Category Archives: Cyber Law

Busted Terror Module busts the Snooping Argument

With the NIA unearthing what appears to be one of the biggest terror plots which could have hit the country on January 26th, it appears that the arguments against the right of the Government to carry on Cyber Patrolling duties … Continue reading

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New Intermediary Guidelines… Legitimate and Well within the rights of the Government

[This is in continuation of the Previous Article] Some times “Experts” also go wrong. Particularly when they look at every Government notification with the colored glasses borrowed from the Political opponents. Today’s Economic Times highlights  “Plan to tweak IT rules … Continue reading

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Proactive technology tools to identify violation..new intermediary rules

[This is in continuation of the previous article on the topic] Continuing our discussion on the new Intermediary guideline, one other aspect that is attracting attention in the media is the proposed Rule no 9 which states as follows: “The … Continue reading

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New Intermediary Guidelines.. Intermediaries need to have Indian Subsidiaries..

[This is in continuation of the previous article on the subject] In the 2011 version of the guidelines, the “Due Diligence” included  a prompt action to be taken by the intermediary when a complaint is received by them about some … Continue reading

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Intermediary Guidelines.. Who is and who is not an intermediary?

The following are the comments from Naavi.org on the proposed modified rules under Section 79 of ITA 2000/8 released for public comments on 24th December 2018. After the passage of amendments to ITA 2000 in December 2008, which was notified … Continue reading

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Draft Intermediary Guidelines 2018… Public Comments invited

The Government of India has released a draft Intermediary guidelines 2018 under Section 79 of Information Technology Act 2000 (ITA 2000/8) for public comments before January 15th. (Refer here). The notification records  that a calling attention motion on “Misuse of Socal … Continue reading

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