Posts
A Technological Solution to the Challenges of Online Defamation
- July 02, 2013
When people are insulted or humiliated on the Internet and decide to take legal action, their cases often follow a similar trajectory.
Read more →World Wide Rule
- July 01, 2013
Nishant Shah's review of Schmidt and Cohen's book was published in the Indian Express on June 14, 2013.
Read more →Way to watch
- July 01, 2013
The domestic surveillance regime in India lacks adequate safeguards.
Read more →SEBI and Communication Surveillance: New Rules, New Responsibilities?
- June 27, 2013
In this blog post, Kovey Coles writes about the activities of the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI), discusses the importance of call data records (CDRs), and throws light on the significant transition in governmental leniency towards access to private records.
Read more →The State is Snooping: Can You Escape?
- June 27, 2013
Blanket surveillance of the kind envisaged by India's Centralized Monitoring System achieves little, but blatantly violates the citizen's right to privacy; Snehashish Ghosh explores why it may be dangerous and looks at potential safeguards against such intrusion.
Read more →Open Letter to Prevent the Installation of RFID tags in Vehicles
- June 27, 2013
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has sent this open letter to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) to urge them not to intall RFID tags in vehicles in India.
Read more →Report on the 4th Privacy Round Table meeting
- June 25, 2013
This report entails an overview of the discussions and recommendations of the fourth Privacy Round Table in Mumbai, on 15th June 2013.
Read more →Interview with the Citizen Lab on Internet Filtering in India
- June 24, 2013
Maria Xynou recently interviewed Masashi Crete-Nishihata and Jakub Dalek from the Citizen Lab on internet filtering in India. View this interview and gain an insight on Netsweeper and FinFisher!
Read more →Interview with Mr. Billy Hawkes - Irish Data Protection Commissioner
- June 20, 2013
Maria Xynou recently interviewed Mr. Billy Hawkes, the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, at the CIS´ 4th Privacy Round Table meeting. View this interview and gain an insight on recommendations for data protection in India!
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