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Time to be accountable

This article of naavi is reproduced from India Legal magazine of February 22, 2020: Quote: On December 2018, the central government proposed to issue an amendment to the Intermediary Guidelines under Section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (ITA … Continue reading

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The Visakha Industries judgement on Section 79 of ITA 2000

On December 10, 2019, an important judgement of the Supreme Court was published in the case of Google India Vs Visakha Industries Ltd. The judgement was delivered by Justices K.M.Joseph and Ashok Bhushan. The most important take from the judgement … Continue reading

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No Protection for Intermediaries under Section 79 prior to 2009

The Supreme court of India made a fine distinction between Section 79 of ITA 2000 as it existed  before the amendment on 27th October 2009 and earlier. In an appeal from Google contending that it cannot be made liable for … Continue reading

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A2H … Is this a new Insurance Fraud?

Today, I have received a new proposal on phone from a person representing A2H health services stating that he is speaking on behalf of Citi Bank and extending the service I am presently using with them. The details of the … Continue reading

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Data Laundering ..is it covered under PDPA?

In continuation of our discussions of yesterday regarding TransUnion CIBIL, further thoughts on the data protection regulatory aspects are being discussed below to draw the attention of RBI, CERT In, MeiTy, Ministry of Commerce etc. Data Protection laws try to … Continue reading

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Copy of the IMC report on Crypto currencies

Here is a copy of the report by the Inter ministerial committee on Crypto currencies. Copy The report contains the copy of the bill proposed to be introduced for banning Crypto currencies in India. According to the Bill, 1.No person … Continue reading

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