In the on-going case challenging the constitutionality of Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act (‘IT Act’), the petitioners concluded their arguments today. Our coverage of the arguments made over the last two days can be found here and here. Today, the petitioners’ counsel elaborated on the concept of informational self-determination, as propounded by the […]
Despite an increase in research output and international collaboration, chemistry research, "the central science", in India is "still not in the big league", an analysis has revealed.
Originally published by IANS on April 24, 2017, the news was carried on the India Online news portal
Indian Government Plans Ambitious Data Protection Legislation Rollout by October
The blog post by Suparna Goswami and Varun Haran was published by Info Risk Today on April 26, 2017. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.
Relatório apresenta dados sobre o impacto do fim do foro privilegiadoA Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV Direito Rio) lança o 5º Relatório do Supremo em Números: O Foro Privilegiado e o Supremo. O projeto produz relatórios temáticos detalhados, uma vez por ano, mostrando diferentes facetas da atuação do Supremo Tribunal Federal sob o ponto de vista estatístico.
Con una rogativa conducida por las machis María Colipe y Juana Chauquepan y una clase magistral de Maribel Mora, directora de la Oficina de Equidad e Inclusión, se realizó la recepción de estos 148 estudiantes, encuentro encabezado por el Rector Ennio Vivaldi y el director nacional de la Corporación Nacional de Desarrollo Indígena (Conadi), Alberto Pizarro Chañilao.
Con la participación del Rector Ennio Vivaldi, el prorrector Rafael Epstein, la vicerrectora de Asuntos Académicos, Rosa Devés; el vicerrector de Asuntos Estudiantiles y Comunitarios, Juan Cortés; y las cuatro autoridades máximas de Campus Sur, se inauguró el presente año académico.Este lunes 17 de abril se realizó la ceremonia con la que la comunidad del Campus Sur de la U.
Revisar el impacto de intervenciones de educación financiera sobre el endeudamiento y comportamiento de pago de los hogares en el país es el objetivo de un estudio que esta entidad, dependiente de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios, realizará durante dos años con el apoyo de la Asociación de Bancos e Instituciones Financieras (ABIF), BancoEstado y el Grupo BID, a través de la Corporación Interamericana de Inversiones (CII).Con la finalidad de identificar acciones de educación financiera que tengan alto impacto, la Asociación de Bancos e Instituciones Financieras (ABIF), Ban
A new CJEU decision deals with copyright restrictions on hyperlinking and streaming. It may also become relevant for the current EU copyright reform and the so-called value gap proposal for... MORE
The petitioners resumed their arguments in the case challenging the constitutionality of Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act (‘IT Act’). This provision mandates individuals to link their Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) with their Aadhaar number. The background to the case and our report from yesterday’s hearing can be found here. The counsel for Maj. […]
Contrary to the Centre’s assurances, government websites are revealing digital details of the poor, leaving them vulnerable to financial frauds and identity theft.
The article by Sebastian PT was published in the National Herald on April 26, 2017. Sunil Abraham was quoted.
In what seems to be the latest in an increasing number of cases of copyright violations, Sun Network on Friday was banned by the Madras High Court from using Sony Music copyrighted work.
This was published by the News Minute on April 26, 2017. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.
In just one year India lost $968M due to Internet shutdowns; “Cops may not be the right decision makers when it comes to imposing what is a digital curfew,” added an entrepreneur journalist.
The article by Regina Mihindukulasuriya was published in the Businessworld on April 26, 2017.
Udbhav Tiwari represented the Centre for Internet & Society in a series of meetings held at University of Waikato and Novotel in Hamilton, New Zealand between April 18 and 25, 2017.
The participation was by the virtue of our institutional membership in Information Systems Security Sectional Committee (LITD 17) at the Bureau of Indian Standards.
Datakind: “Tens of thousands of people are killed or injured in traffic collisions each year. To improve road safety and combat life-threatening crashes, over 25 U.S. cities have adopted Vision Zero, an initiative born in Sweden in the 1990’s that aims to reduce traffic-related deaths and serious injuries to zero.
Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have banned 22 social media sites including Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter in an effort to calm tensions in the disputed region.
The article was published in the Telegraph on April 27, 2017. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.
The EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect in the spring of 2018, bringing with it a newly codified version of the “Right to Be Forgotten” (RTBF). Depending how the new law is interpreted, this right could prove broader than the “right to be de-listed” established in 2014’s Google Spain case. It could put even more decisions about the balance between privacy and free expression in the hands of private Internet platforms like Google.
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United States
This blog is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2017. On Saturday 4 March, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.
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featuring Dr. Josephine Wolff
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For hospitals and healthcare providers, data protection efforts have long been driven by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This talk will look at recent trends in the online threats facing hospitals and consider how effective HIPAA is at addressing these threats, and how it has shaped the state of healthcare data security--for better and for worse.
Parent Event
Rozpoczęliśmy rekrutację nowego pracownika do naszego działu edukacyjnego. Poszukujemy osoby zainteresowanej tematyką cyfrowej oraz otwartej edukacji, z doświadczeniem w pracy z różnymi organizacjami edukacyjnymi oraz indywidualnymi edukatorami.