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Cybersecurity Compilation: Indian Context
- June 18, 2017
This document intends to serve as a comprehensive source compiling all the cyber-security related regulations, policies, guidelines, notifications, executive orders, court rulings, etc.
Read more →Comments from the Centre for Internet and Society on Renewal of .NET Registry Agreement
- June 06, 2017
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is grateful for the opportunity to comment on the proposed renewal of the .NET Registry Agreement.
Read more →Aadhaar Case: Beyond Privacy, An Issue of Bodily Integrity
- May 03, 2017
The insertion of Section 139AA in the Income Tax Act has been challenged and is being heard by a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court.
Read more →Internet Shutdowns in 2016
- April 27, 2017
An internet shutdown is an intentional disruption of internet or electronic communications, rendering them inaccessible or effectively unusable, for a specific population or within a location, often to exert control over the flow of information.
Read more →Killing of Yameen Rasheed Reveals Worsening Human Rights Situation in the Maldives
- April 25, 2017
A courageous liberal blogger in the Maldives was murdered for his words. The international community needs to act.
Read more →Regulating Bitcoin in India
- April 20, 2017
The article discusses the possible contours of future bitcoin regulation in India. Bitcoin, often considered a ‘notorious’ virtual currency limited only to techies or speculators, is currently fighting a battle to become a bona fide mainstream means of exchange.
Read more →Brainstorming Session on the Global Conference on Cyberspace (GCCS 2017)
- April 14, 2017
I attended a brainstorming session on the Global Conference on Cyber Space 2017 on April 12, 2017 at Electronics Niketan that was organised by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology. The Global Conference on Cyber Space was first held in London in 2011. Thereafter, it was held in Budapest (2012), Seoul (2013) and the Hague (2015).
Read more →Privacy in the Age of Big Data
- April 11, 2017
Personal data is freely accessible, shared and even sold, and those to whom this information belongs have little control over its flow.
Read more →It’s the technology, stupid
- April 07, 2017
Eleven reasons why the Aadhaar is not just non-smart but also insecure.
Read more →Right to be Forgotten: A Tale of Two Judgements
- April 07, 2017
In the last few months, there have been contrasting judgments from two Indian high courts, Karnataka and Gujarat, on matters relating to the right to be forgotten. The two high courts heard pleas on issues to do the right of individuals to have either personal information redacted from the text of judgments available online or removal of such judgment from publically available sources.
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