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Court in Puri debates Section 65B (IEA) and Section 79A (ITA2000)

The Court of the Sub-divisional Judicial magistrate Puri, in its judgement dated 4th August 2017 has come up with some interesting observations on  Section 65B of Indian Evidence Act and Section 79A of ITA 2000/8 that needs to be taken … Continue reading

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Draft Bug Bounty policy for UIDAI

Naavi.org had suggested a model Bug Bounty Policy for Private Sector Companies as part of its Cyber Law Compliance Center (CLCC) Activity. Copy of this policy is available through the menu link CLCC. This was drawn in March 2016 specifically … Continue reading

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How will Abhinav case proceed against a “Zero Loss” claim?

Today’s Deccan Herald reports that the Abhinav Srivastava case may result only in a fine and not in imprisonment as per sources inside the Police. It says “IITian may walk free as he only developed ‘innocuous app’” making everyone sit up … Continue reading

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Ignorance Kills Career of a Promising Techie.. Will it affect Ola Cabs also?

Irrespective of what happens later in the complaint of UIDAI against Mr Abhinav Srivastava, a software engineer working at Ola Cabs (ANI Technologies Pvt Ltd), the fact is that he has now been booked as a “Prime Accused” in a … Continue reading

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“Aadhar hacking case” is an example of Techno Legal Risk management failure

The so called “Aadhar Hacking Case” filed in Bangalore on Abhinav Shrivastava, has also revealed two important lessons for organizations such as UIDAI, NIC and Hospitals on the one hand and also the Police and the Adjudicator of Karnataka on … Continue reading

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The Aadhar unauthorized access case in Bangalore.. Requires More Debate

“Data Theft”, “Hacking”, “Aadhar Data Breach” etc have been the terms used in describing the instance where a person by name Abhinav Srivatsava, who was working as an executive in Ola Cabs created a mobile app and enabled e-Kyc to … Continue reading

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