Category Archives: Cyber Law

Mobile Apps.. Guidelines on Privacy

California Department of Justice has released a set of guidelines for Mobile Apps developers which act as “privacy Practice Recommendations”. The practices recommended here are expected to help in the compliance of the California Online privacy protection Act (COPPA) Being … Continue reading

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Mis-perceptions about Section 66A

Section 66A of ITA 2008 has been one of the most abused sections of the Act in recent days. There is also a discussion about the constitutional validity of this section on  whether this section infringes on the constitutional “Right … Continue reading

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Donot link Aadhar to your Bank account

I observed during the Aadhar registration process in Bangalore that by default the registrar was encouraging registrants to link their Bank accounts to the Aadhar application. Risk associated with such process has been highlighted by the fraud reported in Midday … Continue reading

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Domain Registrars under threat of arrest across India

Across India a wave of fear is spreading amongst Domain Name registrars that they may be arrested by the local police. The fear psychosis has been created by  the news item that in Noida, Police have arrested the domain registrar … Continue reading

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59% growth in Phishing

According to the estimate of RSA, the total number of phishing attacks in 2012 were around 445,004. This was up 59% from the previous year’s number of 279,580 and estiamted to have created a loss of around US$ 1.5 billion … Continue reading

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Indian Loan Fraudsters swindle UK clients

An Indian Call center in Delhi is reported to have made nearly 1000 calls every day to UK clients enticing them with Bank loan offers and extracting money in the form of advance fee. A ‘conservative estimate’ of the loss … Continue reading

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