An Indian law blog on internet, media and telecom.
Encryption as a technology presents unique challenges for the legal system since its use is feared to bring about its abuse. While the private sector may see it as necessary to promote confidentiality and data protection, state law enforcement remains deeply suspicious …
The Controller of Certifying Authorities had sometime ago published an Order it passed against Yahoo India imposing 11 lakhs for not replying to multiple notices under Sec. 28 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (link here). The notices were …
The problems with this reasoning is that the Adjudicator seems to have gauged the “unauthorized access” under Sec. 43(1)(a), from the implicit boundaries drawn by the estrangement of the spouses. This is in the absence of specific reference to evidence or any clear
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Last month, accusations flew thick and fast between two Indian websites which provide restaurant listings with one accusing the other of illegally scraping its data and thereby copying its listings. The first website, Zomato alleged that it discovered this “theft” when some data, unique to its …
Apar Gupta