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CYBER CRIME AGAINST INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The expansion of Information Technology has resulted in the proliferation of online businesses due to their cost-effectiveness, accessibility, convenience, and large user base. The global reach of the internet has provided great visibility for start-ups and medium-sized businesses, enabling them to effectively showcase their products and services. ...
IDENTITY THEFT:UNDERSTANDING IT’S NUANCES
Introduction Identity theft is indeed a serious cybercrime that involves the unauthorized acquisition and use of someone else's personal information for fraudulent purposes. It occurs when a person's personally identifiable information (PII), such as their name, social security number, financial account details, or passwords, is stolen and misu...
Cyber Fraud and Its Prevention
Defining "Cyber Crimes" There is no definition of "cyber-crimes" in any law or regulation. Anything having to do with computers, information technology, the internet, and virtual reality is referred to as "cyber" in slang. It follows that "cyber-crimes" are crimes involving computers, information technology, the internet, and virtual reality. Man...
Laws & Regulations governing Online Gaming in India
Introduction Online gaming has grown exponentially in India over the last decade, fuelling the growth of a multi-billion dollar industry. The industry has the potential to become one of the largest in the world, with an estimated 1.2 billion players worldwide. However, with the rapid growth of the industry, serious concerns have been raised about t...
Recent Amendments To The Information Technology Act, 2000
The primary objective behind the enactment of the Information Technology Act, 2000 ("IT Act") was to establish a legal framework for electronic commerce. However, it has been utilized as a comprehensive legislation, encompassing a wide range of topics including but not limited to the regulation of data privacy, and the formation of the National Com...
CERT-IN's guidelines for reporting cyber incidents in India
The Indian Government has established the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN or ICERT) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Its primary responsibility is to address cyber security threats such as hacking and phishing, with the goal of bolstering the overall security of the Indian internet space. On April 28, 2...
Legal Regime on Cyber Crimes in India
Introduction: Cyber Crimes are criminal activities done with the assistance or on technological mediums, such as the internet & computers. Cyber Crime, in itself, has no definition given to it, under any law, in India. Though Cyber Crime is not defined in any law, some of cyber crimes are defined in Information Technology Act, 2000, and some cyber...
Data Privacy vis a vis Legal Developments
INTRODUCTION “Right to Privacy” was declared a fundamental right in India in a landmark judgment by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India on August 24, 2017, in the case of Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) and Anr. v. Union of India And Ors. The judgment brought a change in the privacy regime in India, i.e. the need to protect the personal data and th...
DATA PRIVACY LAWS
WHAT IS DATA BREACH AND HOW DOES IT AFFECT? * What is Data Breach- It is the unauthorised access to confidential or protected data. https://www.cyberark.com/what-is/data-breach/ [https://www.cyberark.com/what-is/data-breach/] * How does data breach happen- It may happen by a malicious insider who may have authorisation to access the data b...
Latest Update on RBI'S Plan of Launching Digital Money
Central banks, block the odd occasion, are rarely known for competing among themselves. The evasion mode over the past few decades has been to coordinate actions, given the global economy’s inter-connectedness and border-defying financial flows. The odd occasion, though, has been the US Federal Reserve’s breach of this polygonal compact that led to...
How to Invest in Blockhchain in India?
What should CEOs consider when it comes to blockchain in their own companies? Well, for most people, single-use applications are the best place to start because they aren't novel and require little cooperation with other parties. One solution is to accept bitcoin as a form of payment. Bitcoin's infrastructure and market are well-developed, and embr...
Artificial Intelligence & its Legal Impact While Granting Patent
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO THE WORLD THROUGH CINEMAS. MANY PEOPLE HAVE THEORISED THAT, AS A RESULT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ROBOTS WOULD ONE DAY TAKE OVER THE PLANET AND SUBJUGATE HUMANS AS THEIR SUBJECTS. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ROBOTS WOULD HAVE TO ACHIEVE AND SURPASS HUMAN CAPABILITIES IN ORDER FOR THIS...
Ultimate Guide to Cyber law & Associated Cyber Security Laws in India
In recent times the internet has started playing an important role in everyone’s life. Everything is available online from the daily necessity to shopping at your doorstep in just no time. As global digitalization rises companies and government organisations opted to run operations online. As cyberspace raises problems and dangers associated with c...
Future of Crypto in India in 2021 & Beyond: A Boon or Bane
The concept of cryptocurrency or Internet Money is tough to recognize and accept, but tranquil to use. It is contemplated hard, mostly because it is completely different from the conventional currencies that people are using for ages. The most stirring part of the usage of the new form of internet money is that there is no mainstream or central aut...
