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26 April 2016 • 0-minute read

Joint letter to the Department of Commerce expressing concerns over software-patent-friendly clauses in the RCEP

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by sflc_admin | April 26, 2016Indian 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...

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21 April 2016 • 4-minute read

The New Data Protection Regulation and its Impact on India

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The European Parliament adopted the new Rules on Data Protection on the 14th of April, 2016. The new Regulation replaces the General Rules on Data Protection, 1995 and the 2008 framework decision on cross-border data processing in police and judicial cooperation within...

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19 April 2016 • 4-minute read

ICANN and Human Rights

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The topic of human rights on the Internet has been one of significant interest, right from finding mention in the WSIS Declaration of Principles in 2003, to the UN Human Rights Council’s First Resolution on Internet Free Speech, which declared...

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18 April 2016 • 2-minute read

Internet Shutdown Tracker – India (2013-2016) ^Featured

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by sflc_admin | April 18, 2016The 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...

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16 April 2016 • 0-minute read

News alert: India gets 4 new IDN ccTLDs

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ICANN recently announced the successful evaluation of four additional proposed IDN (Internationalized Domain Names) ccTLD strings for India. This was done through a fast track process that was approved by the ICANN Board in 2009. After the successful evaluation of the...

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12 April 2016 • 4-minute read

Delhi District Court finds Voyeurism as a violation of the Right to Privacy

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A Delhi district court last week dealt with a case of voyeurism by awarding the accused with a year’s simple imprisonment along with a fine of ten thousand rupees. A point of interest was the characterisation of the offence of...

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31 March 2016 • 3-minute read

Right to Criticise: Urdu writers and the Curious Case of the ‘Loyalty form’

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By Aishwarya AyushmaanRecently, reports emerged in the media regarding the requirement of a ‘loyalty form’ from Urdu authors and editors whose works were acquired for bulk purchase by the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL). The NCPUL, which...

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22 March 2016 • 4-minute read

Global Public Interest and ICANN

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Global Public Interest is a difficult term to define. Any attempt to define it has always been met with resistance, or dissatisfaction. Yet, it features prominently in ICANN’s universe – through its bylaws, documents and contracts. In this post, I...

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21 March 2016 • 3-minute read

Without rules, Sahibs may own your data

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by sflc_admin | March 21, 2016Now 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...

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19 March 2016 • 12-minute read

How Parliament played the Aadhaar Bill, 2016

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by sflc_admin | March 19, 2016The 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...

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17 March 2016 • 4-minute read

Free Speech & Violent Extremism: Special Rapporteur on Terrorism Weighs in

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Yesterday, the Human Rights Council came out with an advance unedited version of a report (A/HRC/31/65) of the Special Rapporteur on protection of human rights while countering terrorism. This report in particular deals with protecting human rights while preventing and...

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15 March 2016 • 3-minute read

Implementing Enhanced Cooperation

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One of the important outcomes of the WSIS+10 review was the establishment of the CSTD (Commission on Science and Technology for Development) Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation (WGEC). Subsequently, the establishment of the WGEC was announced in February with Peter...

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11 March 2016 • 5-minute read

Legacy of Government Influence Looms as Internet Gears Up For Ownership Switch

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This article was first published on The Wire on 6th March, 2016. The original post can be accessed here.By Aarti BhavanaThe recommendations for the post-transition ICANN, as they currently stand, change the power dynamics within ICANN. Governments will now get a...

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11 March 2016 • 12-minute read

Evaluating the Aadhaar Bill against the National Privacy Principles ^Featured

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Principle in A.P. Shah ReportDescription of PrincipleCorresponding provision in Aadhaar BillComments/ConcernsEnrolling Agency (EA)Requesting Entity (RE)Notice (During collection & Other notices)Both, EAs & REs ‘collect’ information for their specific purposes of enrollment & authentication respectively. What information is being collectedNo mentionSection 8(2)(a):...

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11 March 2016 • 1-minute read

CCWG-Accountability: A Marrakech Wrap-up

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With the final two chartering organizations confirming their approval yesterday, the co-chairs of the CCWG-Accountability sent the Final Report to the ICANN Board, which has now been transmitted to the NTIA. Today’s CCWG meeting outlined the work that lies ahead...

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10 March 2016 • 4-minute read

An overview of the 1st Report of the Special Rapporteur on Privacy

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The office of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy in the Digital Age, was created last year by the UNHRC, and today, in the 33rd session of the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur, Joseph A. Cannataci submitted...

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09 March 2016 • 1-minute read

A Marrakech update: CCWG-Accountability at ICANN55

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The most discussed topic floating around the surprisingly chilly winds of Marrakech this week has been the CCWG-Accountability proposal. Over the past few weeks we traced the evolution of each recommendation of this Final Report, which was sent to all the...

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08 March 2016 • 4-minute read

Anupam Kher’s Cockroach Tweet: Cultural Reference or Hate Speech?

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The noise surrounding the recent controversy regarding a tweet by Indian actor (and UN Ambassador for Gender Equality) Anupam Kher made it difficult to look into why it caught so much attention. That it did is beyond doubt, garnering over...

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06 March 2016 • 6-minute read

Dirty Picture Project: Hate Story 3

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We Hate This Hate Story Too!By Aarushi Mahajan and Shweta KabraHere is a line from the movie to give you a trailer of what lies ahead:“Tum toh pehle bhi bikao thi, ab tumhari keemat badal gayi hai” (You’re an item...

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04 March 2016 • 9-minute read

The New Dimension to the UIDAI Debate: The Aadhaar Bill, 2016

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The discourse around Aadhaar has only aggravated since its inception, and one of the primary contentions of the debate has been lack of a statutory force behind the initiative. Amidst all the speculations, the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and...

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Joint letter to the Department of Commerce expressing concerns over software-patent-friendly clauses in the RCEP

The New Data Protection Regulation and its Impact on India

ICANN and Human Rights

Internet Shutdown Tracker – India (2013-2016) ^Featured

News alert: India gets 4 new IDN ccTLDs

Delhi District Court finds Voyeurism as a violation of the Right to Privacy

Right to Criticise: Urdu writers and the Curious Case of the ‘Loyalty form’

Global Public Interest and ICANN

Without rules, Sahibs may own your data

How Parliament played the Aadhaar Bill, 2016

Free Speech & Violent Extremism: Special Rapporteur on Terrorism Weighs in

Implementing Enhanced Cooperation

Legacy of Government Influence Looms as Internet Gears Up For Ownership Switch

Evaluating the Aadhaar Bill against the National Privacy Principles ^Featured

CCWG-Accountability: A Marrakech Wrap-up

An overview of the 1st Report of the Special Rapporteur on Privacy

A Marrakech update: CCWG-Accountability at ICANN55

Anupam Kher’s Cockroach Tweet: Cultural Reference or Hate Speech?

Dirty Picture Project: Hate Story 3

The New Dimension to the UIDAI Debate: The Aadhaar Bill, 2016

Your Interests & Preferences

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Internet Shutdown Tracker – India (2013-2016) Featured

Evaluating the Aadhaar Bill against the National Privacy Principles Featured

Internet Shutdown Tracker – India (2013-2016) ^Featured

Evaluating the Aadhaar Bill against the National Privacy Principles ^Featured