Aadhaar data of all 23 crore beneficiaries of Direct Benefit Transfer schemes could be publicly available, says a report by Centre for Internet and Society.
The blog post by Anumeha Yadav was published on Scroll on May 20, 2017.
While Aadhaar may be secure from external attacks, a failsafe system hasn’t been developed to protect it from Edward Snowden-style leakages and hacks.
The article by Anirban Sen was published by Livemint on May 5, 2017. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.
With more and more people falling prey to phishing scams, experts believe that lack of adequate security features in online payment systems will only increase the number of such cases in the coming days. While admitting that the rise in such crimes would be hard to stop or control, cyber security consultants also blame the lack of preparedness before taking the digital economy route as a cause for such problems.
Records of 17 million users were stolen from online restaurant search platform Zomato, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.
The article by Kim Arora and Digbijay Mishra with inputs from Ranjani Ayyar in Chenna was published in the Times of India on May 19, 2017. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.
Responding to the spate of suicides being livestreamed, social media giant Facebook has announced it will add another 3,000 people to its 4,500-strong review team that moderates content. The review team will also work in tandem with law enforcement agencies on this issue.
The article by Kim Arora was published in the Times of India on May 5, 2017.
Udbhav Tiwari represented the Centre for Internet & Society at the World Press Day event organised by UNESCO and the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) at UNESCO House, New Delhi on May 3, 2017.
The Economist: “In 2013 thousands of school pupils in England received a letter from a student named Ben at the University of Bristol. The recipients had just gained good marks in their GCSEs, exams normally taken at age 16. But they attended schools where few pupils progressed to university at age 18, and those that did were likely to go to their nearest one. That suggested the schools were poor at nurturing aspiration.
With more and more people falling prey to phishing scams, experts believe that lack of adequate security features in online payment systems will only increase the number of such cases in the coming days. While admitting that the rise in such crimes would be hard to stop or control, cyber security consultants also blame the lack of preparedness before taking the digital economy route as a cause for such problems.
‘Publishing identity info is in clear contravention of the provisions of the Aadhaar Act, 2016’
The article was published in the Indian Express on May 11, 2017.
Aadhaar and its many connotations have grown to be among the most burning issues on the Indian fore today, that every citizen aware of their rights should be taking note of.
The article by Shreyashi Roy was published in the Wire on May 10, 2017.
Udbhav Tiwari attended a panel on "Revisiting Aadhaar: Law, Tech and Beyond" held at the India International Centre Annexe on May 9, 2017 in New Delhi, organised by the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC.in) in collaboration with Digital Empowerment Foundation and IT for Change.
The panel consisted of:
Spreading fast and wild on WhatsApp fake news about riots, ‘miracle’ currency
The article by Samarth Bansal was published in the Hindustan Times on May 19, 2017. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.
Cátedra Jean Monnet convida o Professor Michel Levi C.15h50 até 17h30O Evento: A Cátedra Jean Monnet da FGV Direito Rio, no âmbito do curso de Regionalismo Comparado terá o prazer de receber, na próxima quarta-feira, a ilustre presença do professor Michel Levi C., da Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar, Quito. Após apresentação pela professora titular da Cátedra Jean Monnet, Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida, o tema central da aula será European Union and South America Relations.
Predatory paedophiles online pose a major threat to children who form 7% of internet users in India.
The blog post by Priyanka Thirumurthy was published by News Minute on May 6, 2017. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.
India’s crusade for digitisation and digital inclusion has failed millions of Indians with disabilities. Will the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act change that?
The article by Dorodi Sharma was published in the Wire on May 9, 2017.
Lock Aadhaar, and notify UIDAI if you get a one-time-password for a transaction you did not initiate
The article by Sanjay Kumar Singh was published in the Business Standard on May 11, 2017. Udbhav Tiwari was quoted.
India certainly needs a modern data privacy and protection law, Nilekani said in an interview.
The Alnoor Peermohamed and Raghu Krishnan was published in the Business Standard on May 13, 2017.
Udbhav Tiwari represented CIS at the Third and Final Multistakeholder Consultation on Encryption held at the Taj Palace, New Delhi on May 11, 2017. The event was organised by the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. Saikat Dutta and
Japreet Grewal were also present at the round-table discussion.