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Surveillance and the Indian Constitution - Part 2: Gobind and the Compelling State Interest Test
- January 27, 2014
Gautam Bhatia analyses the first case in which the Supreme Court recognized a constitutional right to privacy, Gobind v. State of Madhya Pradesh, and argues that the holding in that case adopted the three-pronged American test of strict scrutiny, compelling State interest, and narrow tailoring in its approach to privacy violations.
Read more →Interview with Mathew Thomas from the Say No to UID campaign - UID Court Cases
- January 27, 2014
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) recently interviewed Mathew Thomas from the Say No to UID campaign about his ongoing efforts to challenge the UID scheme legally in the Bangalore High Court and Supreme Court of India. Read this interview and gain an interesting insight on recent legal developments with regards to the UID!
Read more →GNI Assessment Finds ICT Companies Protect User Privacy and Freedom of Expression
- January 20, 2014
Elonnai Hickok analyses a public report recently published by GNI on the independent assessment process for Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo. The report finds Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo to be in compliance with the GNI principles on privacy and freedom of expression.
Read more →Electoral Databases – Privacy and Security Concerns
- January 16, 2014
In this blogpost, Snehashish Ghosh analyzes privacy and security concerns which have surfaced with the digitization, centralization and standardization of the electoral database and argues that even though the law provides the scope for protection of electoral databases, the State has not taken any steps to ensure its safety.
Read more →Surveillance and the Indian Constitution - Part 1: Foundations
- January 13, 2014
In this insightful seven-part series, Gautam Bhatia looks at surveillance and the right to privacy in India from a constitutional perspective, tracing its genealogy through Supreme Court case law and compares it with the law in the USA.
Read more →India's Identity Crisis
- January 09, 2014
Malavika Jayaram's article was published in 2013 Internet Monitor Annual Report: Reflections on the Digital World, published by Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
Read more →Internet Monitor
- January 09, 2014
Malavika's piece on India's Identity Crisis is published in this report.
Read more →Letter requesting public consultation on position of GoI at WGEC
- January 07, 2014
Snehashish Ghosh on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society sent a letter to the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, requesting for a public consultation on India's position at the Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation (WGEC).
Read more →Big Brother is watching you
- January 06, 2014
India has no requirements of transparency whether in the form of disclosing the quantum of interception or in the form of notification to people whose communication was intercepted.
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