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Comments on the Draft Digital Communications Policy
- June 14, 2018
This submission presents comments by the Centre for Internet & Society, India (“CIS”) on the Draft Digital Communications Policy which was released to the public by the Department of Telecommunications of the Ministry of Communications on 1st May 2018 for comments and views.
Read more →Why NPCI and Facebook need urgent regulatory attention
- June 12, 2018
The world’s oldest networked infrastructure, money, is increasingly dematerialising and fusing with the world’s latest networked infrastructure, the Internet.
Read more →NITI Aayog Discussion Paper: An aspirational step towards India’s AI policy
- June 12, 2018
The National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence — a discussion paper on India’s path forward in AI, is a welcome step towards a comprehensive document that reflects the government's AI ambitions. The 115-page discussion paper attempts to be an all encompassing document looking at a host of AI related issues including privacy, security, ethics, fairness, transparency and accountability.
Read more →Network Disruptions Report by Global Network Initiative
- June 12, 2018
Around 70% of all known shutdowns in the world took place in India in 2017. The same year Telecom Authority of India (TRAI) released the “Temporary Suspension of Internet Services” giving State and Central Government officials the power to terminate Internet services as per the guidelines.
Read more →Comments on the Draft National Policy on Official Statistics
- June 07, 2018
This submission presents comments by the Centre for Internet & Society, India (“CIS”) on the Draft National Policy on Official Statistics which was released to the public by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on 17th May 2018 for comments and views.
Read more →CIS contributes to ABLI Compendium on Regulation of Cross-Border Transfers of Personal Data in Asia
- May 31, 2018
The Asian Business Law Institute, based in Singapore published a compendium on “Regulation of cross-border transfer of personal data in Asia”. This was part of an exercise to explore legal convergence around issues such as data protection, enforcement of foreign judgments and principle of restructuring in Asia.
Read more →Design Concerns in Creating Privacy Notices
- May 29, 2018
The purpose of privacy notices and choice mechanisms is to notify users of the data practices of a system, so they can make informed privacy decisions.
Read more →DIDP Request #30 - Enquiry about the employee pay structure at ICANN
- May 26, 2018
We have requested ICANN to disclose the employee pay structure at ICANN with specific enquiries about the payment across the institutional hierarchy, gender, and region.
Read more →Indian Intermediary Liability Regime: Compliance with the Manila Principles on Intermediary Liability
- May 20, 2018
This report assesses the compliance of the Indian intermediary liability framework with the Manila Principles on Intermediary Liability, and recommends substantive legislative changes to bring the legal framework in line with the Manila Principles.
Read more →India's Data Protection Framework Will Need to Treat Privacy as a Social and Not Just an Individual Good
- May 18, 2018
The idea that technological innovations may compete with privacy of individuals assumes that there is social and/or economic good in allowing unrestricted access to data. However, it must be remembered that data is potentially a toxic asset, if it is not collected, processed, secured and shared in the appropriate way.
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