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Data Privacy Day 2016
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 29, 2016
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Bangalore chapter of Data Privacy Day was organized by Data Security Council of India on January 28, 2016 at Electronic City in Bangalore. Sunil Abraham was a panelist.
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Data Privacy Forum
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by
Admin
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published
Mar 01, 2018
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
Amber Sinha took part in the Data Privacy Forum organized by the Asian Business Law Institute on February 7, 2018. The forum was held at the Supreme Court of Singapore.
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Data Privacy: Footprints on the Web
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by
Admin
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published
Jun 25, 2018
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Technology has made data protection a hot button issue. Now, a group of eminent citizens, mostly lawyers, have formulated a draft privacy bill, a legal framework that protects the individual’s right to privacy, but it faces legal jurisdiction issues
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Data Protection and Privacy in India: The (Fundamental) Right Way
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Admin
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published
Nov 27, 2017
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
Amber Sinha attended a roundtable conference on data protection and privacy on October 30, 2017 at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi. The close-door event was organised by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations.
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Data protection experts slam state for sending mass SMSes
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 27, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Experts in the field of data protection, privacy law and media have criticised the West Bengal government's mass SMS sent to individuals, companies and media houses through private mobile networks last Friday. Lara Choksey reports this in an article published in the Statesman on March 25, 2012.
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Data Protection: Understanding the General Data Protection Regulation
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by
Aditi Chaturvedi
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published
Jul 04, 2017
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
As recently as May 27, 2016, the General Data Protection Regulation (REGULATION (EU) 2016/679) (hereinafter referred to as GDPR) was adopted. The Data Protection Directive (1995/46/EC) (hereinafter referred to as DPD) will be replaced by this Regulation.
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Data Protection: We can innovate, leapfrog
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Jan 22, 2018
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Data Protection,
Privacy
About 27% of India's population is still illiterate or barely literate. Most privacy policies and terms of services for web and mobile applications are in English and therefore it is only 10% of us who can actually read them before we provide our consent.
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Data Retention in India
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by
Elonnai Hickok
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published
Jan 30, 2013
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last modified
Jul 12, 2013 03:51 PM
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filed under:
SAFEGUARDS,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
As part of its privacy research, the Centre for Internet and Society has been researching upon data retention mandates from the Government of India and data retention practices by service providers. Globally, data retention has become a contested practice with regards to privacy, as many governments require service providers to retain more data for extensive time periods, for security purposes. Many argue that the scope of the retention is becoming disproportional to the purpose of investigating crimes.
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Data Usage by Political Parties
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by
Admin
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published
May 03, 2018
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Sunil Abraham spoke to ANI regarding collection of data and its use by political parties for electoral gains.
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Database on Big Data and Smart Cities International Standards
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by
Vanya Rakesh
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published
Feb 11, 2016
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Big Data
The Centre for Internet and Society is in the process of mapping international standards specifically around Big Data, IoT and Smart Cities. Here is a living document containing a database of some of these key globally accepted standards.
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