Ameya Garud, Rajas Salpekar* India witnessed institutionalization of its data protection framework with the introduction of Personal Data Protection Bill (Hereinafter referred to as the “PDPB”) on 11th December, 2019. The need of a robust framework concerning data privacy was acknowledged by the Union Government at a time when Aadhar judgment[i] was sub-judice. A committee …
In this article, the author argues that the Supreme Court has delivered an important verdict on the power of the Delhi Legislative Assembly’s Peace and Harmony Committee to summon Facebook over its involvement in the Delhi riots. While examining the constitutional norms of legislative privilege and functions of the Assembly, the Supreme Court has also extensively discussed the role of social media platforms, which claim themselves to be “intermediaries.
In this article, the author argues that the technological features and organizational practices of the Aarogya Setu Application violate the proportionality and procedural safeguards prongs of the fundamental right to privacy.
Sakshi Rajawat, Khyati Jain* INTRODUCTION The online curated content providers or the OTT platforms are entities which provide streaming services over internet including but not limited to movies, series, shows, etc. These contents are generally made available on demand via subscriptions by publishers like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar and many more. The range of content …
Avar Lamba* Introduction- A free flow of opinions and information is essential for the survival of a democracy. A limitation on the fluidity of such viewpoints is an abhorrent violation of the freedom of speech and expression[i] under Article 19(1)(a). The new Information Technology Rules have started an interesting debate about the ambit of freedom …
Bhavbhuti Pande* INTRODUCTION The broadest definition of crowdsourcing means creating content or opinion collection from a community that is not officially employed in the project but creates the content just out of a passion for the project. The best example to explain crowdsourcing could be Wikipedia, where the knowledge is collected from a community where …
Netra Vasudevan and Arya Kumar Introduction It is a fact that the advent of the information age and the digital era has opened up no dearth of intellectual possibilities related to the realm of software innovation and virtual communications. New and potentially transformative advances in technology are being dished out almost every week, with individuals …
COMPUTER PROGRAMS WITHIN THE INDIAN IP BRACKET: CURRENT LANDSCAPE AND FUTURE CHALLENGES Read More »
Idhika Agarwal Introduction The internet, which was once only limited to exchanging emails in the early 1960s, now caters to multiple needs of the people. The advent of Wi-Fi and mobile data has made the internet much more accessible to the common people, thereby increasing the commercial activities and flow of data from one person …
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Priyanshi Bhageria With fake news, viral messages, and propaganda killing hundreds of people regularly[i], the government has notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (hereinafter IT Rules 2021) to include the long-debated traceability rule. The traceability rule makes it mandatory for significant social media intermediaries like Signal, WhatsApp etc. …
Amishreya Gupta and Srishti Gupta Introduction: The ubiquitous influence of Artificial Intelligence in our mundane lives has inevitably triggered a long trail of incessant questions; especially regarding the potential impact of AI on the market competition. Collusion refers to combinations, conspiracies or agreements among sellers to raise or fix prices and to reduce output to …
Artificial Intelligence and Competition Law: Lacuna in the System Read More »