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Uber failed in ITA 2008 Compliance
Before we proceed, let me make one point clear. Banning of Uber and other “App Based Taxi Services” is completely unacceptable. It is an immature reaction to the incident and should be reversed immediately. We need to learn from the … Continue reading
Section 66A and Section 79 of ITA 2008 at Supreme Court
Hindustan Times has reported (Refer: Article “SC warns govt over gagging social media” in Hindustan Times ) that the Supreme Court has demanded that the Government submits its views to the Court within one week and threatened that it may otherwise keep … Continue reading
Bitcoin represents the third war between the digital society and the physical society
In order to increase the acceptability of Bitcoin for ecommerce purchases everywhere, a service has emerged where by an intermediary takes the responsibility of converting the buyer’s bitcoin payments to the legacy currency of the ecommerce site. Bitsumo a company … Continue reading
Plight of Cyber Crime Victims in Karnataka
The plight of Cyber Crime victims of Karnataka has been brought out in an article which appeared in New Indian Express Today. See the article here The article provides the background of the dispute which has also been explained in … Continue reading
mouthshut.com challenges ITA 2008 rules
The Intermediary rules under Section 79 of ITA 2008 has been repeatedly used by parties to get adverse content on internet removed without appropriate procedures. The problem has been the interpretation that an Intermediary is bound to take down content … Continue reading
Government issues clarification on Section 79 rules
The rules issued under Section 79 for Intermediaries had created a confusion in some circles about the action to be taken by the intermediary on receipt of a complaint about a specific content. Since the rules suggested that action had … Continue reading