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Data Protection: We can innovate, leapfrog
- January 22, 2018
About 27% of India's population is still illiterate or barely literate. Most privacy policies and terms of services for web and mobile applications are in English and therefore it is only 10% of us who can actually read them before we provide our consent.
Read more →Mobile net ban during peaceful protest leaves farmers confused
- January 19, 2018
Strap: Administration says it was done to prevent rumours from spreading, protesters insist they needed internet to fight it.
Read more →‘Hurt sentiments’ cost Udaipur internet access for four days
- January 19, 2018
Strap: Authorities suggest it was more than a Facebook post that led to shutdown.
Read more →Another Step towards Privacy Law
- January 18, 2018
A comparison between the 2012 experts’ report and the 2017 white paper on data protection.
Read more →Internet Governance Forum Report 2017
- January 11, 2018
The twelfth annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 17 to 21 December 2017, on the theme, Shape Your Digital Future!
Read more →Fixing Aadhaar: Security developers' task is to trim chances of data breach
- January 10, 2018
The task before a security developer is not only to reduce the probability of identity breach but to eliminate certain occurrences.
Read more →New Recommendations to Regulate Online Hate Speech Could Pose More Problems Than Solutions
- January 02, 2018
The T.K. Viswanathan committee’s recommendations could prove to be dangerous for free speech if acted upon without resolving its flaws.
Read more →India’s Data Protection Regime Must Be Built Through an Inclusive and Truly Co-Regulatory Approach
- January 01, 2018
We must move India past its existing consultative processes for rule-making, which often prompts stakeholders to take adversarial and extremely one-sided positions.
Read more →E-administration Efforts are Lame Ducks without Internet
- December 20, 2017
Strap: How Haryana engages with the Digital India dream when one act of vandalism can invite a net ban.
Read more →Will Darjeeling Regain the Trust of Tourists?
- December 20, 2017
An agitation coupled with an internet ban that left tourists stranded, it looks like a tough time ahead for tourism in the Hills.
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