Centre for Internet & Society

Peng Hwa's Trip Report

by Prasad Krishna

Peng Hwa had visited CIS and he has written a trip report.

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The Surveillance Industry in India – An Analysis of Indian Security Expos

by Divij Joshi

The author talks about the surveillance industry in India and analyses Indian security expos.

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DIDP Request #5: The Ombudsman and ICANN's Misleading Response to Our Request

by Geetha Hariharan

CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking details of the complaints received and resolved, parties involved and the nature of complaints under the Ombudsman process. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below. ICANN's response is misleading in its insistence on confidentiality of all Ombudsman complaints and resolutions.

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DIDP Request #4: ICANN and the NETmundial Principles

by Geetha Hariharan

CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking details of ICANN's implementation of the NETmundial Principles that it has endorsed widely and publicly. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below.

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DIDP Request #3: Cyber-attacks on ICANN

by Geetha Hariharan

CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking details of cyber-attacks on ICANN, and ICANN's internal and external responses to the same. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below.

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DIDP Request #2: Granular Revenue/Income Statements from ICANN

by Geetha Hariharan

CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking current and historical details of ICANN's income/revenue from its various sources. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below.

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DIDP Request #1: ICANN's Expenditures on "Travel & Meetings"

by Geetha Hariharan

CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking details of expenditure by ICANN at its Meetings. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below.

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Table of CIS DIDP Requests

by Geetha Hariharan

CIS sent 10 DIDP requests to ICANN, and we received responses for 9 of them. As this table shows, the majority of ICANN's responses are negative. In 7 requests out of 9, ICANN provides no new information apart from what CIS had already identified in the Requests.

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The Centre for Internet and Society joins Worldwide Campaign to Discover Depth of GCHQ's Illegal Spying

by Elonnai Hickok

The Centre for Internet and Society has joined an international campaign to allow anyone in the world to request whether Britain’s intelligence agency GCHQ has illegally spied on them.

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