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DIDP #33 On ICANN's 2012 gTLD round auction fund
- April 04, 2019
This DIDP was filed to inquire about the state of the funds ICANN received from the last gTLD auctions.
Read more →CIS Response to Draft E-Commerce Policy
- April 01, 2019
CIS is grateful for the opportunity to submit comments to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion on the draft national e-commerce policy. This response was authored by Amber Sinha, Arindrajit Basu, Elonnai Hickok and Vipul Kharbanda.
Read more →Improving the Processes for Disclosing Security Vulnerabilities to Government Entities in India
- March 20, 2019
The aim of this policy brief is to recommend changes pertaining to current legislation, policy and practice to the Government of India regarding external vulnerability reporting and disclosure. The changes we recommend within this brief aim to strengthen the processes around voluntary vulnerability and bug disclosure by third parties.
Read more →The Localisation Gambit: Unpacking policy moves for the sovereign control of data in India
- March 19, 2019
Edited by: Pranav M.B., Vipul Kharbanda and Amber Sinha Research Assistance: Anjanaa Aravindan
Read more →Unbox Festival 2019: CIS organizes two Workshops
- February 26, 2019
Centre for Internet & Society organized two workshops at the Unbox Festival 2019, in Bangalore, on 15 and 17 February 2019.
Read more →Comments on the Draft Second Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention)
- February 25, 2019
Following consultations with data protection, civil society, industry and others, during the Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY) meeting from 29 November 2018 onwards, the Cybercrime Convention Committee has sought additional contributions regarding the provisional draft text for a Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime (“Budapest Convention”).
Read more →Resurrecting the marketplace of ideas
- February 22, 2019
There is no ‘silver bullet’ for regulating content on the web. It requires a mix of legal and empirical analysis.
Read more →CIS Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Speech and Expression: Surveillance Industry and Human Rights
- February 20, 2019
CIS responded to the call for submissions from the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Speech and Expression. The submission was on the Surveillance Industry and Human Rights.
Read more →CIS Submission to UN High Level Panel on Digital Co-operation
- February 19, 2019
The High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation was convened by the UN Secretary-General to advance proposals to strengthen cooperation in the digital space among Governments, the private sector, civil society, international organizations, academia, the technical community and other relevant stakeholders. The Panel issued a call for input that called for responses to various questions. CIS responded to the call for inputs.
Read more →Data Infrastructures and Inequities: Why Does Reproductive Health Surveillance in India Need Our Urgent Attention?
- February 14, 2019
In order to bring out certain conceptual and procedural problems with health monitoring in the Indian context, this article by Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon posits health monitoring as surveillance and not merely as a “data problem.” Casting a critical feminist lens, the historicity of surveillance practices unveils the gendered power differentials wedded into taken-for-granted “benign” monitoring processes. The unpacking of the Mother and Child Tracking System and the National Health Stack reveals the neo-liberal aspirations of the Indian state.
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