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Analysis of Key Provisions of the Aadhaar Act Regulations
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by
Amber Sinha
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published
Mar 31, 2017
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last modified
Apr 03, 2017 02:05 PM
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filed under:
UID,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
UIDAI,
Biometrics,
Aadhaar
In exercise of their powers under of the powers conferred by Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, (Aadhaar Act) the UIDAI has come out with a set of five regulations in late 2016 last year. In this policy brief, we look at the five regulations, their key provisions and highlight point out the unresolved, issues, unaddressed, and created issues as result of these regulations.
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Blog
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The Aadhaar of all things
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 03, 2017
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
From a severely critical stand against Aadhaar in 2014, the Modi-led BJP in power has made a sharp U-turn to bulldoze its way into having every Indian scanned, tagged and labelled. A timeline of the country’s chequered date with the unique identification project.
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News & Media
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Beyond the PDP Bill: Governance Choices for the DPA
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by
Trishi Jindal and S.Vivek
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published
Dec 31, 2020
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last modified
Nov 10, 2021 07:32 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Data Protection,
Privacy
This article examines the specific governance choices the Data Protection Authority (DPA) in India must deliberate on vis-à-vis its standard-setting function, which are distinct from those it will encounter as part of its enforcement and supervision functions.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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CIS Seminar Series: Information Disorder
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by
Aman Nair
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published
Dec 31, 2020
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last modified
Aug 11, 2021 11:17 AM
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filed under:
Digital Economy,
Digital Access,
Internet Governance,
Digital Disruption,
Information Technology
The Centre for Internet and Society is announcing the launch of a seminar series to showcase research around digital rights and technology policy, with a focus on the Global South.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Finding Needles in Haystacks - Discussing the Role of Automated Filtering in the New Indian Intermediary Liability Rules
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by
Shweta Mohandas and Torsha Sarkar
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published
Aug 03, 2021
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last modified
Aug 03, 2021 07:28 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability,
Artificial Intelligence
On the 25th of February this year The Government of India notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. The new Rules broaden the scope of which entities can be considered as intermediaries to now include curated-content platforms (Netflix) as well as digital news publications. This blogpost analyzes the rule on automated filtering, in the context of the growing use of automated content moderation.
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Blog
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Techno-solutionist Responses to COVID-19
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by
Amber Sinha, Pallavi Bedi and Aman Nair
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published
Aug 10, 2021
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filed under:
Digital Governance,
Privacy,
Digitalisation,
Co-WIN,
Covid19,
Digital Technologies,
Internet Governance,
Technology,
E-Governance
The Indian state has increasingly adopted a digital approach to service delivery over the past decade, with vaccination being the latest area to be subsumed by this strategy. In the context of the need for universal vaccination, the limitations of the government’s vaccination platform Co-WIN need to be analysed.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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June and July Newsletter
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by
Pranav M B
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published
Aug 10, 2021
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Researchers at Work,
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge
The newsletter presents the work done in the months of June and July 2021.
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Newsletters
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Law yet to catch up with tech-enabled peeping toms
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 08, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Devices that give sharp images are the order of the day. But this clarity is lacking when it comes to regulating use of cameras and camera phones in public places, say policy makers.
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News & Media
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India ranks second globally in accessing private details of users
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 19, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability,
Privacy
According to the latest transparency report released by Google, India ranks second in the world for accessing private details of its citizens, only after the U.S. The Google report lists out requests it received from governments across the world to access details of users of its various services.
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News & Media
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Court’s approval needed to tap phones: Panel
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 22, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Investigators can monitor a person for 15-20 days on executive orders in case of emergencies, suggests panel.
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