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All India Privacy Symposium: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 02, 2011 — last modified Feb 27, 2012 11:08 AM — filed under: Conference, Event Type, Internet Governance, Privacy
Privacy India in partnership with the International Development Research Centre, Canada, Society in Action Group, Gurgaon, Privacy International, UK and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative is organizing the All India Privacy Symposium at the India International Centre, New Delhi on Saturday, February 4, 2012.
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Steady Steps.....FOSS and the MDG's: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 09, 2012 — last modified Dec 09, 2012 01:11 AM — filed under: Openness, Internet Governance Forum, Internet Governance
Pranesh Prakash was a panelist at this IGF workshop held on November 9, 2012. It was organised by International Center For Free and Open Source Software and Free Software and OpenSource Foundation For Africa.
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The Privatisation of Censorship: The Online Responsibility to Protect Free Expression: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 05, 2012 — last modified Dec 09, 2012 01:48 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance Forum, Internet Governance
Pranesh Prakash was a panelist at this workshop organised on November 5, 2012. It was organized by Index on Censorship.
Located in News & Media
66A ‘cut & paste job’: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 11, 2012 — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
The controversial Section 66A of the Information Technology Act has borrowed words out of context from British and American laws, according to lawyers here who are calling it a “poor cut-and-paste job”.
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Meeting of the Network of Internet & Society Centers: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2012 — last modified Dec 11, 2012 10:18 AM — filed under: Event, Internet Governance
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University together with the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet & Society in Berlin, in collaboration with the Centre for Internet and Society Bangalore, the Center for Technology & Society at the Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) Law School, KEIO University SFC, the MIT Media Lab, the MIT Center for Civic Media, and the NEXA Center for Internet & Society, will host a highly interactive and participatory meeting of representatives from these and other research centers focused on Internet and society issues.
Located in Internet Governance / Events
Is your facebook page your mini resume?: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 26, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
As privacy debates heat up across the world, Bangaloreans reveal the trend of employers asking job aspirants for their Facebook IDs and passwords has caught on here too. When Adil Pasha, 24, revealed at an advertising job interview that his main strength was creativity, his interviewers asked for his FB password to check his latest updates.
Located in News & Media
Privacy in Healthcare: Policy Guide: by Tanvi Mani — published Aug 26, 2014 — last modified Aug 31, 2014 03:18 PM — filed under: Featured, Homepage, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Health Policy Guide seeks to understand what are the legal regulations governing data flow in the health sector — particularly hospitals, and how are these regulations implemented. Towards this objective, the research reviews data practices in a variety of public and private hospitals and diagnostics labs. The research is based on legislation, case law, publicly available documents, and anonymous interviews.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Despite SC order, thousands booked under scrapped Sec 66A of IT Act: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 07, 2016 — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
College student Danish Mohammed’s arrest this March under the scrapped Section 66A of the Information Technology Act for allegedly sharing a morphed picture of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat wasn’t an exception.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
The DigiLocker was supposed to cut down paperwork but less than 0.1% of Indians are using it: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 12, 2016 — filed under: DIGILocker, Internet Governance
The official data shows that the platform has not enthused as many users as the government expected.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
India's Aadhaar mandate for smartphone makers may rile global firms: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 15, 2016 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
They are unlikely to oblige to request to make changes in their operating system and devices to ensure Aadhaar authentication is done securely on smartphones.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media

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