Category Archives: Cyber Law

Aadhar Nightmare continues

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

Ever since the Aadhar scheme was introduced, security specialists have been warning about the large scale problems that may be caused by loss of identity of individuals. The UIDAI authroities have been going ahead with spending of public money and … Continue reading →

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mouthshut.com challenges ITA 2008 rules

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

The Intermediary rules under Section 79 of ITA 2008 has been repeatedly used by parties to get adverse content on internet removed without appropriate procedures. The problem has been the interpretation that an Intermediary is bound to take down content … Continue reading →

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Migrating to Adaptive Authentication

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

Banks in India have been traditionally using the “Legally Non Compliant”, “Password based Authentication” for their E Banking requirements. As a result there are frequent customer-Bank conflicts where the customer demands that Bank should undertake the liability on account of … Continue reading →

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Banks can be fined upto Rs 1 crore for violating RBI regulation

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

The Banking Regulation Act amendment Act 2012 which was recently passed by the Parliament has now become effective.(See PIB Press Release).  It amends several provisions of the Banking Regulation Act 1949. Some of the amendments are directed towards new Branch … Continue reading →

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Can Minors open Facebook account?

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

For the regular users of Facebook or Google, the question whether minors can open an account appears funny. But this is precisely what the Delhi High Court has asked the Indian Government in a PIL. (Details here). It would be … Continue reading →

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46% of Bank Customers donot trust Internet Banking System! (?)

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

An interesting survey conducted in three countries namely US,UK and Germany have indicated that 46% of the consumers donot trust websites which rely only on “Passwords” for authentication. (Refer findings here) If the findings of this survey is extended to … Continue reading →

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