Monthly Archives: April 2013

Beware of the Micro Credit Card Fraud

Credit Cards are today being used by many of us as a means of convenience to make payments for various day to day requirements. Some times we use the same credit card also online. While the use of credit cards … Continue reading

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Government issues clarification on Section 79 rules

The rules issued under Section 79 for Intermediaries had created a confusion in some circles about the action to be taken by the intermediary on receipt of a complaint about a specific content. Since the rules suggested that action had … Continue reading

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Adjudicator Maharashtra on Privacy of employee data

In an interesting award from the Adjudicator of Maharashtra, an employer (Rud India Chains Private Limited) who fought the complaint of  an employee (Amit Patwardhan) for privacy violation with the counter charge of employee sharing confidential company data with a rival company, … Continue reading

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Netizens influence Elections

A study conducted by IRIS Knowledge Foundation, Mumbai has thrown up an interesting finding that nearly 28% seats in the Loksabha can be significantly influenced by the social media like Facebook. The study has listed 150 constituencies where there would … Continue reading

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Comments on IT Rules from Center for Internet and Society

The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) has released a commentary on the rules which the DeiTy had released some time back on a) Electronic Service Delivery under Section 6A of ITA 2008 b) Reasonable Security Guidelines under Section 43A … Continue reading

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The Power of “Na”

Today I came across an interesting caption of an article in afaqs.com  viz “The Power of Na”. This refers to a social interest campaign urging citizens not to tolerate injustice and learn to oppose evil by saying “No”. (TV Commercial can … Continue reading

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