Chance v. Avenue A, Inc.

The Cyber Blog IndiaCase Summary

Violation of privacy when a website allows a third party to access its cookies

Chance v. Avenue A, Inc. 165 F.Supp.2d 1153 In the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Case Number C00-1964C Before Chief Judge Coughenour Decided on September 14, 2001 Relevancy of the Case: Violation of privacy when … Read More

In re DoubleClick Inc. Privacy Litigation

Raj PagariyaCase Summary

Class action suit against a leading online advertising service provider for unauthorised collection of personal information of users

In re DoubleClick Inc. Privacy Litigation 154 F.Supp.2d 497 In the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Case Number 00 CIV 0641 NDB Before District Judge Buchwald Decided on March 28, 2001 Relevancy of the … Read More

Walter Tzvi Soriano v. Forensic News LLC & Ors

The Cyber Blog IndiaCase Summary

Data protection claim against a US-based online news publication focused on investigative journalism

Walter Tzvi Soriano v. Forensic News LLC & Ors [2021] EWHC 56 (QB) In the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Media and Communications List Case QB-2020-002450 Before Justice Jay Decided on January 15, 2021 Relevancy of the Case: … Read More

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