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IT Act
105 items.
7 Dec 2011
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Online Pre-Censorship is Harmful and ImpracticalThe Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr. Kapil Sibal wants Internet intermediaries to pre-censor content uploaded by their users. Pranesh Prakash takes issue with this and explains why this is a problem, even if …
1 Jun 2011
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Big Brother is Watching YouThe government is massively expanding its surveillance power over law-abiding citizens and businesses, says Sunil Abraham in this article published by the Deccan Herald on June 1, 2011.
25 May 2011
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Killing the Internet Softly with Its RulesWhile regulation of the Internet is a necessity, the Department of IT, through recent Rules under the IT Act, is guilty of over-regulation. This over-regulation is not only a bad idea, but is unconstitutional, and gravely endangers freedom …
13 May 2011
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Rebuttal of DIT's Misleading Statements on New Internet RulesThe press statement issued on May 11 by the Department of Information Technology (DIT) on the furore over the newly-issued rules on 'intermediary due diligence' is misleading and is, in places, plainly false. We are presenting a …
7 Apr 2011
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DIT's Response to RTI on Website BlockingFor the first time in India, we have a list of websites that are blocked by order of the Indian government. This data was received from the Department of Information Technology in response to an RTI that CIS filed. Pranesh Prakash of CIS …
9 Mar 2011
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RTI Applications on Blocking of WebsitesIn recent weeks, an increasing number of incidents have come to light on government-ordered blocking of websites. In one case involving Zone-H.org, it is clear who has ordered the block (a Delhi district court judge, as an interim order), …
25 Feb 2011
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CIS Para-wise Comments on Intermediary Due Diligence Rules, 2011On February 7th 2011, the Department of Information Technology, MCIT published draft rules on its website (The Information Technology (Due diligence observed by intermediaries guidelines) Rules, 2011) in exercise of the powers conferred by …
25 Feb 2011
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CIS Para-wise Comments on Cyber Café Rules, 2011On February 7th 2011, the Department of Information Technology, MCIT published draft rules on its website (The Information Technology (Guidelines for Cyber Cafe) Rules, 2011) in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 87(2) (zg), read …
24 Feb 2011
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CIS Para-wise Comments on Draft Reasonable Security Practices Rules, 2011On February 7th 2011, the Department of Information Technology, MCIT published draft rules on its website (The Information Technology (Reasonable security practices and procedures and sensitive personal information) Rules, 2011) in exercise …
31 Aug 2010
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Cybercrime and PrivacyElonnai Hickok examines privacy in the context of India’s legal provisions on cybercrime. She picks up the relevant provisions of the Information Technology Act as amended in 2008 dealing with cyber crimes and provides a fair analysis of …
5 Aug 2010
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Civil Liberties and the amended Information Technology Act, 2000This post examines certain limitations of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (as amended in 2008). Malavika Jayaram points out the fact that when most countries of the world are adopting plain English instead of the conventional legal …
29 Oct 2009
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At the end of the niche optical pirateIn this blog post, Siddharth Chaddha goes enquiring into the modus operandi of a video pirate / film lover / businessman in Bangalore's famed National Market.
11 Aug 2009
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IT Act and CommerceThis is a guest post by Rahul Matthan, partner in the law firm Trilegal, and widely regarded as one of the leading experts on information technology law in India. In this post, Mr. Matthan looks at the provisions in the amended Information …
29 Jul 2009
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Primer on the New IT ActWith this draft information bulletin, we briefly discuss some of the problems with the Information Technology Act, and invite your comments.
28 Jul 2009
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Comments on the Draft Rules under the Information Technology ActThe Centre for Internet and Society commissioned an advocate, Ananth Padmanabhan, to produce a comment on the Draft Rules that have been published by the government under the Information Technology Act. In his comments, Mr. Padmanabhan …