By Priyan Garg Amity University, Uttar Pradesh Editor’s note: If you can’t protect what you own—you don’t own anything. That is the principle that copyright rests upon – providing a bundle of rights to protect one’s data on the internet and other systems. It prevents the copying of all or […]
Right to Privacy on the Internet
By Akhil Mahesh, National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi “Editor’s Note: The internet has revolutionised the way we think today and brought the world one click away. However, every boon comes with a side-effect. Breach of privacy on the internet is a common occurrence and has legal implications. There […]
Law On Phone-tapping In India
By Priyan Garg, Amity Law School, Noida “EDITOR’S NOTE:- The recent times have exposed the diabolic methods used by government agencies all over the world for the greater good of national security. Deployment of such techniques is invasive of the fundamental right to privacy that citizens are entitled to. In […]
Cloud Computing: A Marvellous Invention for Public Utility
Cloud computing is a growing trend whereby the organizations these days are switching to virtual work-space. It has come to be known as the third revolution after Personal Computers and Internet in the field of Information Technology. It offers enterprises an efficient, flexible, easy to set up and potentially cost effective model to ease their computing needs and to accomplish business objectives. However, there are certain issues involved in switching over to cloud computing, particularly since the legal environment has not been set up as per the requirements yet. There is the risk of breach of security and privacy, interoperability, instability, data portability and the challenges of change management involved. While the adiposity of these critiques cannot be discounted, it cannot at the same time be denied that cloud computing is here to stay. The world is undergoing a remarkable technological change and with the advancement of Internet along with the expansion of IT infrastructure at large level, cloud computing is bound to revolutionize the way in which information and communication technologies are stored and disseminated, and will create lasting implications on businesses around the world.
Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010
By Shivani Gupta, HNLU Raipur Editor’s Note: By using a miniscule of nuclear matter, the problem of immeasurable human needs for energy can be resolved. However since nuclear energy also has the inherent potential for catastrophic destruction, one should be extremely mindful of the consequences should a mischance occur. […]
Law and Technology
by Nabarun Chandra Ray, GNLU “Editors Note: Technology interacts with social, economic and legal frameworks to set the basic ‘affordances’ and constraints of human action over time. The most significant present transformation revolves about computers and the emergence of the networked information economy. These new technological and economic conditions are creating […]
Competition Law and the Telecom Sector
By Sarthak Behera, NUALS Editor’s Note: INTRODUCTION The growth and development of the telecommunication industry in India has been tremendous. With new and cheaper technologies being adopted almost every year, in this industry India is on its path of becoming a electronics manufacturing hub of the world. With an addition […]
Critical Appraisal of Information Technology Act
by Soumik Chakraborty and Sreedhar Kusuman Editor’s Note: The Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 serves as a suitable case study for an analysis of the legislative exercise of law and policy formulation in the field of cyber crime legislation, revealing quite emphatically the need for carefully worded provisions, foresight in the drafting […]
Abuse of Social Media
By Pranav Gupta, Symbiosis Law School, Pune Editor’s Note: This research paper emphasizes on several attributes of violence that prevails in India and which provokes the aggression and crime. It also includes numerous issues related to religion and community violence, also the present date rumor tools like social networking sites […]
Protection of Confidential Information: The Reality
By Akshay Maheshwari & Anjali Bhatt, UPES Editors Note: After an extensive comparative analysis, the paper tries to throw light on the law as developed by English Court and also evaluates the protection afforded to confidential information in India by way of equitable relief in the absence of a specific […]
Cyber Space and Cyber Crime
By Abhas Srivastava and Shriya Agarwal Editor’s Note: Cyber-crime is emerging as a serious threat and is perhaps the most complicated problem in the virtual world. This paper is an attempt to provide a glimpse on cyber-crime in society. It revolves around the origin of the cyber-crimes, how they are committed […]