Lloyd v. Google LLC

Raj PagariyaCase Summary

Seeking compensation from Google for violation of Section 13 of the Data Protection Act 1998 via a representative action

Lloyd (Respondent) v. Google LLC (Appellant) [2021] UKSC 50 In the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom UKSC 2019/0213 Before Lord Reed, President, Lady Arden, Lord Sales, Lord Leggatt, and Lord Burrows Decided on November 10, 2021 Relevancy of the … Read More

Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India

Hariom TiwariCase Summary

Right to privacy covers an individual's sexual orientation

Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India AIR 2018 SC 4321 In the Supreme Court of India W.P. 76/2016 Before Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, Justice Indu Malhotra, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice R.F. Nariman Decided on September … Read More

Virtual Private Network (VPN): Legal or Illegal?

Garima SaxenaLaw

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) Legal or Illegal

Myanmar’s military junta has sought to introduce a law prohibiting the use of VPNs in a move to widen its internet censorship. The proposed law stipulates imprisonment of one to three years and fines of up to 5 million Myanmar … Read More

P. Gopalkrishnan v. State of Kerala

Gitanjali SadanCase Summary

Consideration of electronic records as documents under Section 3 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872

P. Gopalkrishnan @ Dileep v. State of Kerala (2020) 9 SCC 161 In the Supreme Court of India Criminal Appeal 1794/2019 Before Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice Dinesh Maheshwari Decided on November 29, 2019 Relevancy of the case: Consideration of … Read More

Residential CCTV and Neighbours’ Privacy Invasion

TannviLaw

Residential CCTV and Neighbours' Privacy Invasion

The notion behind privacy is that a person should have the right to claim sovereignty over oneself. The idea for this is that the inherent value of an individual allows them to exercise privacy. Thus, such a claim must be … Read More

Omanakuttan K.G. v. Union of India

TannviCase Summary

Petition for blocking WhatsApp for non-compliance with the IT Rules, 2021

Omanakuttan K.G. v. Union of India In the High Court of Kerala WP (Civil) 12585/2021 Before Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly Decided on June 28, 2021 Relevancy of the Case: Petition for blocking WhatsApp for non-compliance … Read More

Personhood of autonomous systems: Morality

Raj PagariyaLaw

Personhood of autonomous systems Morality

This is the fourth article in our series on the personhood of autonomous systems. We started this discussion by exploring the concept of autonomy from multiple facets, such as legal, philosophical, and technological. The second and third articles elaborated on … Read More