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Donald Trump's Mass Deportation Plans Would Ensnare U.S. Citizens And Tear The Country Apart
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump's Mass Deportation Plans Would Ensnare U.S. Citizens And Tear The Country Apart

Huff Post  

Former President Donald Trump’s most significant policy plank in his third presidential campaign is to implement a system of mass deportation to remove up to 20 million noncitizens from the United States, a plan that apparently aims to not only remove people living here illegally but also to chase away ― or accidentally round up ― U.S. citizens as well. …

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Monetise govt’s non-personal databases, recommends working group
1 year, 2 months ago

Monetise govt’s non-personal databases, recommends working group

Hindustan Times  

Non-personal data held by government departments and ministries should be monetised through a marketplace called the India Dataset Platform for better decision-making and AI applications, a working group constituted by the electronics and IT ministry has recommended. HT Image The central repository will be “a unified national data sharing and exchange platform to enable various data sharing and exchange use …

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The gaps in the Births and Deaths Registration (Amendment) Act
1 year, 4 months ago

The gaps in the Births and Deaths Registration (Amendment) Act

The Hindu  

The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 provides for compulsory registration of births and deaths under a uniform law across India. One of the major objectives that has been stated in the ‘Statement of Objects and Reasons’ attached to the Bill is “to create a National and State level database of registered births and deaths which would help in …

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Detectives say a karate teacher had a gruesome secret. It took 42 years to make their case
1 year, 7 months ago

Detectives say a karate teacher had a gruesome secret. It took 42 years to make their case

LA Times  

Were it not for his sister’s killing, Roy Rodriguez might have left Camarillo. Garcia’s attorney, Brandon Sua, said his client was in a coma for 10 days — “near death” — and suffered “traumatic brain injuries.” Jun Park, the owner of Yokozuna, a Japanese restaurant and sushi bar next to the karate studio, described Garcia as a “normal old guy.” …

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Think you're on a 'rental blacklist'? Here's how it may have happened, and what to do about it
1 year, 8 months ago

Think you're on a 'rental blacklist'? Here's how it may have happened, and what to do about it

ABC  

Finding a rental is already an uphill battle, but behind the scenes, companies operating massive tenant databases can make it near impossible for renters who have previously stepped out of line. But as regulation around blacklisting has tightened, tenants' advocates say more informal avenues for landlords and real estate agents to influence their tenant's future rental prospects — whether they've …

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Indian Army to be Equipped with AI-based Threat Assessment Software Linked to National Databases
1 year, 10 months ago

Indian Army to be Equipped with AI-based Threat Assessment Software Linked to National Databases

News 18  

The Indian Army will soon get help from artificial intelligence to analyse threats during operations, especially in sensitive areas like Jammu and Kashmir. The ministry of defence is planning to equip the army with an AI-based threat assessment software that can be linked to national databases such as UIDAI and MoRTH. According to an official communication, this software will be …

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National Library of China releases databases for dissemination, study of ancient books
1 year, 10 months ago

National Library of China releases databases for dissemination, study of ancient books

China Daily  

Two databases for the dissemination and study of ancient books were released in the National Library of China in Beijing on Wednesday, boosting cultural resource utilization with advanced technology. Co-developed by the National Library of China and the Research Center for Digital Humanities of Peking University, both The Yongle Canon HD Images Database and the Knowledge Base of National Rare …

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Census, NPR databases and websites declared ‘protected system’ under IT Act
2 years, 1 month ago

Census, NPR databases and websites declared ‘protected system’ under IT Act

The Hindu  

The websites and applications related to the decennial Census exercise and the National Population Register were on November 7, 2022 notified as “protected system” or “Critical Information Infrastructure” under the Information Technology Act, 2008. The RGI notified on November 7, 2022 that under Section 70 of the IT Act, the Central Government declares the “computer resources relating to the Census …

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Sperm-donor-conceived Queenslanders turn to DNA databases to track down biological fathers
2 years, 7 months ago

