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Future of Work: Report of the ‘Workshop on the IT/IT-eS Sector and the Future of Work in India’
- August 16, 2018
This report provides an overview of the proceedings and outcomes of the Workshop on the IT/IT-eS Sector and the Future of Work in India (hereinafter referred to as the “Workshop”), organised at Omidyar Networks’ office in Bangalore, on June 29, 2018.
Read more →The National Health Stack: An Expensive, Temporary Placebo
- August 13, 2018
The year 2002 saw the introduction of a very ambitious National Program for Information Technology in the United Kingdom with the goal to transform the National Health Service — a pre-existing state-sponsored universal healthcare program. This would include a centralised, digital healthcare record for patients and secure access for 30,000 professionals across 300 hospitals.
Read more →Anti-trafficking Bill may lead to censorship
- August 02, 2018
There are a few problematic provisions in the proposed legislation—it may severely impact freedom of expression.
Read more →Spreading unhappiness equally around
- July 31, 2018
The section of civil society opposed to Aadhaar is unhappy because the UIDAI and all other state agencies that wish to can process data non-consensually.
Read more →Lining up the data on the Srikrishna Privacy Draft Bill
- July 31, 2018
In the run-up to the Justice BN Srikrishna committee report, some stakeholders have advocated that consent be eliminated and replaced with stronger accountability obligations. This was rejected and the committee has released a draft bill that has consent as the bedrock just like the GDPR. And like the GDPR there exists legal basis for nonconsensual processing of data for the “functions of the state”. What does this mean for lawabiding persons?
Read more →The Potential for the Normative Regulation of Cyberspace: Implications for India
- July 30, 2018
Author: Arindrajit Basu Edited by: Elonnai Hickok, Sunil Abraham and Udbhav Tiwari Research Assistance: Tejas Bharadwaj
Read more →The Centre for Internet and Society’s Comments and Recommendations to the: Indian Privacy Code, 2018
- July 20, 2018
The debate surrounding privacy has in recent times gained momentum due to the Aadhaar judgement and the growing concerns around the use of personal data by corporations and governments.
Read more →DIDP #31 Diversity of employees at ICANN
- July 19, 2018
We have requested ICANN to disclose information pertaining to the diversity of employees based on race and citizenship.
Read more →CIS submitted a response to a Notice of Enquiry by the US Government on International Internet Policy Priorities
- July 18, 2018
The Centre for Internet and Society drafted a response to a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) issued by the U.S. Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on "International Internet Policy Priorities."
Read more →ICANN Diversity Analysis
- July 16, 2018
The by-laws of The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) state that it is a non-profit public-benefit corporation which is responsible at the overall level, for the coordination of the “global internet's systems of unique identifiers, and in particular to ensure the stable and secure operation of the internet's unique identifier systems”. As key stakeholders of ICANN are spread across the world, much of the communication discussing the work of ICANN takes place over email. This analysis of the diversity of participation at the ICANN processes, through a study of their mailing lists, was undertaken by Paul Kurian and Akriti Bopanna.
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