Who Cares for Civil Litigation prescribed in Information Technology Act?????

The title is painful but harsh reality of Digital India. UPI transactions volume in Dec-23 was Rs 7,030.51 million. As per RBI statistics RTGS/NEFT total Volume (in actual) was 362258139 transactions’ Valued at Rs. 803344 Lakhs with 79838949 active customers using internet banking. On the flip side of this digitalised India, we are also witnessing […]

Why deny Adequacy Status to India?

It’s surprising that India has not been granted adequacy status under GDPR since long and our entire Industry is satisfied that it is due to India not having strong Data Protection Laws in place. An adequacy decision is crucial from business perspective because adequacy status permits cross-border data transfer outside the EU, or onward transfer […]

VIEWS ON DPDPB 22 BY ADV. DR. MAHENDRA LIMAYE

The right to privacy is a fundamental right as pronounced by Supreme Court of India in Puttaswamy Case, way back in year 2017 and urgent need was there to protect personal data as an essential facet of informational privacy and hence Personal data Protection Bill was introduced in parliament in 2018 and its modified version […]

HAS INDIAN TWITTER USER DONATED TO AMERICA RELIEF FUND?

HAS INDIAN TWITTER USER DONATED TO AMERICA RELIEF FUND? SURPRISED!!!!!! Read the entire article to know the answer. As per notification issued dated 25 May 2022, Twitter agreed with Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to Pay $150 Million Civil Penalty and to Implement Comprehensive Compliance Program to Resolve Alleged Data Privacy Violations. The […]

GOOD NEWS!!!! AS PER NCRB 2021 STATISTICS, PEOPLE IN DIGITAL INDIA ARE BECOMING DIGITAL LITERATES!

The National crime records bureau of India has recently published the statistics related to various crimes in India. According to this report Cyber-crimes have seen growth of only 6% as compared to growth of @15 % in last year. In 2018 reported Cyber-crimes were 27248, in 2019 the cyber-crimes were 44735 and in 2020 cyber-crimes […]

Is Cert-in JUSTIFYING its Role as a CYBERSPACE Watch-dog??

CERT-In (the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team) is a government-mandated information technology (IT) security organization. The purpose of CERT-In is to respond to computer security incidents, report on vulnerabilities and promote effective IT security practices throughout the country. CERT-In was created by the Indian Department of Information Technology in 2004 and functions of cert-in are; […]

Bank of India fined for negligence under section 43A

Hon.Adjudicating Officer Maharashtra has held the Respondent ( Bank Of India) in Complaint no 39 of 2015,in violation of Section 43A of the IT Act, and ordered them to a compensation of Rupees 3,50,000 (Rupees Three Lakhs fifty Thousand only) to the Complainant to cover his loss and legal costs, within a month of order, […]

ARE WE HEADING TOWARDS DIGITAL DISASTER????

Aadhaar authority has set a December 4 deadline for top mobile operator Bharti Airtel to explain why action must not be taken against it for allegedly opening bank accounts of its customers without their informed consent. This is the tip of iceberg in GOI’s most ambitious project wherein many elements are actively involved in exploiting […]