Sperm-donor-conceived Queenslanders turn to DNA databases to track down biological fathers

ABC  

After years of desperately searching for their sperm-donor fathers, Queenslanders Kate Drysdale and Kerri Favarato used an ancestry DNA database and turned detective to find them. Key points: A Queensland parliamentary inquiry will consider whether a donor conception register should be established Parliament's Legal Affairs and Safety Committee will hold a public hearing on Friday and will report by August …

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Analysing The Constitutional And Legal Sanctity Of Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021
2 years, 10 months ago

Analysing The Constitutional And Legal Sanctity Of Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021

Live Law  

The Election Laws Bill, 2021 was passed hastily in the Parliament last month without adequate discussion in both houses. As per an RTI application, it was revealed that the State Election Commission had deleted nearly 30 lakh names from the voters' list through a software that used Aadhaar cards for identifying duplicate entries. Undermining secrecy of votes and violation of …

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Amendments that are unnecessary
2 years, 11 months ago

Amendments that are unnecessary

The Hindu  

The Central government had invited comments on the proposed amendments to the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969. This is intended to be used to update, for every birth and death, the databases created in accordance with many other laws, such as the National Population Register, voter list and Aadhaar database. This is because a population database will have …

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US-built databases a potential tool of Taliban repression
3 years, 3 months ago

US-built databases a potential tool of Taliban repression

Associated Press  

BOSTON — Over two decades, the United States and its allies spent hundreds of millions of dollars building databases for the Afghan people. “It’s a real object lesson in ‘The road to hell is paved with good intentions.’” Since Kabul fell Aug. 15, indications have emerged that government data may have been used in Taliban efforts to identify and intimidate …

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Google locks Afghan gov’t emails to keep from Taliban: Report
3 years, 3 months ago

Google locks Afghan gov’t emails to keep from Taliban: Report

Al Jazeera  

Gov’t databases, emails could give details on employees of the former administration, contractors, allies, Reuters said. In a statement on Friday, Alphabet Inc’s Google stopped short of confirming that Afghan government accounts were being locked down, saying that the company was monitoring the situation in Afghanistan and “taking temporary actions to secure relevant accounts”. One employee of the former government …

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Afghans scramble to delete digital history, evade biometrics
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghans scramble to delete digital history, evade biometrics

The Hindu  

Thousands of Afghans struggling to ensure the physical safety of their families after the Taliban took control of the country have an additional worry : that biometric databases and their own digital history can be used to track and target them. "We understand that the Taliban is now likely to have access to various biometric databases and equipment in Afghanistan," …

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'Evidence' seeks to smear Xinjiang, says official
3 years, 8 months ago

'Evidence' seeks to smear Xinjiang, says official

China Daily  

Children have fun on Dove Lane in Hotan city, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, May 27, 2020. A senior official of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Friday rebutted some so-called databases related to the region, saying that their "evidence" is trying to distort facts, smear Xinjiang and deceive the world with data that has proved to be false. …

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Digital Database of Forensic, Prosecution and Prisons Expanded Manifold: Union Home Secretary
4 years ago

Digital Database of Forensic, Prosecution and Prisons Expanded Manifold: Union Home Secretary

News 18  

Digital database of forensic, prosecution and prisons has been expanded manifold in the country and other databases are integrated with it for the benefit of law enforcement agencies, Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla said on Wednesday. He was addressing the valedictory session of the second conference on 'Good practices in Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems and Interoperable …

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Forensic genealogy cracks cold cases amid privacy concerns
4 years, 1 month ago

Forensic genealogy cracks cold cases amid privacy concerns

Associated Press  

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Millions of people will unwrap at-home ancestry testing kits this holiday season and eagerly swab their cheeks and mail in the saliva, hoping their DNA will unlock clues about their heritage or reveal long-lost relatives. “Few people would list their Social Security number, provide their fingerprints, or post their recent medical test results on a website where …

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