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Privacy Law Must Fit the Bill
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Sep 09, 2013
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last modified
Sep 12, 2013 06:25 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
The process of updating Indian privacy policy has gained momentum ever since the launch of the UID project and also the leak of the Radia tapes. The Department of Personnel and Training has lead the drafting of privacy bill for the last three years. This bill will ideally articulate privacy principles and establish the office of the privacy commissioner and most importantly have an over-riding effect over 50 odd existing laws, rules and policies with privacy implications.
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Privacy and Surveillance in India
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 13, 2013
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filed under:
Surveillance,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Sunil Abraham, Executive Director from the Centre for Internet and Society will give a talk on privacy and surveillance in India at this event organised by the Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia on September 18, 2013. The talk will be held at Network Governance Lab, CCMG, Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi at 11.30 a.m.
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The National Cyber Security Policy: Not a Real Policy
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by
Bhairav Acharya
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published
Sep 25, 2013
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last modified
Sep 25, 2013 09:49 AM
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filed under:
Cyber Security,
Internet Governance
Cyber security in India is still a nascent field without an organised law and policy framework. Several actors participate in and are affected by India's still inchoate cyber security regime. The National Cyber Security Policy (NCSP) presented the government and other stakeholders with an opportune moment to understand existing legal limitations before devising a future framework. Unfortunately, the NCSP's poor drafting and meaningless provisions do not advance the field.
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Privacy (Protection) Bill, 2013: Updated Third Draft
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by
Bhairav Acharya
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published
Sep 30, 2013
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last modified
Oct 01, 2013 12:25 PM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society has been researching privacy in India since 2010 with the objective of raising public awareness around privacy, completing in depth research, and driving a privacy legislation in India. As part of this work, we drafted the Privacy (Protection) Bill, 2013.
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A Privacy Meeting with the Federal Trade Commission in New Delhi
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by
Elonnai Hickok
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published
Sep 30, 2013
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last modified
Oct 03, 2013 10:25 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
On September 20, the Centre for Internet and Society held a roundtable meeting with Betsy Broder, Counsel for International Consumer Protection, and Sarah Schroeder, Attorney, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), United States. The meeting took place at the Imperial, Janpath, New Delhi and discussed both the U.S framework to privacy and potential frameworks and challenges to privacy in India.
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 11) - Anja Kovacs
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by
Purba Sarkar
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published
Oct 15, 2013
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filed under:
Cybersecurity,
Internet Governance,
Cybercultures,
Cyber Security,
Cyber Security Interview
CIS interviews Anja Kovacs, researcher and activist, and director of the Internet Democracy, Project as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
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Invisible Censorship: How the Government Censors Without Being Seen
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 14, 2011
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last modified
Jan 04, 2012 08:59 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Google,
Access to Knowledge,
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Intermediary Liability,
Featured,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Indian government wants to censor the Internet without being seen to be censoring the Internet. This article by Pranesh Prakash shows how the government has been able to achieve this through the Information Technology Act and the Intermediary Guidelines Rules it passed in April 2011. It now wants methods of censorship that leave even fewer traces, which is why Mr. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology talks of Internet 'self-regulation', and has brought about an amendment of the Copyright Act that requires instant removal of content.
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India's Techies Angered Over Internet Censorship Plan
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 22, 2011
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance
India has the world's largest democracy, and one of the most rambunctious. Millions of its young people are cutting edge when it comes to high-tech. Yet the country is still very conservative by Western standards, and a government minister recently said that offensive material on the web should be removed.
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The Historian Wins Over the Biographer
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Dec 31, 2011
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filed under:
Internet Governance
In Walter Isaacson's eponymous biography of Steve Jobs, the multibillion dollar man who is credited with single handedly changing the face of computing and the digital media industry, we face the dilemma of a biographer: how do you make sense of a history that is so new, it is still unfolding? Nishant Shah's detailed review of Steve Jobs' biography is now out in the Biblio and is is available online (after a free registration) as a PDF.
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Click to Change
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jan 03, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
From organising political protests and flash mobs to uploading their versions of Kolaveri Di, people brought about change with the help of the internet, writes Nishant Shah in this article published in the Indian Express on 1 January 2012.
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