#AMALawyered on "How to tackle cyber security issues in startups?" with Adv. Rajeshwari Hariharan
Lawyered presents the next clip in its Ask-Me-Anything series, in association with Adv. Rajeshwari Hariharan Questions: How to tackle cyber security issues in startups?
#QuoteUnquote on RBI's stance on cryptocurrency with Adv. Shaubhik Gupta
After years of outright dislike for cryptocurrencies, India’s central bank appears to have had a change of heart. The Reserve Bank of India has informed all banks and regulated entities that its April 2018 circular should not be referred to caution their customers against trading in cryptocurrencies. The move has been welcomed by cryptocurrency exc...
Everything about new IT rules #AMALawyered by Adv. Rajeshwari Hariharan
Social media firms operating in India will have to implement the new Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021. These new guidelines were released in February, giving social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Koo three months to comply. Watch Adv. Rajeshwari Hariharan as she te...
Cybersecurity issues faced by coworking spaces #FoundersSpotlight with Adv. Narendra Jain
Lawyered is pleased to announce its new series #FoundersSpotlight [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/foundersspotlight]. In this series, we bring together advocates and startup founders to discuss legal issues faced by entrepreneurs everyday and various strategies to overcome them. The next episode brings together Adv. Narendra Jain, Advocate & Found...
#EnablingFuturelawyers on Changing face of IT in India with Adv. Hazari Maneesh Shukla
Presenting a one-of-its-kind month long talk show for chancellors/Vice-chancellors to know the present scenario of legal education and how the students are preparing themselves for the betterment of the nation.This series of events is to bring out the importance of legal knowledge and how it is equipped in the students. The next episode brings toge...
#F2FLawyered on The Indian legal perspective of Artificial Intelligence by Adv. Minal Madan
Presenting a one-of-its-kind month long talk show for general counsels to discuss the problems faced by the legal community in the global lockdown, the ways to tackle them efficiently and the key learnings and takeaways. The next episode brings together Ms. Navita Chaubal, General Counsel & Sr. Director at Target and Adv. Minal Madan, Managing Part...
#F2FLawyered on India 2021 and Beyond: Legal Demand of Next Generation Companies with Adv. Sravya Katta - in association with RIT, e-cell
Presenting a one-of-its-kind month long talk show for general counsels to discuss the problems faced by the legal community in the global lockdown, the ways to tackle them efficiently and the key learnings and takeaways - 'India 2021 and Beyond: A Way Forward'. The next episode brings together Ms. Nishtha Kacholia, Legal Head of Greencell Mobility...
National Article Writing Competition for Law Students
About the Organiser Lawyered is India’s first and only Legal-Tech Discovery Platform that provides long-term sustainable solutions to the Legal industry in India. We are on a mission to help people feel legally empowered. Student Discovery Platform by Lawyered offers Law Students a great channel to showcase their skills and get discovered. Reg...
"Intermediaries Under IT Act, 2000 With Special Reference To Online Pharmacies" By Sravya Kopparapu
Co-author: Sonali Sinha Introduction Over the past few decades, there has been a tremendous development in the field of consumer behaviour. That resulted in the change of business behaviour and marketing. Offline shopping ceded transactional activity to online in alignment with consumer preferences. Buying anything online has become a generally a...
"The New Indian Data Privacy Bill & Its Impact On Business" By Dr. Vinod Surana
[https://prod-lawyered.s3.amazonaws.com/media/blogHone/articleImages/ca2e1b45895e4d7ca7aaed48ad76ba52.gif] DATA COLLECTION Data is a collection of names, numbers, dates, measurements formatted to be machine-readable. Data is responsible for boosting a company’s revenue, building a target audience, and modifying their products or services to meet...
#F2FLawyered on PDP Bill, 2019: Everything You Need To Know with Adv. Minal Madan
Lawyered [https://www.lawyered.in/admin/] presents the next edition of #F2FLawyered [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23F2FLawyered] on "PDP Bill, 2019: Everything You Need To Know" Lawyered presents to you the second edition of its exclusive video series that brings legal luminaries #Face2Face for deliberations and candid talks on bu...
"First response: Computer Forensics" By Dr. Vinod Surana
[https://prod-lawyered.s3.amazonaws.com/media/blogHone/articleImages/ca2e1b45895e4d7ca7aaed48ad76ba52.gif] INTRODUCTION In the electronic era, information is left behind as digital footprints in the cyberspace. The digital evidence trail is searched, identified and analyzed to link and reconstruct the chain of events. Forensic Investigation of c...
"Types of Cyber-crime & Cyber-laws" By Dr. Vinod Surana
[https://prod-lawyered.s3.amazonaws.com/media/blogHone/articleImages/ca2e1b45895e4d7ca7aaed48ad76ba52.gif] INTRODUCTION The technological revolution has ushered in new platforms and methods for a variety of crimes in and though cyber-space. Cyber-crimes can be perpetrated against the government or individual agents, on physical or intangible pro...
