Apar GuptaAt first press reports on how Delhi courts are admonishing social web companies to take down content or the legal whip will come cracking “like china” seem like a bad adaptation of goodwins law of nazi analogies. Many are bound…
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Apar Gupta is a litigator based in New Delhi, India. He holds a masters degree from Columbia Law School and has authored a Commentary on the Information Technology Act, 2000 (published by LexisNexis).
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human readable privacy policies
I recently wrote a column in the Financial Express on the changes in Google’s privacy policy which explained the need for standard form agreements made by internet companies to be supplemented by infographics or any method which is less data…
Event : Privacy Symposium | Feb. 4,2012 | IIC, Delhi
Cartoons Against Corruption : how the law aids web censorship
Last week, cartoonist Aseem Trivedi’s website www.cartoonsagainstcorruption.com was blocked by its domain registrar Bigrock which also acts as its web host. Let us try to understand how was this done and whether it is legal.
How Cartoons Against Corruption…
Event : Privacy Matters | Jan. 21, 2012 | IIT, Bombay
Logistics
Date : Jan. 21, 2012
Where : IIT, Bombay
Time : 9:30 A.M. till 6:00 P.M.
RSVP : natasha@cis-india.org
Conference ThemeThe conference will focus on the questions and dilemmas posed by privacy in
India today, with a
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Justice S.K. Krishna appointed as Judicial Member of the Cyber Appellate Tribunal
A press release dated 23.12.2012 on the Cyber Appellate Tribunal website states that:
Justice S K Krishnan, a retired and eminent Judge of Madras High Court assumed charge as Member (Judicial) of Cyber Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi on December 21, 2011.
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Widespread blocks to filesharing websites reported after a John Doe Order is issued for Don 2
NYT interviews Sachin Pilot on Internet Censorship
In what seems like an exercise to clean up the air on the governments plan to regulate online content, Mr. Sachin Pilot has given an interview to NYTanswering several direct questions posed by them. While I do not agree with…
delhi court orders 22 social networking websites to pull down content
Press reports indicate that 22 social networking websites have been asked to put down content by a District Court in Delhi. I am relying on the information reported in the Economic Times and DNA to quote the Order, since it is not…
UMG claims right to block videos it does not own
Last month saw frantic activity over the pre-censorship comment which was subsequently withdrawn after widespread public outcry and derision. Even though pre-censorship made an obvious impression and brought the internet censorship debate to prime time news, one of its most disturbing aspects…