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Chromebook for the Project Tiger- How it is helping me to contribute actively on Wikimedia projects! — by Sangram Keshari Senapati — last modified Apr 20, 2018 06:21 AM
Project Tiger is a collaboration project of Wikimedia Foundation with Centre for Internet and Society, Wikimedia India and other affiliates of India to improve and create high-quality content in Indic languages like Odia, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi etc.This project helps the active and experienced Wikipedia editors by supporting them with Internet charges for 6 months and Laptops to 50 volunteers to address existing Wikipedia content gaps.
Data politics: BJP, Congress in spat over sharing app data without users’ consent — by Admin — last modified Apr 18, 2018 12:51 AM
Congress took down its WithINC app after facing allegations of sharing user data, a day after it accused BJP of doing the same with the NaMo app.
Security experts say need to secure Aadhaar ecosystem, warn about third party leaks — by Admin — last modified Mar 26, 2018 10:37 PM
The public reckoning of data leaks in India’s national ID database, Aadhaar is still on hold while reports of data leakage through third-parties keep coming.
Indian IT firms not ready for European Union's proposed privacy laws, only a few compliant with GDPR — by Admin — last modified Apr 18, 2018 12:56 AM
Only a third of Indian IT firms are compliant with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will come into force on 25 May, according to a media report.
Modi Govt compromising privacy of individuals: Cong — by Admin — last modified Apr 18, 2018 01:10 AM
Charging the Narendra Modi Governemt with compromising the privacy of individuals by leaking user information on the Narendra Modi app, the Congress on Monday said the counter allegations by the BJP that the Opposition party was indulging in 'data theft' were an attempt to divert attention from the issue.
Aadhaar safety — by Admin — last modified Mar 26, 2018 05:09 PM
We get experts to give their take on a current issue each week and lend their perspective to a much-discussed topic.
NPAs & Bad Banks — by Shyam Ponappa — last modified Mar 25, 2018 03:53 AM
Correcting misinformed impressions about NPAs, and the Swedish model for setting up a Bad Bank.
Digital Native: A new road to justice — by Nishant Shah — last modified Mar 25, 2018 03:44 AM
Making the List takes courage and strength. It involves the formation of a new collective of care.
Digital native: Our lonely connected lives — by Nishant Shah — last modified Mar 25, 2018 03:40 AM
Even as the UK last month announced the appointment of Minister of Loneliness, which sounds more like the title of the next Arundhati Roy novel, it is worth examining why we are so alone in the age of hyperconnectivity.
Listening Machines - New interfaces for Art-Science and Technology Policy — by Admin — last modified Mar 25, 2018 03:37 AM
Sharath Chandra presented his work "Listening Machines - New interfaces for Art-Science and Technology Policy" at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C, at the Arthur M Sackler Colloquia on March 12, 2018.
Cybersecurity: The Intersection of Policy and Technology — by Admin — last modified Mar 25, 2018 03:24 AM
Sunil Abraham and Aayush Rathi attended a round-table on 'Cybersecurity: The Intersection of Policy and Technology'. The event was organised by Synergia Foundation, Bengaluru.
Siri, did you hear me? Adapting Privacy to New Technologies, Automated Decision-making, and Cloud Computing — by Admin — last modified Mar 25, 2018 03:21 AM
Amber Sinha participated as a panelist in the discussion on adapting privacy to new technologies organised by the USIBC on March 6, 2018 in New Delhi.
Govt warns Facebook of stringent legal action if found misusing data — by Admin — last modified Mar 25, 2018 03:14 AM
IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad says that under the IT Act, Facebook’s chief executive officer, Mark Zuckerberg, can be summoned to India if required.
Without stringent law, threats to Mark Zuckerberg are hollow: Experts — by Admin — last modified Mar 25, 2018 02:24 AM
IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday warned Facebook and other social networks of tough action, if they attempted to influence the Indian elections.
‘If an Indian party acted like Cambridge Analytica, it will not be guilty under current laws’ — by Admin — last modified Mar 25, 2018 02:01 AM
Sunil Abraham, Executive Director of Centre for Internet and Society, says Indians are vulnerable in the absence of a data protection law.
Is Facebook too powerful without legal safeguards? — by Admin — last modified Mar 25, 2018 01:38 AM
The absence of a data protection law and a competition watchdog to oversee Internet companies are key shortcomings, according to some experts.
‘If an Indian party acted like Cambridge Analytica, it will not be guilty under current laws’ — by Admin — last modified Apr 05, 2018 04:24 PM
Sunil Abraham, Executive Director of Centre for Internet and Society, says Indians are vulnerable in the absence of a data protection law.
India Trilateral Forum — by Admin — last modified Apr 10, 2018 03:09 PM
Sunil Abraham was a panelist in the session "The Promise and Peril of Technology" at the 14th edition of India Trilateral Forum organized by the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Observer Research Foundation and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Sweden in Goa from March 22 - 23, 2018.
On World Water Day - Open Data for Water Resources — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jan 28, 2019 02:41 PM
Lack of open data for researchers and activists is a key barrier against ensuring access to water and planning for sustainable management of water resources. In a collaboration between DataMeet and CIS, supported by Arghyam, we are exploring the early steps for making open data and tools to plan for water resources accessible to all. To celebrate the World Water Day 2018, we are sharing what we have been working on in the past few months - a paper on open data for water studies in India, and a web app to make open water data easily explorable and usable. Craig Dsouza led this collaboration, and authored this post.
Facebook breach: Privacy advocates in India seek stronger data laws — by Admin — last modified Mar 20, 2018 11:37 PM
Privacy advocates in India underlined the urgent need for stronger data privacy laws in India with the debate coming under focus after reports alleged that British data analysis firm Cambridge Analytica had tapped into the profiles of more than 50 million Facebook users, without their permission, during the last US elections.
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