Category: Privacy in India

Workshop on the Unique Identity Number (UID), the National Population Register (NPR) and Governance: What will happen to our data?

On March 2nd, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society and the Say No to UID campaign organized a workshop to discuss the present state of the UID and NPR schemes. Some of the questions which were addressed included ´How do the UID and NPR impact citizenship´, ´Why and how is national security linked to …

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A comparison of the the draft DNA Profiling Bill 2007 and the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012

In this post, I compare India’s 2007 draft DNA Profiling Bill and 2012 draft Human DNA Profiling Bill. Read more here.   Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society Publication date: 15th March 2013

Summary of the CIS workshop on the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012

On March 1st, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society organized a workshop which analysed the April 2012 draft Human DNA Profiling Bill and its potential implications on human rights in India. Read more here.   Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society Publication date: 14th March 2013