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'Why should we talk to Dunzo?' State regulators fume at liquor delivery
by Admin — published Sep 19, 2018 — filed under:
In 2016, the Chandigarh police ordered thirty bottles of liquor on getTalli, an online liquor ordering platform.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
(re) conference
by Admin — published Apr 12, 2019 — last modified May 02, 2019 02:01 AM — filed under: ,
From 10 to 12 April 2019, Aayush Rathi participated in a "reconference" a global conference designed to provoke conversations around the new possibilities and opportunities for feminist movements. It was held in Kathmandu, and was organised by CREA, a feminist human rights organisation based in New Delhi.
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Blog Entry (Updated) Information Security Practices of Aadhaar (or lack thereof): A documentation of public availability of Aadhaar Numbers with sensitive personal financial information
by Amber Sinha and Srinivas Kodali — published May 01, 2017 — last modified Mar 13, 2019 12:29 AM — filed under: , , , , , , , , , , ,
Since its inception in 2009, the Aadhaar project has been shrouded in controversy due to various questions raised about privacy, technological issues, welfare exclusion, and security concerns. In this study, we document numerous instances of publicly available Aadhaar Numbers along with other personally identifiable information (PII) of individuals on government websites. This report highlights four government projects run by various government departments that have made sensitive personal financial information and Aadhaar numbers public on the project websites.
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10 tactics for turning information into action
by Radha Rao — published Dec 08, 2009 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 04:19 AM — filed under:
Tactical Technology Collective (TTC) with The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) and the Alternative Law Forum, is happy to announce the Bangalore launch of TTC's newest toolkit - '10 tactics for turning information into action'.
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2nd India Think Tank Forum
by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 19, 2017 — last modified Jul 07, 2017 01:16 AM — filed under:
Udbhav Tiwari participated in a panel titled "The New Cold War: Information and Cyber Wars" at the Second India Think Tank Forum organized by ORF, the Think Tank Programme at UPenn and the McKinsey Institute between 19 to 21 June 2017 at Claridges in New Delhi.
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Blog Entry 4 Popular Myths about UID
by Prashant Iyengar — published Jan 22, 2011 — last modified Jun 20, 2012 04:37 AM — filed under: ,
By now, there is already a lot of material in the public domain that is critical about the UID/Aadhar project, writes Prashant Iyengar in this blog entry published in Privacy India on January 22, 2011.
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4th National Standards Conclave Evolving a Comprehensive National Strategy for Standards Sectoral and Regional Inclusiveness
by Prasad Krishna — published May 20, 2017 — filed under:
Udbhav Tiwari represented CIS in the 4th National Standards Conclave held on the May 1 and 2, 2017 at The Lalit, New Delhi. The event was organized by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Confederation of Indian Industry.
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6th Biannual Surveillance and Society Conference
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 19, 2014 — last modified May 05, 2014 04:57 AM — filed under: ,
Malavika Jayaram is a speaker at the conference organized by Eticas Research and Consulting at the University of Barcelona and CCCB from April 24 to 26, 2014.
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7th Best Practices Meet 2015
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 17, 2015 — filed under: ,
Data Security Council of India (DSCI) organized the 7th edition of its Best Practices Meet (BPM) from July 9 - 10, 2015 at Hotel ITC Gardenia in Bengaluru. BPM2015 had “Architecting Security for Digital Transformation” as its theme. Sunil Abraham and Elonnai Hickok were speakers at this event.
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7th India Digital Summit 2013
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 15, 2013 — last modified Feb 13, 2013 06:32 AM — filed under:
This summitt organised by Internet and Mobile Association of India is being held in New Delhi from January 16 to 17, 2013 at the Lalit Hotel
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