Parshant Vashishta v. State of Chhattisgarh

Khilansha MukhijaCase Summary

Appeal against a Session Judge's order directing the police to register an FIR for disclosing the identity of minor victims

Parshant Vashishta v. State of Chhattisgarh In the High Court of Chhattisgarh W.P (Cr.) 177/2017 Before Justice Sanjay K. Agarwal and Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey Decided on January 30, 2023 Relevancy of the case: Appeal against a Session Judge’s order … Read More

Williams v. Poulos

Linet Christina ThomasCase Summary

Liability of a party's attorney for handling intercepted and recorded phone calls

Williams v. Poulos 11 F.3d 271 In the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Case Numbers 93-1366, 93-1368, 93-1680 Before Circuit Judge Selya, Circuit Judge Stahl, and District Judge Fuste Decided on December 14, 1993 Relevancy of … Read More

Doe v. Smith

Raj PagariyaCase Summary

Whether recording a sexual encounter between two partners with one-party consent can be considered "interception" under Section 2510(4)?

Jane Doe v. Jason Smith 429 F.3d 706 In the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Case Number 05-1903 Before Circuit Judge Easterbrook, Circuit Judge Evans, and Circuit Judge Williams Decided on November 21, 2005 Relevancy of … Read More

A.B. v. Bragg Communications Inc.

Raj PagariyaCase Summary

Request to proceed anonymously and seek a publication ban on a Facebook profile

A.B., by her Litigation Guardian, C.D. v. Bragg Communications Inc. 2012 SCC 46 : [2012] 2 R.C.S. 567 In the Supreme Court of Canada File Number 34240 Before Chief Justice McLachlin, Justice LeBel, Justice Deschamps, Justice Fish,  Justice Abella, Justice … Read More

Why are E-Commerce Rules, 2020 important for consumers?

Vidhi JainLaw

Why are E-Commerce Rules, 2020 important for consumers

In 2021, we are reliant on internet-based services more than ever. In the times to come, this reliance is only going to increase. With COVID-19 restrictions and an increased push for home delivery services, some of us may have forgotten … Read More

Mohd. Arif v. State of Uttarakhand

The Cyber Blog IndiaCase Summary

Mohd. Arif v. State of Uttarakhand

Mohd. Arif v. State of Uttarakhand In the High Court of Uttarakhand C.M.A. (C-482) 909/2014 Before Justice U C Dhyani Decided on August 19, 2014 Relevancy of the case: Bail application in a case involving transmission of fake news and … Read More

COPPA Compliance Checklist for Websites

Srushti IyerLaw

COPPA compliance checklist for websites

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) imposes certain requirements on online service providers that seek to collect personal information of children. This article is in continuation with my previous article that elaborated COPPA’s privacy policy and parental … Read More

Personal information, parental consent, and COPPA

Srushti IyerLaw

Personal information, parental consent, and COPPA

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