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Data Governance Network 5th Quarterly Roundtable
During this period researchers from Internet Democracy Project, IT for Change, iSPIRT, NIPFP and IDFC Institute will debut their latest work.
2026-07-07 -
Workshop on Digital Technologies and Vulnerable Groups
The National Institute of public Finance and Policy and the Centre for Communication Governance at the National Law University, Delhi are organising a workshop on digital technologies and vulnerable groups. Nayantara from the Internet Democracy Project will speak on a panel on gender and technology.
2026-07-07 -
What impedes the effective regulation of biometric technology in India? #PrivacyNama2021
Personalized for youRelated to your current search session about TechnologyAn online discussion on bodies and data protection turned to biometric tech regulation, specifically what works and what doesn’t. “Our data and our body are so intimately interwoven that what we call our virtual bodies and our physical bodies, the line that is supposedly dividing these two beco...
2026-07-04 -
Rethinking consent and privacy in biometric data collection – #PrivacyNama2021
Consent is seen as a manifestation of control over one’s body, but what does it mean in conversations around data governance? “…the big thing that feminism put on the table is that the autonomy, in which the idea of consent is embedded is never individual, it is always relational…You have to cr...
2026-07-04 -
Internet, show me no more blues: Towards a feminist Internet
If the Internet falls prey to the same structural inequalities and inequities of the offline world, then by extension, it may be possible to rebuild it to meet the ultimately feminist goal of treating its users as equals. But, before we grasp this radical reimagining of our digital world, we firs...
2026-07-04 -
'Song of Farca' lets you play in our coming data dystopia
And reminds us that, even when it comes to surveillance capitalism, things are seldom black and white. At first glance, Wooden Monkeys’ sci-fi adventure gameSong of Farca brings on a dizzying sense of deja vu. The playable character, private investigator Isabella “Izy” Song, resident of Farca, is...
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Pegasus surveillance is ‘deeply concerning’ for women who speak up against powerful men, activist...
In an incisive letter about the deleterious effects of illegal surveillance, a group of 500 activists and academics have appealed to the Chief Justice of India to demand “time-bound answers” from the government about the use of Pegasus spyware. The letter particularly raises questions about t...
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Delhi government shouldn’t congratulate itself on CCTV coverage
Rather than deterring crime, surveillance project compromises women’s safety and liberties of all citizens, is fiscally imprudent. Last week, the Delhi government celebrated an act of mass surveillance, issuing a self-congratulatory press release, as reported in ‘Delhi ahead of NY, London in...
2026-07-04