This report entails an overview of the discussions and recommendations of the CIS’ third Privacy Round Table meeting in Chennai, on 18th May 2013.Read more here. Publisher: Centre for Internet and SocietyPublication date: 21st May 2013
January 2015 archive
Jan 23
Report on the 2nd Privacy Round Table meeting
Read here the report on the 2nd Privacy Round Table meeting to discuss the CIS’ draft Privacy Protection Bill 2013. Publisher: Centre for Internet and SocietyPublication date: 24th April 2013
Jan 23
Report on the 1st Privacy Round Table meeting
This report entails an overview of the discussions and recommendations of the CIS’ first Privacy Round Table meeting in New Delhi, on 13th April 2013.Read more here. Publisher: Centre for Internet and SocietyPublication date: 22nd April 2013
Jan 23
India joins the Wiretappers’ Ball
In this post I briefly examine India’s surveillance industry and technologies.Read more here. Publisher: Center for Global Communication StudiesPublication date: 26th August 2014
Jan 23
A Glimpse at India’s Surveillance Industry
In this post I provide a small snapshot of India’s surveillance industry and discuss issues with its regulation.Read more here. Publisher: Center for Global Communication StudiesPublication date: 18th July 2014
Jan 23
Modi’s new India: Digitised Oppression?
In this post I explore the largely unregulated surveillance schemes in India that lack public and parliamentary debate. I discuss what civil society and the government are doing to improve the situation, and what individuals can do to protect their communications from abuse.Read more here. Publisher: Center for Global Communication StudiesPublication date: 1st July 2014
Jan 23
Surveillance in the world’s largest democracy
This article can be accessed through the FifF Kommunikation’s 2/2014 edition. Publisher: FifF KommunikationPublication date: 2nd Edition 2014
Jan 23
Big Democracy, Big Surveillance: India’s Surveillance State
In India, surveillance is on the rise by the state to tackle crime and terrorism, and private companies are eager to meet the demand.Read more here. Publisher: OpenDemocracyPublication date: 10th February 2014
Jan 23
India’s Central Monitoring System (CMS): Something to Worry About?
by SnaPsi on flickr In this article, I present new information about India’s controversial Central Monitoring System (CMS) based on official documents which were shared with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS).Read more here. Publisher: Centre for Internet and SocietyPublication date: 30th January 2014
Jan 23
Why ‘Facebook’ is More Dangerous than the Government Spying on You
In this article, I look at state and corporate surveillance in India and analyze why our “choice” to hand over our personal data can potentially be more harmful than traditional, top-down, state surveillance.Read more here. Publisher: Centre for Internet and SocietyPublication date: 19th November 2013