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 [...]

The Legislative response to Grossly Offensive or menacing emails and SMS

The electronic communications has changed the way the world communicates and also the communication habit. The communication via SMS or electronic email manifests the freedom of speech and expression guaranteed by our constitution to every citizen [Article 19 (1) (a)], however, the freedom is not absolute, it is a qualified right, as constitution also sets [...]

Prying eyes on privacy through peeping toms

In an age of modern & revolutionized communication electronic equipments, the privacy of an individual is under siege. The video surveillance equipment has become smaller, more portable, more easily concealed and more accessible to the general public; its clandestine application has contributed to today’s cultural fascination with voyeurism. This advance video surveillance equipment has had [...]

Fake Government Website

Recently, website with the URL address www.rvk.net.in, surfaced up in the cyberspace which claims itself to be the website of the “Rashtriya Vigyan Kendra” (which translates to national science centre) a Government Enterprise with Lucknow address. The said website contains the photos of the of former President Shri APJ Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Shri [...]