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Organizations desire to adopt best practices around data which are aligned with the risk management approaches they have in place. With increasing complexity around privacy and data security, it is necessary to gain deep understanding of the strategic directions adopted at some of leading organizations in India. With this intent, the Privacy Mode Fellowship programme was put together to work with practitioners who document easily adopted practices that are flexible and are based on well understood design principles. The Best Practices Guides provides a quick introduction to some of the topics which receive a lot of attention.
The Privacy Mode Fellowship programme considered the following themes while publishing the Call for Submissions:
The following abstracts provide an insight into the topics covered by them. The abstracts are linked to the complete reports:
1. [Uzma Barlaskar](https://www.linkedin.com/in/uzmabarlaskar/), Head of privacy and growth at WhatsApp.
2. [Anand Venkatanarayanan](https://twitter.com/iam_anandv), Independent cybersecurity researcher.
3. [Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sankarshan/), Editor at Privacy Mode.
For queries about the Fellowship Programme, mail privacymode@hasgeek.com or leave a comment in the comments section
View acceptance criteria for the fellowship program 👉 here
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Submitted Sep 2, 2022
Conversations around privacy and data security are increasing everyday. The government has tabled a Personal Data Protection bill in the parliament, and a Joint Parliamentary Committee has presented its report on the potential and concerns regarding privacy and personal data.
There is a need to do data privacy across domains and at scale, especially around the following themes:
The Privacy Mode Fellowship programme is set in this context. The goal of the programme is to work with practitioners to document practices that can be widely adopted across the industry, and innovated upon. The programme is particularly interested in showcasing:
Check out the Best Practices Guides to understand the type of topics that the Fellowship is looking at.
If this is you, apply to be a Privacy Mode fellow today.
Duration of the fellowship programme: 3 months - from February to 30 April. Applications can be submitted till 21 February.
Time commitment involved: Part-time. As a Fellow, you will do your Fellowship projects alongside your day job. The programme will require between one and four hours time commitment per week to produce the output. The editorial desk will work with Fellows to set milestones and deadlines.
Expected output
Either
a. A detailed article of 1,000 to 2,000 words - with illustrations, OR
b. 2-3 videos explaining practice and learnings in sequence.
Compensation: Rs. 1,50,000 - paid in three tranches, upon completion of milestones during the Fellowship period.
Feedback and mentorship from jury: A three-member jury of experts will guide selected applicants through conceptualization and documentation stages. The jury members for the fellowship programme are:
1. Uzma Barlaskar, Head of privacy and growth at WhatsApp.
2. Anand Venkatanarayanan, Independent cybersecurity researcher.
3. Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay, Editor at Privacy Mode.
Other benefits: As a Fellow, you will receive the following infrastructure and support:
Who can apply:
Five applicants will be selected to participate in the first batch of the Fellowship Programme.
To apply for the Fellowship, submit the following here:
Fellows’ will be selected on the basis of innovative approaches and solutions implemented for privacy.
The following criteria will also be applied for selecting fellows:
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