Category Archives: ITA 2008

First Steps in Cyber Crime Insurance

Recently interest on Cyber Crime Insurance has been on the rise in India. According to a recent report in Business Standard, the premia for such policies is around o.5% to 1.5%. It is important for the insured to however consider … Continue reading

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Supreme Court clarifies on Evidentiary Aspects

Ever since ITA 2000 became a law in India (17th October 2000), discussions are being held on the admissibility of electronic evidence in a Court of law. Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act laid down the procedure by which … Continue reading

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G Mail hacking news triggers interest in Cyber Insurance

The recent report on the compromise of 4.93 million passwords has triggered a renewed interest in Insurance against Data Security threats. According to this report in Indian Express, (See here), some of the BPOs in India have been showing interest … Continue reading

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Mumbai Adjudicator conducts E-Adjudication

In a commendable move, Mr Rajesh Aggarwal, Adjudicator of Maharashtra (IT Secretary) created a precedence in conducting an online adjudication session with litigants in Nagpur through video conferencing. Report Naavi has been advocating such an approach for a long time … Continue reading

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Technology used to strangle Bank Customers

Reserve Bank of India is slowly losing focus on customer service aspects of Banking service. Acceding to a request from the Indian Bank’s association, RBI has imposed an ATM transaction limits of 3 withdrawals per month after which the customer … Continue reading

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BPO employees arrested in Chennai for Bank fraud

Two BPO employees accused of having swindled an UK Bank of £ 30000/- were arrested in Chennai after necessary investigations. D Ezhil Maran, 29, and S Ragava Giri, 28 worked as system engineers at Atos, a business process outsourcing (BPO) … Continue reading

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