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Replies to the government’s concerns with our criticism of the DNA Profiling Bill
In response to the piece ‘Modi Wants the DNA Profiling Bill Passed Right Away. Here’s Why It Shouldn’t Be‘, published July 24, 2015, Dr. J. Gowrishankar, Director of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, wrote a spirited response describing … Continue reading
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Tagged CDFD, Human DNA Profiling Bill, privacy
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Here’s why the Human DNA Profiling Bill shouldn’t be passed in its current form
The Human DNA Profiling Bill which the Narendra Modi government wants to pass in the current session of Parliament is one of the most intrusive enactments of its kind anywhere in the world, a measure that will render obsolete the … Continue reading
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Tagged anonymisation, AP Shah, CDFD, CODIS, DBT, DNA profiling, Human DNA Profiling Bill, individualisation fallacy, privacy, right to be forgotten
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Petition asks why Aadhar is a must to unlock Modi’s DigiLocker
The Wire July 4, 2015 New Delhi: Of all the schemes of the previous Manmohan Singh government, the Aadhar UID program is one that Narendra Modi is the most committed to. On July 1, he flagged off a ‘digital locker’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Aadhar project, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, privacy, unique identification
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From Orwell to Kafka, Markov to Doctorow: Understanding Big Data through metaphors
On March 20, I attended a short talk by Malavika Jayaram, a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, titled ‘What we talk about when we talk about Big Data’ at the T.A.J. Residency in Bengaluru. It was something of … Continue reading
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Tagged Berkman Center, Big Brother, Big Data, civil liberties, contextual integrity, Cory Doctorow, data protection, ethnography, Franz Kafka, John Whitehead, Kafkaesque, Little Brother, privacy, Reiner Stachh, Sara M Watson, surveillance state, The Trial
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Alibaba IPO – A vindication of China’s Internet?
If China wants Alibaba to go international, it will find it tough to take refuge behind its current Internet governance policies. Anuj Srivas explains. Continue reading
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Tagged Alibaba IPO, China, Google, Great Firewall, Internet censorship, Internet governance, Microsoft, privacy, transparency, Yahoo!
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