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RBI Directions on Account Aggregators
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by
Vipul Kharbanda and Elonnai Hickok
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published
Oct 21, 2016
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last modified
Oct 21, 2016 03:25 PM
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filed under:
Banking,
Featured,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Directions for account aggregator services in India seem to lay great emphasis on data security by allowing only direct access between institutions and do away with data scraping techniques.
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Bridging the gap: Tech giants bring the internet to women in rural India
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 30, 2016
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filed under:
Gender,
Internet Governance
This Diwali is going to be a cracker of a festival for Nisha Chanderwal, a second year BA student.
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Behind Modi’s Heartwarming Diwali Ad for Soldiers, An App That’s Primed for Political Messaging
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 30, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The campaign, which allows users to send Modi quotes on themes like Ayodhya and the perfidy of the Opposition, raises questions about the boundaries between government, party and personal promotion.
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News & Media
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Request for Specifics: Rebuttal to UIDAI
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by
Hans Varghese Mathews
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published
Oct 16, 2016
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last modified
Oct 30, 2016 03:06 PM
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filed under:
UID,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Responding to the Unique Identification Authority of India’s article that found “serious mathematical errors” in “Flaws in the UIDAI Process” (EPW 12 March 2016), the main mathematical argument used to arrive at the number of duplicates in the biometric database is explained.
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ICANN 57
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 08, 2016
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
ICANN,
IANA,
Internet Governance
ICANN 57 is being hosted by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India from November 3 to 9, 2016 in Hyderabad at Hyderabad International Convention Centre. Vidushi Marda participated in the event as a speaker.
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Internet's Core Resources are a Global Public Good - They Cannot Remain Subject to One Country's Jurisdiction
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by
Vidushi Marda
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published
Nov 09, 2016
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last modified
Nov 14, 2016 06:39 AM
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filed under:
ICANN,
Homepage,
Internet Governance
This statement was issued by 8 India civil society organizations, supported by 2 key global networks, involved with internet governance issues, to the meeting of ICANN in Hyderabad, India from 3 to 9 November 2016. The Centre for Internet & Society was one of the 8 organizations that drafted this statement.
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Big Data in India: Benefits, Harms, and Human Rights - Workshop Report
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by
Vidushi Marda, Akash Deep Singh and Geethanjali Jujjavarapu
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published
Nov 14, 2016
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last modified
Nov 18, 2016 12:58 PM
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filed under:
Human Rights,
UID,
Big Data,
Privacy,
Artificial Intelligence,
Internet Governance,
Machine Learning,
Featured,
Digital India,
Aadhaar,
Information Technology,
E-Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society held a one-day workshop on “Big Data in India: Benefits, Harms and Human Rights” at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on the 1st of October, 2016. This report is a compilation of the the issues discussed, ideas exchanged and challenges recognized during the workshop. The objective of the workshop was to discuss aspects of big data technologies in terms of harms, opportunities and human rights. The discussion was designed around an extensive study of current and potential future uses of big data for governance in India, that CIS has undertaken over the last year with support from the MacArthur Foundation.
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'Delink ICANN from US jurisdiction'
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 15, 2016
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filed under:
ICANN,
Internet Governance
Eight Indian civil society organisations involved with internet governance have called for complete delinking of ICANN from US jurisdiction, saying an important global public infrastructure being subject to a single country’s control is unacceptable.
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CERT-In's Proactive Mandate - A Report on the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team’s Proactive Mandate in the Indian Cyber Security Ecosystem
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by
tiwari
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published
Nov 19, 2016
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filed under:
Cyber Security,
Internet Governance
CERT-IN’s proactive mandate is defined in the IT Act, 2000 as well as in the Information Technology (The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team and Manner of Performing Function and Duties ) Rules, 2013 (CERT-In Rules, 2013) both of which postdate the existence of the organisation itself, which has been operational since 2004.
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NHA Data Sharing Guidelines – Yet Another Policy in the Absence of a Data Protection Act
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by
Shweta Mohandas and Pallavi Bedi
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published
Sep 29, 2022
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance,
Data Protection,
Privacy
In July this year, the National Health Authority (NHA) released the NHA Data Sharing Guidelines for the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PM-JAY) just two months after publishing the draft Health Data Management Policy.
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