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Big Data and the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules 2011
- August 10, 2015
Experts and regulators across jurisdictions are examining the impact of Big Data practices on traditional data protection standards and principles. This will be a useful and pertinent exercise for India to undertake as the government and the private and public sectors begin to incorporate and rely on the use of Big Data in decision making processes and organizational operations.This blog provides an initial evaluation of how Big Data could impact India's current data protection standards.
Read more →A Review of the Policy Debate around Big Data and Internet of Things
- August 10, 2015
This blog post seeks to review and understand how regulators and experts across jurisdictions are reacting to Big Data and Internet of Things (IoT) from a policy perspective.
Read more →CIS submission to the UNGA WSIS+10 Review
- August 09, 2015
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted its comments to the non-paper on the UNGA Overall Review of the Implementation of the WSIS outcomes, evaluating the progress made and challenges ahead.
Read more →Comparison of the Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012 with: CIS recommendations, Sub-Committee Recommendations, Expert Committee Recommendations, and the Human DNA Profiling Bill 2015
- August 09, 2015
This blog a comparison of 1. The Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012 vs. the Human DNA Profiling Bill 2015, 2. CIS's main recommendations vs. the 2015 Bill 3. The Sub-Committee Recommendations vs. the 2015 Bill 4. The Expert Committee Recommendations vs. the 2015 Bill.
Read more →Policy Paper on Surveillance in India
- August 03, 2015
This policy brief analyses the different laws regulating surveillance at the State and Central level in India and calls out ways in which the provisions are unharmonized. The brief then provides recommendations for the harmonization of surveillance law in India.
Read more →Role of Intermediaries in Countering Online Abuse
- August 02, 2015
The Internet can be a hostile space and protecting users from abuse without curtailing freedom of expression requires a balancing act on the part of online intermediaries.
Read more →Expert Committee Meetings
- August 02, 2015
In 2013 the Department of Biotechnology set up an Expert Committee to discuss the Human DNA Profiling Bill. The Expert Committee met four times with an additional meeting by a sub-committee set up by the Expert Committee. The Centre for Internet and Society was a member of the Committee. The zip file contains: Record Note of discussions of the Experts Committee Meeting held on 31st January 2013 at DBT, New Delhi, to discuss the potential privacy concerns on draft Human DNA Profiling Bill; Record Note of the 2nd discussion meeting of the Expert Committee held on 13th May 2013 in DBT to discuss the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill; Minutes of the 3rd meeting of the Expert Committee held on 25th November 2013 in DBT to discuss the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill; Minutes of the 4th meeting of the Expert Committee held on 10th November 2014 in DBT to discuss and finalize the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill; Record Note of discussions of the Experts Sub-Committee Meeting on Human DNA Profiling Bill held on 3rd September 2013 at CDFD, Hyderabad
Read more →Iron out contradictions in the Digital India programme
- July 28, 2015
The Digital India initiative takes an ambitious 'Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani' approach to develop communication infrastructure, government information systems, and general capacity to digitise public life in India. I of course use 'public life' in the sense of the wide sphere of interactions between people and public institutions.
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