Other News from Participating Centers

The tiny digital camera on every smartphone has had real impact on African lives

Calestous Juma at Quartz: “…The first major impact of the technology on African users was to expand global connectivity by making it possible for the youth to access information that was collected using the technology via the Internet.

49° Nexa Lunch Seminar- WEEEOpen: elettronica sostenibile e open source

Page Type: Eventlunch22 marzo 2017
Marco Signoretto (Politecnico di Torino)
image: Super sticky: 0Featured Event: 0Data evento: Wed, 22/03/2017 - 13:00 to 14:00luogo: Via Boggio 65/a | Torino (primo piano)

Marie Curie Individual Fellowship for Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius

Roundup of Sabu Mathew George vs. Union of India: Intermediary liability and the ‘doctrine of auto-block’

Introduction In 2008, Sabu Matthew George, an activist, filed a writ petition to ban ‘advertisements’ relating to pre-natal sex determination from search engines in India. According to the petitioner, the display of these results violated Section 22 of the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse Act), 1994. From 2014-2015, the Supreme Court ordered […]

CPDP (Computers, Privacy and Data Protection) 2017

Amber Sinha participated as a panelist in a panel on 'EU Adequacy Status for International Data Transfers' in Brussels, Belgium on January 26, 2017. The event was organized by Privacy International.
EU Adequacy Status for International Data Transfers

Workplace Solutions Champions Consultative Workshop

A two day workshop was held on January 21 - 22 at Ecumenical Christian Centre in Bangalore. The workshop was organized by Enable India. Nirmita Narasimhan attended the workshop.
Agenda
Day 1: January 21, 2017

Sl. No.Agenda Item DescriptionTimings

1
Context Setting for the Workshop
What outcomes we hope to achieve during the workshop
9.30 - 10.00

2
Reflections and Sharing
Sharing on achievements and impact, through discussions and activities
10.00 - 10.45

Tea Break

10.45 - 11.15

SEEKING: Talented Communications Professional

 
The Governance Lab (the GovLab) is excited to announce the search for a talented communications professional to play a central role in helping translate and make relevant the various activities of the GovLab to a diverse and broad audience of practitioners, policy makers, academics, and the general public.
Based at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, the Governance Lab is a research, training and experimentation laboratory that focuses on improving people’s lives by addressing real world challenges through institutional redesign.

Report of the III. interdisciplinary workshop “Privacy, Datenschutz & Surveillance”

This report of the III. interdisciplinary workshop «Privacy, Datenschutz & Surveillance» was written by Jörg Pohle. Bereits zum dritten Mal (Bericht I. Workshop, Bericht II. Workshop) luden Jörg Pohle (Humboldt Institut... MORE

The EU Regulatory Approach to Blockchain Technology – Vortrag Universität Luxembourg

Blockchain Technologie und virtuelle Währungen fordern das Rechtssystem auf vielerlei Arten heraus: Neue Potentiale entstehen, alte Konzepte müssen hinterfragt werden. Die Europäische Union arbeitet derzeit an einem regulatorischen Ansatz, der die weitere Entwicklungen signifikant beeinflussen wird.

Ogólnopolska Sieć Edukacyjna –  stanowisko Centrum Cyfrowego w konsultacjach projektu założeń ustawy

Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji właśnie zakończyło konsultacje projektu założeń do bardzo ważnej ustawy – o Ogólnopolskiej Sieci Edukacyjnej (OSE). Uruchomienie OSE ma umożliwić wprowadzenie nowych form kształcenia i wyrównanie szans edukacyjnych uczniów w Polsce m.in. poprzez:

Ogólnopolska Sieć Edukacyjna –  stanowisko Centrum Cyfrowego w konsultacjach projektu założeń ustawy

Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji właśnie zakończyło konsultacje projektu założeń do bardzo ważnej ustawy – o Ogólnopolskiej Sieci Edukacyjnej (OSE). Uruchomienie OSE ma umożliwić wprowadzenie nowych form kształcenia i wyrównanie szans edukacyjnych uczniów w Polsce m.in. poprzez:

Data Justice Network

Press Release: “The Governance Lab (The GovLab) at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering has launched the Data Justice Network (datajustice.us).  The website fosters peer-to-peer learning among criminal justice practitioners and policymakers and helps officials get fast and comprehensive answers to their questions about how to make better use of data to reduce incarceration and crime.

Delhi HC hears the the Right to be Forgotten Case

The pending right to be forgotten petition came up for hearing before the Delhi High Court today. The case seeks the deletion of a court order, which has been reproduced on the website Indiankanoon.com, on the ground that it violates the petitioners’ right to privacy and reputation. This post looks at some of the contentions […]

A look back at the work of Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland in 2016

This blog post is part of our on-going Network series featuring updates from chapters across the Open Knowledge Network and was written by the Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland team.

Bits Siminar on Internet & IP Peering

India WhatsApp Privacy Fight May Affect Multinationals

The Indian Supreme Court’s review of Facebook Inc.'s and WhatsApp Inc.'s data security practices may lack teeth but also presages a desire for a stronger privacy regime and oversight of multinationals, internet and privacy specialists told Bloomberg BNA.
The article by Nayanima Basu was published by Bloomberg BNA on February 1, 2017. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

II Seminário Governança das Redes e o Marco Civil da Internet: Direitos dos Usuários, Consentimento e Transferência Internacional de Dados

Saiu a quarta parte de uma série de vídeos documentando o II Seminário Governança das Redes e o Marco Civil da Internet: Globalização, tecnologias e conectividade, que ocorreu nos dias 26 e 27 de outubro de 2016 na Faculdade IBMEC em Belo Horizonte. Semanalmente, iremos publicar os vídeos integrais de cada um dos painéis do evento. Continue acompanhando nossas publicações!
Painel: Direitos dos Usuários, Consentimento e Transferência Internacional de Dados
Participantes: Flávia Lefèvre, Alexandre Pacheco, Danilo Doneda e Lucas Anjos

Ministro Carlos Ayres Britto recebe Prêmio FGV de Direitos Humanos

Esta é a 2ª edição do prêmio, criado em 2014.As Escolas de Direito do Rio de Janeiro (Direito RJ) e de São Paulo (Direito SP) da Fundação Getulio Vargas prestarão homenagem ao ministro aposentado do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), Carlos Ayres Britto. No dia 13 de fevereiro, às 11h30, no auditório do edifício sede da FGV, no Rio de Janeiro, ele vai receber o “Prêmio FGV de Direitos Humanos” por sua contribuição na promoção e defesa dos Direitos Humanos.

Participatory budgeting in Indonesia: past, present and future

IDS Practice Paper by Francesca Feruglio and Ahmad Rifai: “In 2015, Yayasan Kota Kita (Our City Foundation), an Indonesian civil society organisation, applied to Making All Voices Count for a practitioner research and learning grant.

It takes more than social media to make a social movement

Hayley Tsukayama in the Washington Post: “President Trump may have used the power of social media to make his way into the White House, but now social media networks are showing that muscle can work for his opposition, too.