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GDPR and India: A Comparative Analysis
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by
Aditi Chaturvedi
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published
Oct 17, 2017
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last modified
Nov 28, 2017 03:17 PM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Data Protection,
Privacy
At present, companies world over are in the process of assessing the impact that EU General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) will have on their businesses.
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Public Debate on 'Differential Pricing': Series 1
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by
Vidushi Marda
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published
Jan 27, 2016
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last modified
Jan 27, 2016 01:51 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Telecom,
Event,
Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society, in association with ICRIER and the Department of Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai, is pleased to announce “A Series of Public Debates on Differential Pricing” in the cities of Bangalore, Mumbai and New Delhi. The first public debate will be held at the Centre for Internet & Society office in Bangalore on February 1, 2016.
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Summary of the Public Consultation by Vigyan Foundation, Oxfam India and G.B. Pant Institute, Allahabad
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by
Vipul Kharbanda
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published
Jan 28, 2016
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filed under:
Smart Cities,
Internet Governance
On December 22nd and 23rd a public consultation was organized by the Vigyan Foundation, Oxfam India and G.B. Pant Institute, Allahabad at the GB Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad to discuss the issues related to making Allahabad into a Smart City under the Smart On December 22nd and 23rd a public consultation was organized by the Vigyan Foundation, Oxfam India and G.B. Pant Institute, Allahabad at the GB Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad to discuss the issues related to making Allahabad into a Smart City under the Smart City scheme of the Central Government. An agenda for the same is attached herewith. City scheme of the Central Government.
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The Internet Has a New Standard for Censorship
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by
Jyoti Panday
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published
Jan 30, 2016
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect,
Censorship
The introduction of the new 451 HTTP Error Status Code for blocked websites is a big step forward in cataloguing online censorship, especially in a country like India where access to information is routinely restricted.
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Facebook’s Fight to Be Free
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 31, 2016
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filed under:
Free Basics,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Social Media
In India, Mark Zuckerberg can’t give Internet access away.
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India, Egypt say no thanks to free Internet from Facebook
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 03, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
Internet Governance,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Facebook
ALWAR, India — Connecting people to the Internet is not easy in this impoverished farming district of wheat and millet fields, where working camels can be glimpsed along roads that curve through the low-slung Aravalli Hills.
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A Megacorp’s Basic Instinct
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 04, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Telecom,
Free Basics,
TRAI,
Net Neutrality,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Bolstered by academia and civil society, TRAI stands its ground against FB’s Free Basics publicity blitz.
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India bans Facebook’s ‘free’ Internet for the poor
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 10, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
Internet Governance,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Facebook
India’s telecom regulator said Monday that service providers cannot charge discriminatory prices for Internet services, a blow to Facebook’s global effort to provide low-cost Internet to developing countries.
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India Sets Strict New Net Neutrality Rules
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 11, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
Net Neutrality,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Facebook,
Internet Governance
In India, advocates of net neutrality have welcomed new rules by the telecom regulator that have blocked efforts by Facebook to offer free but limited access to the web in the country’s fast growing Internet market.
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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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