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Privacy, Autonomy, and Sexual Choice: The Common Law Recognition of Homosexuality: by Bhairav Acharya — published Jul 18, 2015 — last modified Aug 23, 2015 12:20 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
In the last few decades, all major common law jurisdictions have decriminalised non-procreative sex – oral and anal sex (sodomy) – to allow private, consensual, and non-commercial homosexual intercourse.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Mastering the Art of Keeping Indians Under Surveillance: by Bhairav Acharya — published May 30, 2015 — last modified Aug 23, 2015 12:26 PM — filed under: Surveillance, Internet Governance, Privacy
In its first year in office, the National Democratic Alliance government has been notably silent on the large-scale surveillance projects it has inherited. This ended last week amidst reports the government is hastening to complete the Central Monitoring System (CMS) within the year.
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The Four Parts of Privacy in India: by Bhairav Acharya — published May 30, 2015 — last modified Aug 23, 2015 01:04 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Privacy enjoys an abundance of meanings. It is claimed in diverse situations every day by everyone against other people, society and the state.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Roundtable discussion on WHOIS: by Vidushi Marda — published Jul 28, 2015 — last modified Aug 24, 2015 02:16 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda participated remotely in a round-table discussion organized by the Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY), Govt. of India on July 28, 2015. Aditya Garg, an intern at the Centre for Internet & Society also participated (in person) from New Delhi and made an intervention.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group Analysis: by Jyoti Panday — published Jul 31, 2015 — last modified Apr 12, 2016 10:02 AM — filed under: Multi-stakeholder, Internet Governance
This analysis has been done to see the trend in the selection and rotation of the members of the Multistakeholder advisory group (MAG) in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The MAG has been functional for nine years from 2006-2015. The analysis is based on data procured, collated and organised by Pranesh Prakash and Jyoti Panday. Shambhavi Singh, Law Student, NLU Delhi who was interning with CIS at the time also assisted with the organisation and analysis of the data.
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July 2015 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 31, 2015 — last modified Nov 21, 2015 04:23 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Researchers at Work
Our newsletter for the month of July is below:
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India’s largest bank SBI leaked account data on millions of customers: by Admin — published Feb 01, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
India’s largest bank has secured an unprotected server that allowed anyone to access financial information on millions of its customers, like bank balances and recent transactions.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
A Gendered Future of Work: by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi — published Dec 19, 2018 — last modified Jul 21, 2020 06:29 AM — filed under: Gender, Jobs, Internet Governance
This paper aims to contextualise the narrative around digitalisation and automation with reference to women's labour in India. The paper has been authored by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi, edited by Elonnai Hickok and Rakhi Sehgal. Research assistance has been provided by Divya Kushwaha.
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Submitted Your Biometrics for Aadhaar? Here’s How You Can Lock/Unlock That Data: by Admin — published Jan 24, 2019 — last modified Feb 02, 2019 02:09 AM — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Did you know that UIDAI provides a facility that allows users to lock/unlock their Aadhaar biometric data online?
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
New movies lose out due to piracy: by Admin — published Jan 23, 2019 — last modified Feb 02, 2019 02:24 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Piracy continues to be a huge concern among filmmakers but it can also be a marketing strategy for small-budget films.
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