April 2015 archive

Tactical Tech’s New Tool Helps You Watch the Watchers

Tactical Tech is working to explore and visualise the data industry through Trackography, a new open source tool that reveals which third parties track us and where our data travels to when we access media websites.Read this blog here to find out more!Publisher: Global Voices AdvocacyPublication date: 30th March 2015

Meet the Trackers: This is how they claim to handle our data

Whether we realise it or not, most of our online activity is part of a big business. The data industry makes billions of dollars from collecting data on who we are and what we are interested in by tracking the websites we access every day and the types of news we read online. But who …

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The Surveillance Industry in India

This research paper includes an examination of a sample of 50 surveillance technology companies operating in India.Read the full paper here.Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society (CIS)Publication date: 14th March 2015

Policy Recommendations for Surveillance Law in India and an Analysis of Legal Provisions on Surveillance in India and the Necessary and Proportionate Principles

This document includes policy recommendations for surveillance laws in India to be in compliance with the necessary and proportionate principles. Learn more here.Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society (CIS)Publication date: 14th March 2015

Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs) and Cross Border Sharing of Information in India

India shares intelligence data with 35 other countries. Learn more here.Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society (CIS)Publication date: 14th March 2015

Security, Surveillance and Data Sharing Schemes and Bodies in India

Following the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, India has implemented a wide range of data sharing and surveillance schemes.Read this chapter here to learn more.Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society (CIS)Publication date: 14th March 2015

Syria’s Digital Civil War

Militarised spyware has played a crucial role in the Assad regime’s offensive against the Syrian opposition. But further risk remains as Syrians’ data has been swept up in the global surveillance dragnet.Read this article here.Publisher: OpenDemocracyPublication date: 13th February 2015