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Report on the 4th Privacy Round Table meeting

This report entails an overview of the discussions and recommendations of the CIS’ fourth Privacy Round Table in Mumbai, on 15th June 2013. Read more here.   Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society Publication date: 25th June 2013

Report on the 3rd Privacy Round Table meeting

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 Society Publication date: 21st May 2013

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 Society Publication date: 24th April 2013

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 Society Publication date: 22nd April 2013

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 Studies Publication date: 26th August 2014

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 Studies Publication date: 18th July 2014

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 Studies Publication date: 1st July 2014

Surveillance in the world’s largest democracy

This article can be accessed through the FifF Kommunikation’s 2/2014 edition.   Publisher: FifF Kommunikation Publication date: 2nd Edition 2014

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: OpenDemocracy Publication date: 10th February 2014

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 Society Publication date: 30th January 2014