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The Future of Work in the Automotive Sector in India
- February 08, 2019
Working draft of a case study studying the future of work in the automotive sector, authored by Harsh Bajpai, Ambika Tandon, and Amber Sinha. Edited by Rakhi Sehgal.
Read more →Response to the Draft of The Information Technology [Intermediary Guidelines (Amendment) Rules] 2018
- February 07, 2019
In this response, we aim to examine whether the draft rules meet tests of constitutionality and whether they are consistent with the parent Act. We also examine potential harms that may arise from the Rules as they are currently framed and make recommendations to the draft rules that we hope will help the Government meet its objectives while remaining situated within the constitutional ambit.
Read more →CIS Submission to UN High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation
- February 07, 2019
The UN high-level panel on Digital Cooperation issued a call for inputs that called for responses to various questions. CIS responded to the call for inputs.
Read more →A Gendered Future of Work
- February 01, 2019
This paper will contextualise the narrative around Industry 4.0 and the future of work with reference to the female labour force in India.
Read more →Response to GCSC on Request for Consultation: Norm Package Singapore
- January 27, 2019
The GCSC opened a public comment procedure to solicit comments and obtain additional feedback. CIS responded to the public call-offering comments on all six norms and proposing two further norms.
Read more →India should reconsider its proposed regulation of online content
- January 24, 2019
The lack of technical considerations in the proposal is also apparent since implementing the proposal is infeasible for certain intermediaries. End-to-end encrypted messaging services cannot “identify” unlawful content since they cannot decrypt it. Presumably, the government’s intention is not to disallow end-to-end encryption so that intermediaries can monitor content.
Read more →The DNA Bill has a sequence of problems that need to be resolved
- January 15, 2019
In its current form, it’s far from comprehensive and fails to adequately address privacy and security concerns.
Read more →How to make EVMs hack-proof, and elections more trustworthy
- January 14, 2019
Free and fair elections are the expression of democratic emancipation. India has always led by example: the Nehru Committee sought universal adult franchise in 1928, at a time when France didnât let women vote, and laws in the USA allowed disqualification of poor, illiterate, and African-American voters. But how reliable are our voting systems, particularly in terms of security?
Read more →Response to TRAI Consultation Paper on Regulatory Framework for Over-The-Top (OTT) Communication Services
- January 10, 2019
This submission presents a response to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s Consultation Paper on Regulatory Framework for Over-The-Top (OTT) Communication Services.
Read more →Registering for Aadhaar in 2019
- January 03, 2019
It is a lot less scary registering for Aadhaar in 2019 than it was in 2010, given how the authentication modalities have since evolved.
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