by sflc_admin | August 2, 2016 The digital India initiative, coupled with the Government’s plan to boost emergence of start-ups in India points directly to an economy supported by the digital infrastructure. A swift shift to the information based economy requires a rapid alteration in the modus oper...
Blogs by SFLC India
by sflc_admin | August 1, 2016 On June 10, 2016, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI) floated a Consultation Paper on Cloud Computing and invited comments from the industry and other stakeholders on the following broad issues: regulatory framework for cloud computing; security over the cl...
by sflc_admin | July 23, 2016 The advances made possible by the advent of the Internet have impacted the notion of free speech in a great many ways. Online intermediary platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Google enable individuals to be active publishers of information in addition to passive rec...
by sflc_admin | July 15, 2016 SFLC.in, Democratic Alliance for Knowledge Freedom (DAKF) and InfoPark Ernakulam Public Library Branch are jointly organising a discussion session to gather inputs from various stakeholders for the upcoming IT Policy of the Kerala State Government.The participants inclu...
by sflc_admin | July 5, 2016 The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on May 30, 2016 published a Pre-Consultation Paper on Net Neutrality, inviting stakeholder comments on 6 broad questions including the core principles of net neutrality, permissible traffic management techniques that may b...
by sflc_admin | July 5, 2016 The United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution on 1st July, 2016, condemning network disruptions and measures resorted by states to curb online access and/or dissemination of information. Moreover, this resolution affirmed that rights in the online sphere, e...
by sflc_admin | July 1, 2016 On 19 May, 2016 the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India floated a Consultation Paper on Free Data, inviting stakeholder comments on the need for a Telecom Service Provider agnostic platform to provide free Internet to the under-privileged, the need to regulate such pla...
by sflc_admin | June 29, 2016 The Indian Supreme Court on 29th June, 2016 refused to entertain a petition that sought a ban on WhatsApp and other similar applications that use strong end to end encryption technologies to safeguard the communications on their services. The petition stated that employ...
IT@School by sflc_admin | June 9, 2016 A team of researchers, under a grant from ICFOSS , headed by Prof. Rahul De , Hewlett-Packard Chair Professor at IIM Bangalore, published a report on the “Economic Impact of Usage of FOSS in Government” in June 2015. The report studies the implementation of ICT...
by sflc_admin | May 25, 2016 During the period from 2016 – 2025, the “other half” of the human race will be connected to the Net. Providing connection to the world’s poor is the greatest act of social justice, educational opportunity and economic equalization within our power. Eben Moglen keynote la...
by sflc_admin | May 21, 2016 2006: March 3 rd : Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology gave an administrative approval for a scheme to issue unique ID for Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. 2006 : December 4 th : Constitution of an Empowered Group...
by sflc_admin | May 12, 2016 Panel Discussion on Privacy Law SFLC.in, along with the Mr. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Member of Parliament is organizing a panel discussion on ‘The Need For a Dedicated Privacy Legislation In India: Next Steps’ on 12th May 2016 from 4pm to 7pm at Constitution Club of India, ...
by sflc_admin | May 2, 2016 The Indian government has rightly rested its Digital India initiative on a series of measures to liberalise the economy. One of those measures of free-market wisdom, however, the usual government-cheering section suddenly seems to be irrationally against. The PMO will be ...
by sflc_admin | April 28, 2016 Following a sudden surge in IPR litigation surrounding Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) in the last year, (around eight suits were filed by Swedish multi-national Ericsson alone, another three by Vringo Infrastructure. Read more here ) the Department of Industrial Pol...
by sflc_admin | April 26, 2016 Indian law on patentability of computer programmes is abundantly clear in that Section 3(k) of the Patents Act 1970 explicitly excludes computer programmes per se, mathematical methods and algorithms from patent protection. Moreover the recent Guidelines for Examinatio...
by sflc_admin | April 18, 2016 The number of internet blackouts in India is on a rise over the last few years. In the first quarter of 2016, mobile internet services were suspended on four different occasions, out of which, two incidents were recorded in the state of Gujarat. Moreover, five differen...
by sflc_admin | March 21, 2016 Now that the inevitable death of Free Basics by Facebook has happened and the dust has settled, the real outlines of the government of India’s Internet and Digital India policies are coming into focus. The four pillars of the government’s intentions have been declared ...
by sflc_admin | March 19, 2016 The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial & Other Subsidies, Benefits & Services) Bill, 2016 (hereinafter Aadhaar Bill ) was discussed, voted and passed in the Lok Sabha on 11th March, 2016 . The many contentions raised,clarified and debated upon by the Gov...
Principle in A.P. Shah Report Description of Principle Corresponding provision in Aadhaar Bill Comments/Concerns Enrolling Agency (EA) Requesting Entity (RE) Notice (During collection & Other notices) Both, EAs & REs ‘collect’ information for their specific purposes of enrollment & au...