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ITA 2000/8 needs further changes

It is time to recall that on 17th October 2020, we have completed 20 years of the existence of Information Technology Act 2000. The one major amendment made to the Act was in 2008.  With the passage of Personal Data … Continue reading

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“Defamation” as Business Strategy

Among the many abuses of the great innovation called Internet and World Wide Web is the misuse of the technology for organized defamation like what we used to refer in the physical world as “Yellow Journalism”. While some adopt abuse … Continue reading

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Do we need to amend ITA 2000/8?.. Why not focus now on PDPA?

According to a report in Economic Times today  it appears that the Ministry of Information Technology (MeitY) has circulated a note to select stake holders seeking their advise on the possible amendments to be made to Information Technology Act 2000, … Continue reading

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Justice Srikrishna is needlessly harsh

Justice Srikrishna calls new Data Protection Bill a blank cheque to the state..https://in.finance.yahoo.com/ This picture appeared in an article in Yahoo.com yesterday and quotes Justice B N Srikrishna who authored the famous report on Data Protection which finally led to … Continue reading

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New Cyber Crime Act in the anvil?

Recently, Mr Amit Shah, the honourable Home Minister of India collected information from across the country on the amendments that are required to the law to effectively counter Cyber crimes. Information coming out of the ministry seems to suggest that … Continue reading

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Why Pull Up Central Government when the mistake lies with the State Governments?

The Supreme Court of India is hearing a petition filed by the Internet Freedom Foundation on an allegation that 22 people have been arrested under Section 66A of ITA 2000/8 which has been scrapped by the Supreme Court in the … Continue reading

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