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Section 66F of the Information Technology Act, 2000: by Snehashish Ghosh — published Nov 22, 2012 — last modified Dec 02, 2012 09:39 AM — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
Section 66F: Punishment for cyber terrorism.
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The real Sibal’s law: Resisting Section 66A is futile: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2012 — last modified Dec 03, 2012 05:16 AM — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
The Information Technology Act is “substantially the same” as laws instituted in other democracies like UK and the United States. What’s more, the language that is employed in various sections is exactly the same. Thus was the thrust of Kapil Sibal’s defense of Section 66A on NDTV last night.
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DIDP #34 On granular detail on ICANN's budget for policy development process: by Akriti Bopanna — published Jul 06, 2019 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
ICANN has Advisory Committees which help guide the policy recommendations that the ICANN community develops while its Supporting Organizations are charged with developing policy recommendations for a particular aspect of ICANN's operations. Supporting Organizations are composed of volunteers from the community. ICANN publishes a combined budget for all these bodies under the head of policy development and CIS inquired about the financial resources allocated to each of them specifically.
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Workshop on 'Urban Data, Inequality and Justice in the Global South': by Admin — published Jun 14, 2019 — last modified Jul 06, 2019 01:30 AM — filed under: Surveillance, Internet Governance, Privacy
Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon presented our research on video-based surveillance in New Delhi at a workshop on urban data, inequality, and justice in the global South at the University of Manchester on 14 June 2019.
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Fragmenting Cybersecurity Norms through the Language(s) of Subalternity: India in the East and the Global Community: by Admin — published Jun 06, 2019 — last modified Jul 06, 2019 03:01 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Arindrajit Basu's research was quoted in the article by Riccardo Vecellio Segate published in Columbia Journal of Asian Law.
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No Fintech company meets every single privacy requirement under IT Act: CIS report: by Shilpa S. Ranipeta — published Jun 10, 2019 — last modified Jul 08, 2019 02:34 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The study shows that privacy policies companies such as Paytm, Jio Payments Bank, Airtel Payments Bank, Amazon Pay, Bhim are not accessible from the main website.
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How Sai Baba Was Made To Spy On Your Phone For Credit Ratings: by Gopal Sathe — published Jul 08, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance
Researchers revealed that Hyderabad-based CreditVidya—a highly successful fintech company that rated people’s creditworthiness—collected data from people using music apps and Sai Baba apps.
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Old Isn't Always Gold: FaceApp and Its Privacy Policies: by Mira Swaminathan and Shweta Reddy — published Jul 21, 2019 — last modified Aug 09, 2019 10:12 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Leaving aside the Red Scare for a moment, FaceApp's own rebuttal of privacy worries are highly problematic in nature.
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BIS LITD 17 meeting: by Admin — published Jul 21, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
On July 3, 2019, Gurshabad Grover attended the sixteenth meeting of the Information Systems Security and Biometrics Section Committee (LITD17) at the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in New Delhi.
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ออกแบบระบบข้อมูลประชาชนดิจิทัล: คุยกับผู้เชี่ยวชาญหาแนวทางเหมาะสม: by Admin — published Jul 21, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance
Talk with Sunil Abraham, an expert on the Internet and good governance in the issue of creating a digital identification system.
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