CENSORING THE UNCENSORABLE

WHAT IS THE FUSS ABOUT? The statement of Kapil Sibbal regarding censoring online content has recently come to the fore of public debate. The World Wide Web has long been heralded as the great equalizer of information. Indeed, this incredible medium has revolutionized the way the world communicates, and has allowed information to become more [...]

Phishing Scams in India and Legal Provisions

The media runs stories on an almost daily basis covering the latest bank to have their customers targeted and how many victims succumbed to the attack. It may be you too. Suppose, one day you open your email, and found a weird looking mail, something phisy! A message in your inbox from your bank with [...]

FIR in Cyber Squatting: Misinterpretation of IT Act

Recently, a FIR has been lodged by the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police on the complaint of the President Secretariat citing a copy of an article published in the Economic Times, dated November 29, 2009, which allegedly pertained to the fake use of the names of politically powerful personalities as a domain name [...]

Cyber Imposter created fake profile of President of India

Introduction The Social Networking Sites have become popular especially among the younger generation and most of the net users have their profiles in many popular networking sites among them the Face Book is the most popular and the largest social networking website. There is hardly any net savvy person in this world that does not [...]

Legislation to protect Individual Privacy

The Right to privacy is recognition of the individual’s right to be let alone and to have his personal space inviolate. India does not have a constitutional right to privacy, although the courts have found an implicit right to privacy in the constitution. No one has a right to peep into one’s privacy and the [...]