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India’s Role in Global Cyber Policy Formulation
- November 13, 2019
The past year has seen vigorous activity on the domestic cyber policy front in India. On key issues—including intermediary liability, data localization and e-commerce—the government has rolled out a patchwork of regulatory policies, resulting in battle lines being drawn by governments, industry and civil society actors both in India and across the globe.
Read more →Event Report: Consultation on Draft Information Technology (Fintech Security Standards) Rules
- November 12, 2019
The Centre for Internet and Society is in the process of drafting certain data security standards for Fintech entities. As part of the process of drafting, a consultation roundtable was organized to get inputs from industry executives, lawyers and policy experts working in this field.
Read more →Reliance Jio is using SNI inspection to block websites
- November 07, 2019
Reliance Jio, the most popular ISP in India, is employing a deep packet inspection technique to block websites for its users.
Read more →CIS’ Comments to the Christchurch Call
- November 02, 2019
In the wake of the Christchurch terror attacks, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, and the President of France, Emmanuel Macron co-chaired the Christchurch Call to Action in May 2018 to “bring together countries and tech companies in an attempt to bring to an end the ability to use social media to organise and promote terrorism and violent extremism.”
Read more →Through the looking glass: Analysing transparency reports
- October 30, 2019
An analysis of companies' transparency reports for government requests for user data and content removal
Read more →Department of Labour Interaction Program: Online Business Platforms
- October 29, 2019
The Department of Labour convened an interaction program of sorts at Vikas Soudha in Bangalore on 21st October, 2019 to hear the issues plaguing the emergent gig economy.
Read more →Comments to the United Nations Human Rights Commission Report on Gender and Privacy
- October 27, 2019
This submission presents a response by researchers at the Centre for Internet & Society, India (CIS) to the ‘Gender issues arising in the digital era and their impacts on women, men and individuals of diverse sexual orientations gender identities, gender expressions and sex characteristics’ – A Report of Consultation by the SRP Thematic Taskforce ‘Privacy and Personality’ (hereafter HRC Gender Report).
Read more →Comments to the Code on Social Security, 2019
- October 27, 2019
This submission presents a response by researchers at the Centre for Internet & Society, India (CIS) to the draft Code on Social Security, 2019 (hereinafter “ Draft Code ”) prepared by the Government of India’s Ministry of Labour and Employment.
Read more →“Politics by other means”: Fostering positive contestation and charting ‘red lines’ through global governance in cyberspace
- October 20, 2019
The past year has been a busy one for the fermentation of global governance efforts in cyberspace with multiple actors-states, industry, and civil society spearheading a variety of initiatives. Given the multiplicity of actors, ideologies, and vested interests at play in this ecosystem, any governance initiative will be, by default, political, and desirably so.
Read more →The Mother and Child Tracking System - understanding data trail in the Indian healthcare systems
- October 18, 2019
On October 17th 2019, the UN Special Rapporteur (UNSR) on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Philip Alston, released his thematic report on digital technology, social protection and human rights. Understanding the impact of technology on the provision of social protection – and, by extent, its impact on people in vulnerable situations – has been part of the work the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) and Privacy International (PI) have been doing.
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