#QuoteUnquote on the Online Content Regulation Space by Mr. Akshit Goyal
Lawyered [http://www.lawyered.in] presents the next video in its brand new video series: #QuoteUnquote. See Mr. Akshit Goyal [https://www.lawyered.in/lawyer-profile/gaurav-goyal-5641/] discuss the amendment of the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 which now provides the power to regulate online content and media to the Minist...
"Big Data, Law & Regulating Big Data"
Author : Shefali Manickam Kone [https://prod-lawyered.s3.amazonaws.com/media/blogHone/articleImages/ca2e1b45895e4d7ca7aaed48ad76ba52.gif] The term “Big Data” has been labelled amongst other things as a buzzword or a new-age “marketing term”, but a reading of the World Economic Forum’s write up on Big Data clarifies that Big Data is not a “new or...
Information Technology Act, 2000: Salient Features and 2008 Amendments
AUTHORS: RASHI SURI (MANAGING PARTNER), NANDAKISHORE A. (LEGAL INTERN) Upscale Legal [https://upscalelegal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Upscale-Logo.png] Salient features of IT Act 2000(Information Technology Act) Humans have always felt the need to better the existing technology and as the result of such a drive, technology has grown head ove...
Digital Forensic Investigation Capabilities For First Responders
[https://prod-lawyered.s3.amazonaws.com/media/cache/38/4e/384e85e245a1e9b3fa593230620a3cf2.jpg] PREVENTION AND RESPONSE CHECKLIST FOR VICTIMS AND INVESTIGATION AGENCIES By Dr Vinod Surana, Managing Partner & CEO, Surana & Surana International Attorneys INTRODUCTION A Singapore based cyber research firm has alerted the Indian cyber agencies ab...
Virtual Courts: Future Of Litigation In India By Shantanu Awasthi
The Covid 19 pandemic has revealed the link between the legal industry and technological networks. Virtual courts have sprung up in no time to expedite the legal process. Through suo-moto cognizance, the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India decided on 6 April 2020 to hear court proceedings over audiovisual mediums due to the outbreak of the global pandem...
Types of Summons in India | Procedure For The Issuance
WHAT IS A 'SUMMON'? A Summon is a document issued by a Court(Summons from court) to a person or an entity involved in a legal proceeding. A summons is a notice given to someone letting them know that there is a complaint or lawsuit filed against them and they are required to appear in court to respond to the complaint. How are summons served? A su...
Cyber Crimes against Society & Government | Cyber Laws & Agencies
CYBER CRIMES, CYBER LAWS & AGENCIES ADVOCATE - PALLAVI PARMAR INTRODUCTION AND HISTORIC CONNECT The term “Cybercrime” is often defined as a crime committed using the computer as an object; however, Cybercrime is not defined in any regulation in India. Perhaps the aforementioned understanding may seem worthy of tweaks upon digging deeper into h...
Data Breach Laws In India
Author - Medha Mukherjee WHAT IS DATA PROTECTION? Data Protection is the process of protecting and securing important information or data from misuse or misapplication. The importance of data protection is increasing with the amount of data creation and storage and it continues to rise at unprecedented rates. The main objective of data protecti...
Data Privacy Laws in India
Author - R P Vats Data protection of an individual is highly looked-for as India is rapidly transforming with the application of the cutting edge technology in every sector. India is taking its preliminary step towards drafting its first Data Protection Bill which was submitted to the government. On January 2019, Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Union Min...
Are You Safe From Cyber-attacks While Working From Home?
Author - Varun Talwar INTRODUCTION Corona Virus (COVID-19) is a pandemic which has been spread all over the world affecting the big shot nations such as America and major Europe where the tally of death is not less than 200,000 deaths. The pandemic COVID-19 has hit the business and commercial operation globally. Due to Lockdown various activit...
Cyberstalking in India - Meaning, Types & Provisions in Law
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Blockchain Technology and India
Author - Advocate Suniti Kaur While blockchain enthusiasm is spreading worldwide at a faster rate, more industries have started adopting the new-age technology. This leads to starting afresh blockchain app development in many sectors. India has also started implementing blockchain technology in various industries. WHAT IS BLOCKCHAIN? Blockchain...
Data Protection Concerns Amidst Covid-19
Upscale Legal [http://www.upscalelegal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/UPSCALE-LOGO.png] Authors - Rashi Suri (Managing Partner) and Dikshita Damodaran (Associate) INTRODUCTION Covid-19 or Coronavirus has been recognized as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. The said pandemic has led to unprecedented ...
