round-table

by Elonnai Hickok

On October 19, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in collaboration with the Federation for Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the Data Security Council of India, and Privacy International held a “Privacy Round-table” in New Delhi at the FICCI Federation House.

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Why 'Facebook' is More Dangerous than the Government Spying on You

by Maria Xynou

In this article, Maria Xynou looks at state and corporate surveillance in India and analyzes why our "choice" to hand over our personal data can potentially be more harmful than traditional, top-down, state surveillance. Read this article and perhaps reconsider your "choice" to use social networking sites, such as Facebook.

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First Look: CIS Cybersecurity documentary film

by Purba Sarkar

CIS presents the trailer of its documentary film DesiSec: Cybersecurity & Civil Society in India

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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 12) - Namita Malhotra

by Purba Sarkar

CIS interviews Namita Malhotra, researcher and lawyer at Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.

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