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Can India Trust Its Government on Privacy?
- July 15, 2013
In response to criticisms of the Centralized Monitoring System, India’s new surveillance program, the government could contend that merely having the capability to engage in mass surveillance won’t mean that it will. Officials will argue that they will still abide by the law and will ensure that each instance of interception will be authorized.
Read more →How Surveillance Works in India
- July 15, 2013
When the Indian government announced it would start a Centralized Monitoring System in 2009 to monitor telecommunications in the country, the public seemed unconcerned. When the government announced that the system, also known as C.M.S., commenced in April, the news didn’t receive much attention.
Read more →Moving Towards a Surveillance State
- July 15, 2013
The cyberspace is a modern construct of communication and today, a large part of human activity takes place in cyberspace. It has become the universal platform where business is executed, discourse is conducted and personal information is exchanged. However, the underbelly of the internet is also seen to host activities and persons who are motivated by nefarious intent.
Read more →Redirected to DEITY for Response to RTI
- July 15, 2013
Ministry of Home Affairs redirected to the Department of Electronics and Communication Information to respond to the RTI filed by CIS regarding information on the officials and agencies authorized to intercept telephone messages in India.
Read more →Response from Ministry of Home Affairs
- July 15, 2013
Rakesh Mittal's reply received by the Centre for Internet and Society.
Read more →Public Interest Litigation for Protection of Indian Internet Data, Action Against Foreign Internet Providers
- July 15, 2013
CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 4) - Marietje Schaake
- July 11, 2013
CIS interviews Marietje Schaake, member of the European parliament, as part of the Cybersecurity Series
Read more →The Difficult Balance of Transparent Surveillance
- July 10, 2013
Is it too much to ask for transparency in data surveillance? On occasion, companies like Microsoft, Facebook, and the other silicon valley giants would say no. When customers join these services, each company provides their own privacy statement which assures customers of the safety and transparency that accompanies their personal data.
Read more →Privacy Protection Bill, 2013 (With Amendments based on Public Feedback)
- July 03, 2013
In 2013 CIS drafted the Privacy Protection Bill as a citizens' version of a privacy legislation for India. Since April 2013, CIS has been holding Privacy Roundtables in collaboration with FICCI and DSCI, with the objective of gaining public feedback to the Privacy Protection Bill and other possible frameworks for privacy in India.
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