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Interview with Mr. Billy Hawkes - Irish Data Protection Commissioner: by Maria Xynou — published Jun 20, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 11:06 AM — filed under: SAFEGUARDS, Internet Governance, Privacy
Maria Xynou recently interviewed Mr. Billy Hawkes, the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, at the CIS´ 4th Privacy Round Table meeting. View this interview and gain an insight on recommendations for data protection in India!
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March 2011 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 31, 2011 — last modified Jul 30, 2012 10:59 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Research, Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! In this issue we are pleased to present you the latest updates about our research, upcoming events, and news and media coverage.
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June 2010 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 23, 2010 — last modified Aug 10, 2012 09:38 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, CISRAW, Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet & Society. We bring you updates of our research, news and media coverage, information on events for the month of June 2010.
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July 2010 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 23, 2010 — last modified Aug 10, 2012 09:41 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, CISRAW, Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet & Society. We bring you updates of our research, news and media coverage, information on our events and other updates for the month of July 2010.
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Respite from Internet Censorship?: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 10, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
Of late, a lot of the blocked websites have started reappearing. So should we sit back and relax? We take a look at how it's not really the start of something beautiful...writes Nimish Sawant. Sunil Abraham is quoted.
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April 2010 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 23, 2010 — last modified Aug 13, 2012 04:51 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Intellectual Property Rights, Accessibility, Internet Governance, CISRAW
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! We bring you updates of our research, events and news for the month of April 2010.
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India’s vanishing fingerprints put UID in question: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 26, 2011 — last modified Oct 26, 2011 10:05 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
A curious situation has come to light at the UID (unique identity) enrolment centres. Call it the phenomenon of vanishing fingerprints. You see, our unique fingerprints don’t necessarily last a lifetime and they can be damaged or destroyed and, in some cases, even non-existent. And that is not the best scenario for the first-of-its-kind project that endeavours to create a unique identity for India’s billion-plus population based on fingerprints and iris scans (or biometric data).
Located in News & Media
Text of DIT's Response to Second RTI on Website Blocking: by Pranesh Prakash — published Oct 27, 2011 — last modified Oct 28, 2011 02:37 PM — filed under: RTI, Internet Governance, Censorship
CIS had filed a request under the Right to Information Act with the government, asking a number of questions relating to blocking of content under the IT Act. We have reproduced below the response we got from the government.
Located in Internet Governance
11th Meeting of Information Systems Security Sectional Committee (LITD 17): by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 19, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Udbhav Tiwari represented CIS at this meeting organized by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) at Manak Bhavan, New Delhi on April 13, 2017.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Sunil Abraham: Honorary steward September 2017: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 20, 2017 — filed under: Internet Governance
Shuttleworth Foundation has announced Sunil Abraham as Honorary Steward for its September 2017 fellowship round.
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