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Comments to the draft Motor Vehicle Aggregators Scheme, 2021
- April 01, 2022
This submission presents a response by researchers at the Centre for Internet and Society, India (CIS) to the draft Motor Vehicle Aggregators Scheme, 2021 published by the Transport Department, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, (hereafter “draft Scheme”).
Read more →Personal Data Protection Bill must examine data collection practices that emerged during pandemic
- March 30, 2022
The PDP bill is speculated to be introduced during the winter session of the parliament soon. The PDP Bill in its current form provides wide-ranging exemptions which allow government agencies to process citizen’s data in order to fulfil its responsibilities. The bill could ensure that employers have some responsibility towards the data they collect from the employees.
Read more →CIS Seminar Series
- March 24, 2022
The CIS seminar series will be a venue for researchers to share works-in-progress, exchange ideas, identify avenues for collaboration, and curate research. We also seek to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 on research exchange, and foster collaborations among researchers and academics from diverse geographies. Every quarter we will be hosting a remote seminar with presentations, discussions and debate on a thematic area.
Read more →Cybernorms: Do they matter IRL (In Real Life): Event Report
- March 24, 2022
The year 2021 saw several cyber attacks on critical infrastructure such as oil pipelines, businesses such as airlines and meat-packing companies, and, crucially, healthcare providers such as vaccine suppliers. Several of these attacks were attributed to nation-states while others were carried out by non-state actors.
Read more →Response to MeitY's India Digital Ecosystem Architecture 2.0 Comment Period
- March 22, 2022
CIS has submitted a response to MeitY's India Digital Ecosystem Architecture 2.0 Comment Period
Read more →Nothing to Kid About – Children's Data Under the New Data Protection Bill
- March 10, 2022
The pandemic has forced policymakers to adapt their approach to people's changing practices, from looking at contactless ways of payment to the shifting of educational institutions online.
Read more →Clause 12 Of The Data Protection Bill And Digital Healthcare: A Case Study
- March 01, 2022
In light of the state’s emerging digital healthcare apparatus, how does Clause 12 alter the consent and purpose limitation model?
Read more →How Function Of State May Limit Informed Consent: Examining Clause 12 Of The Data Protection Bill
- March 01, 2022
The collective implication of leaving out ‘proportionality’ from Clause 12 is to provide very wide discretionary powers to the state.
Read more →CIS Comments and Recommendations on the Data Protection Bill, 2021
- February 14, 2022
This document is a revised version of the comments we provided on the 2019 Bill on 20 February 2020, with updates based on the amendments in the 2021 Bill.
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