Online retailers have done aggressive advertising and brisk business this festival season, selling things ranging from electronic goods to holidays. Considering the range and number of products, the online retailers are forever close to making pricing mistakes. Would they honour a price if the custo...
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The current Indian Government has continually offered significant strategic thrust to cybersecurity and related issues. In November 2015 alone, India established multiple collaborative partnerships that for cooperation in cybersecurity with various countries. This is a welcome move for the sector wh...
The Railway ministry recently issued a circular asking locomotive pilots (engine drivers) and assistant engine drivers to furnish details of their cell phones and phone numbers. It has demanded access to phone records to investigate whether the drivers were using their mobile phones during work, cit...
by sflc_admin | November 24, 2015 The draft outcome document of the “United Nations General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society” scheduled for 15-16 December 2015 was published and opened for comment...
Nsa-eagle-white The decision in the famous and controversial Schrems case ( press release ) delivered last month has created confusion with respect to the rules applicable to companies transporting data out of the EU and into the USA. The case arose in light of Edward Snowden’s revelations regarding...
By Madhulika Srikumar Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw when hearing a petition in the Delhi High Court on the 23rd of September this year had this to say about ecommerce, “Prima facie, the Union of India/State Governments cannot, on the one hand, for the purpose of tax, treat such sales as retail and on t...
The draft outcome document for the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) High Level Meeting in December has been released today (it can be accessed here ). This draft is a revision of the Zero Draft based on discussions held in New York last month i.e., the 2nd Preparatory Meeting and the 2nd I...
by sflc_admin | November 6, 2015 Free and open source Android framework attempts to replace Google Play Services Google’s Android operating system may be open source software, but some of the most popular Android apps including YouTube, Google Maps, and the Chrome web browser are not. Neither is Goo...
In my previous post , I briefly summarised the progress made by the Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) in Dublin. This group has had a busy few weeks since then, as they rush to finalise decisions over the draft proposal that will be open to a publi...
We are pleased to announce that the Centre for Communication Governance (CCG) will be partnering with the Berkman Center for Internet Society at Harvard University as a Regional Hub for its internet censorship database ‘ Lumen ’. CCG along with the Nexa Center for Internet & Society in Turin, I...
By Bhargavi Vadeyar, as part of the Dirty Picture Project Dil Dhadakne Do is the story of the Mehras, a dysfunctional, Delhi high society Punjabi family, the kind where the women talk in overly sugary tones and the men run businesses and play golf. The line-up includes the narcissistic father, Kamal...
By Shalini S. The RBI governor, Raghuram Rajan, recently announced that the central banking institution is in the process of setting up an Information Technology (IT) subsidiary. The purpose of this IT subsidiary is to aid the RBI in effectively monitoring and supervising internet-based services off...
By Shalini S. The RBI governor, Raghuram Rajan, recently announced that the central banking institution is in the process of setting up an Information Technology (IT) subsidiary. The purpose of this IT subsidiary is to aid the RBI in effectively monitoring and supervising internet-based services off...
By Siddharth Manohar The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways’ recent advisory contains detailed guidelines for internet-based taxi aggregators (also known as ride-hailing apps) and their continued operation in India. An interim order by the Delhi High Court in July had banned the operation of su...
By Siddharth Manohar The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways’ recent advisory contains detailed guidelines for internet-based taxi aggregators (also known as ride-hailing apps) and their continued operation in India. An interim order by the Delhi High Court in July had banned the operation of su...
Yesterday was the last day of a long week of meetings at ICANN54 in Dublin. Coming in, it was clear that the main focus of this meeting would be the Cross Community Working Group on Accountability (CCWG-Accountability), with over 25 hours of sessions dedicated to the mammoth task of finding a propos...
Yesterday was the last day of a long week of meetings at ICANN54 in Dublin. Coming in, it was clear that the main focus of this meeting would be the Cross Community Working Group on Accountability (CCWG-Accountability), with over 25 hours of sessions dedicated to the mammoth task of finding a propos...
Indian statements on implementation and follow up at 2nd preparatory meeting India s second statement on cyber security references digital India 1 India s second statement on cyber security references digital India India s statement on cybersecurity on day 3 of 2nd preparatory meeting for WSIS 10 re...
India made a third statement today, this time on the Implementation and Follow up of the WSIS Review. Below is the Statement: The essence of what we’ve been discussing is Implementation and Follow-up. Talking about action lines is also talking about implementation. It is an assessment of whether we ...
India made a third statement today, this time on the Implementation and Follow up of the WSIS Review. Below is the Statement: The essence of what we’ve been discussing is Implementation and Follow-up. Talking about action lines is also talking about implementation. It is an assessment of whether we ...