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Blog Entry A Study of the Privacy Policies of Indian Service Providers and the 43A Rules
by Elonnai Hickok — published Jan 12, 2015 — last modified Jan 13, 2015 02:37 AM — filed under: ,
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
A tale of two Internet campaigns
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 11, 2014 — last modified Mar 07, 2014 12:19 AM — filed under:
Techies supported anti-surveillance campaign, companies backed internet safety.
Located in News & Media
A Talk by Charlotte Lapsansky
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 13, 2010 — last modified Apr 22, 2011 07:41 AM — filed under:
Charlotte Lapsansky will give a lecture on the "Mobile Voices project" at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore on Thursday, 16 September 2010.
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Blog Entry A Technological Solution to the Challenges of Online Defamation
by Eduardo Bertoni — published May 28, 2013 — last modified Jul 02, 2013 02:47 PM — filed under: ,
When people are insulted or humiliated on the Internet and decide to take legal action, their cases often follow a similar trajectory.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
A Three-Way Race Draws Delhi’s Young, and Everyone Else, Out to Vote
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 04, 2013 — last modified Dec 26, 2013 07:03 AM — filed under: ,
The polling stations were supposed to close at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, just after sunset. But with thousands still waiting in the dark to cast their vote in the state assembly elections, the Delhi Election Commission decided to extend the voting until 6:30 p.m. Then to 7:30 p.m.
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Blog Entry A trust deficit between advertisers and publishers is leading to fake news
by Sunil Abraham — published Sep 24, 2018 — last modified Oct 02, 2018 06:44 AM — filed under: , ,
Transparency regulations is need of the hour. And urgently for election and political advertising. What do the ads look like? Who paid for them? Who was the target? How many people saw these advertisements? How many times? Transparency around viral content is also required.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
A Tweet and a poke from the CEO
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 03, 2011 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 01:30 AM — filed under:
The official grapevine has moved online, and Twitter is the new water-cooler.
Located in News & Media
Blog Entry Aadhaar Act and its Non-compliance with Data Protection Law in India
by Vanya Rakesh — published Apr 14, 2016 — last modified Apr 18, 2016 11:43 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
This post compares the provisions of the Aadhaar Act, 2016, with India's data protection regime as articulated in the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Aadhaar assurances fail to assuage privacy concerns
by Prasad Krishna — published May 20, 2017 — filed under: , ,
While Aadhaar may be secure from external attacks, a failsafe system hasn’t been developed to protect it from Edward Snowden-style leakages and hacks.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Blog Entry Aadhaar Bill 2016 Evaluated against the National Privacy Principles
by Pooja Saxena and Amber Sinha — published Mar 21, 2016 — filed under: , , , , , , ,
In this infographic, we evaluate the privacy provisions of the Aadhaar Bill 2016 against the national privacy principles developed by the Group of Experts on Privacy led by the Former Chief Justice A.P. Shah in 2012. The infographic is based on Vipul Kharbanda’s article 'Analysis of Aadhaar Act in the Context of A.P. Shah Committee Principles,' and is designed by Pooja Saxena, with inputs from Amber Sinha.
Located in Internet Governance
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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