This is my third article in the series covering cyber laws of various countries. Through this series, the objective is to discuss what they are doing to deal with technology-facilitated crimes. The first and second articles covered New Zealand and … Read More
Children account for one-third of the global internet user base. In the eyes of the law, a child’s “consent” has often been insufficient. I am sure you have seen that most of the Indian websites do not consider a user’s … Read More
As we move towards the end of this decade’s first year, e-Governance has become a necessity for governments across the globe to provide their services to citizens. With the launch of Digital India initiative on July 01, 2015, we have … Read More
Have you posted a picture on Facebook and got a recommendation to tag yourself or your friends? This is not rocket science, it is facial recognition technology at work. In contrast to other biometric features such as iris, fingerprints, and … Read More
The Supreme Court recognized privacy as a fundamental right under Article 19, 20(3), 21, and 25 of the Indian Constitution. The 9-judge bench delivered a unanimous judgement in the much-celebrated case of Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India. … Read More
Acting on the Center of Media Education’s petition, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) started an investigation into data collection practices of kidscom.com. Back in the 1990s, this popular website targetted individuals between 8 to 14 years of age. It allowed … Read More
This is my second article in the series covering cyber laws of various countries. Through this series, the objective is to discuss what they are doing to deal with technology-facilitated crimes. The first article covered cyber crime and laws in … Read More
The Indian justice delivery system has gone through plenty of changes this year as far as digitalisation of processes and procedures is concerned. Judges, as well as advocates, have slowly adapted to virtual courtrooms. Not just court hearings, ICT (information … Read More
This is the second article in our series on Cyber Security for Lawyers. Through this series, we aim to initiate a discussion on why cyber security is essential for lawyers and suggest best practices for modern-day legal professionals in India. In … Read More