Category Archives: Cyber Law

Mis-perceptions about Section 66A

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

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

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

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

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

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

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

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

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

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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Employee Fights against Unlawful activities of Employer

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

An interesting legal suit is being fought in US which has implications for any honest employee who is in a dilemma when he/she observes that the organization in which he/she works is engaged in unlawful activities or trying to cover … Continue reading →

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