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; […]
FTC PENALISES FACEBOOK AND INDIA IS SILENT!!!!
MAHENDRA LIMAYE ASSOCIATES’S TAKE ON FACEBOOK FTC JUDGEMENT It is one of the biggest penalties inflicted in History of USA or anywhere in world on Social Media Company. Surprisingly it was neither debated nor discussed in India as if India has nothing to do with it. Most of the digital intellectuals as well as legal […]
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, […]
SBI Fined for Negligence
Hon.Adjudicating Officer Maharashtra has held the Respondent (State Bank Of India) in Complaint no 15 of 2014, in violation of Section 43A of the IT Act, and ordered them to a compensation of Rupees 3,00,000 (Rupees Three Lakhs) to the Complainant to cover his loss and legal costs, within a month of order, failing which […]
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 […]
OPEN LETTER TO MR MARC ZUCKERBERG FOUNDER FACEBOOK
Dear Mr. Zuckerberg, I was really moved by the letter you wrote to all us Fb users and shown your concern about our data security. More particularly when you initiated the communications with, “We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can’t then we don’t deserve to serve you.” A small question […]
Mark Zuckerberg answers before U S Congress and some food for thought by Adv. Mahendra Limaye.
Let me give you brief idea about the analysis of this Marc Zuckerberg interaction with Senators in U S Senate. On backdrop of Cambridge Analytica scandal every digital citizen is concerned about the security of his data but in reality unable to understand on whom to trust? U S Congress initiated a proactive move and […]
MORE APPS LOOTING OUR DATA THROUGH FACEBOOK
Was Cambridge Analytica data breach of 87 million users, less shocking? Here is another shocker from Facebook. Ime Archibong, VP of Product Partnerships Facebook has reported yesterday, 14 May 2018, that FB has suspended 200 more Apps functioning on Facebook apprehending data misuse by them. Earlier Marc Zuckerberg has made clear before US Senators, that FB […]
Think something new
Cyber crimes are not traditional crimes and hence Investigators as well as Cyber lawyers have to be more innovative and capable of thinking out of box solutions for solving these crimes.