Tag Privacy
By R Jagannathan Reuters The privacy of India’s citizens is under threat, thanks to a weak state. By weak state one means the absence of a strong basis in law for most of the acts allegedly carried out on behalf… Continue Reading →
Posted by Chinmayi Arun at Jul 18, 2014 I Very little recourse is available against publishers or intermediaries if these private parties censor an author’s content unreasonably. The article was published in the Hoot on July 17, 2014 and also mirrored on the website of… Continue Reading →
Kim Arora,TNN | Jun 29, 2014, 06.23 AM IST Facebook’s psychological study of users proves existence of an “emotional contagion” through social networks, that is, a user’s own emotions reflect what he or she sees more of in his or her newsfeed…. Continue Reading →
June 20, 2014 | Since he obtained and published Edward Snowden’s leaked National Security Agency documents a little more than a year ago, journalist Glenn Greenwald said people have told him over and over that government surveillance does not concern… Continue Reading →
Usha Ramanathan It must be very embarrassing for the UIDAI. They are having to become the champions of ‘privacy’ of the persons on their database after holding on to a position that privacy was not an issue in the… Continue Reading →
Nandan Nilekani! (Cartoon – courtesy Outlook). Kamayani Bali Mahabal aka Kractivist Do you remember the fable ‘ The Emperor’s clothes ‘ ? There is an Emperor who likes wearing new clothes so much that he changes his clothes every hour…. Continue Reading →
-Kamayani Bali Mahabal UID is a 12 digit number in addition to PAN Card, Passport,Ration Card,Driving License,BPL Cards, NREGA Card and similar cards issued by both State and Central Government .However,unlike these need based identities issued to citizens of… Continue Reading →
The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology chaired by Mr. Rao Inderjit Singh submitted a report to the Lok Sabha yesterday on the subject of cyber crimes, cyber security and the right to privacy… Continue Reading →
By Ram Mashru / 31 January, 2014 In 2009 India announced its grand universal biometric scheme “Aadhaar”. The scheme, managed by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), collects the fingerprints, iris scans and facial images of applicants in exchange… Continue Reading →
By Rahul Bhatia January 18, 2014 Rahul Bhatia is a writer for Caravan magazine. Shashi Tharoor, a minister in the Indian government, at his wife’s funeral pyre earlier today. Reuters/Adnan Abidi On 1/15, Sunanda Pushkar, the wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor, took… Continue Reading →