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CIS Response to ICANN's proposed renewal of .org Registry
- April 28, 2019
We thank ICANN for the opportunity to comment on this issue of its proposed renewal of the .org Registry Agreement with the operator, Public Interest Registry (PIR). Supporting much of the community , we too find severe issues with the proposed agreement. These centre around the removal of price caps and imposing obligations being currently deliberated in an ongoing Policy Development Process (PDP).
Read more →To preserve freedoms online, amend the IT Act
- April 16, 2019
Look into the mechanisms that allow the government and ISPs to carry out online censorship without accountability.
Read more →CIS Response to Call for Stakeholder Comments: Draft E-Commerce Policy
- April 10, 2019
CIS is grateful for the opportunity to submit to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion comments to the draft National e-commerce policy.
Read more →DIDP #33 On ICANN's 2012 gTLD round auction fund
- April 04, 2019
This DIDP was filed to inquire about the state of the funds ICANN received from the last gTLD auctions.
Read more →CIS Response to Draft E-Commerce Policy
- April 01, 2019
CIS is grateful for the opportunity to submit comments to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion on the draft national e-commerce policy. This response was authored by Amber Sinha, Arindrajit Basu, Elonnai Hickok and Vipul Kharbanda.
Read more →Improving the Processes for Disclosing Security Vulnerabilities to Government Entities in India
- March 20, 2019
The aim of this policy brief is to recommend changes pertaining to current legislation, policy and practice to the Government of India regarding external vulnerability reporting and disclosure. The changes we recommend within this brief aim to strengthen the processes around voluntary vulnerability and bug disclosure by third parties.
Read more →The Localisation Gambit: Unpacking policy moves for the sovereign control of data in India
- March 19, 2019
Edited by: Pranav M.B., Vipul Kharbanda and Amber Sinha Research Assistance: Anjanaa Aravindan
Read more →Unbox Festival 2019: CIS organizes two Workshops
- February 26, 2019
Centre for Internet & Society organized two workshops at the Unbox Festival 2019, in Bangalore, on 15 and 17 February 2019.
Read more →Comments on the Draft Second Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention)
- February 25, 2019
Following consultations with data protection, civil society, industry and others, during the Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY) meeting from 29 November 2018 onwards, the Cybercrime Convention Committee has sought additional contributions regarding the provisional draft text for a Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime (“Budapest Convention”).
Read more →Resurrecting the marketplace of ideas
- February 22, 2019
There is no ‘silver bullet’ for regulating content on the web. It requires a mix of legal and empirical analysis.
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