Validity of Contracting & Transacting Electronically
VALIDITY OF CONTRACTING & TRANSACTING ELECTRONICALLY Upscale Legal [http://www.upscalelegal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/UPSCALE-LOGO.png] Author - Rashi Suri (Managing Partner) and Pradyun (Associate) As global businesses and the domestic wheels of commerce grinds to a halt due to the pandemic COVID-19 (novel coronavirus), the economy it a...
Doing Business of Cryptocurrency w.r.t. Indian Legal Perspective
Author : Aashish Srivastava Is it legal to do the business of cryptocurrency in India? In the recent judgement by the Supreme Court dated March 4th, 2020 in the matter of Internet Mobile Association of India v. Reserve Bank of India, the Hon'ble Supreme Court has struck down the RBI circular dated April 6th, 2018 which barred banking and financ...
Legal Obligations Of Technology Service Providers As Intermediaries
Author - EquiCorp Associates [https://prod-lawyered.s3.amazonaws.com/media/blogHome/articleImages/corporate-corruption_1454-222.jpg]Who all can be held responsible and accountable for such unauthorize and illegal acts such as an online sale of a database of millions of customers for a very nominal price? The person selling the database is held res...
Gaming Laws In India – Current Scenario
Author - Archana Balasubramanian Under the Constitution of India, the State Legislatures can frame legislation to govern “Gambling”. Prior to independence, the then Central Government enacted the Public Gambling Act, 1867, which regulated gambling and other allied activities across India. Most of the Gambling Legislation was enacted prior to the ...
Laws to protect your information (Data Protection)
Author: Advocate Kashu Shubhamoorty THE THEME We are living in an era where the protection of personal data has become inescapable. Countries all over the world are updating their laws for processing data. Up till now, India has used the Information Technology Act, 2000 and other general laws to ensure data protection. Presently Personal Data Pr...
Digital Economy- Opportunities And Challenges
Author - Associate Nupur Mehrotra The economy can be defined as the place where the process of production and consumption takes place by the people and for the people for the proper growth of the entire nation. Without the export and import of goods and services, the economy will never be able to stabilize or develop. Not only the big multinationa...
Regulation of Cryptocurrency
Author - Advocate Nitin Jain The advent of cryptocurrency is a revolution in the domain of money. The popularity it gained and the issue that was raised about the legality and illegality of cryptocurrency is a trending matter of discussion among lawmakers, economists and general people. In India, this digital currency has also sparked a lot o...
Data Privacy Deemed A Fundamental Right
Author - Associate Shereen Abdin Data privacy deemed a fundamental right, but is the Indian startup ecosystem prepared for new protection law? Somebody informs you concerning another contemplation application. You rapidly download it, tolerating the terms and conditions without a subsequent look. Same goes for the new hyperlocal staple applicatio...
Cyberstalking
Author - Associate Jeetu Kanwar Cyberstalking is a kind of criminal offence where a person threatens the other using the internet as a source. It is mostly committed using social media platforms like messaging, emails and chatrooms; however, it may also occur offline as well. Cyberstalking is way more serious as it involves nefarious intentions ra...
Technology On Wings- Drone Regulation In India
Author - Associate Ishita Sehgal Alaya Legal (Advocates) [https://prod-lawyered.s3.amazonaws.com/media/blogHome/articleImages/alaya_legal_logo.png] WHAT ARE DRONES? Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (‘UAV’) also known as ‘drones’ have applications beyond imagination. This explains the unprecedented pace of research and development in aerial robotics. ...
#AMA Session Cyber Laws By Advocate Abhishek Singh
Cyber Laws – #AMA by Abhishek Singh Cyber Laws.mp4 Hi everyone welcomes to AMA Session. I am Advocate Abhishek Singh and along with me is Advocate Tushar Sharma. We are a partner at Edge Law Partners. We have received a lot of questions through our Social Media Handles and the first question is to explain the liability with respect to interne...
Reducing Cybercrime and Governing Laws
WHAT IS CYBERCRIME? Cybercrime is often known as a computer or technology related crime in layman's language. It is a crime that takes place through a server or network-connected devices. Most cybercrimes involve computers as an instrument through which the crime is committed. They also play a pivot role in crimes such as child pornography, hate c...
Data Privacy Laws In India by Advocate Dr. Gubbi Subba Rao
Author - Advocate Dr. Gubbi Subba Rao and Associate Aliza Abdin WHAT ARE DATA PRIVACY LAWS? Data privacy laws are those set of laws that forbid the use of a person’s data without once consent \ permission. The data may include any kind of information of a private individual that if fell in the wrong hands may be misused. To keep a check on the mi...
Copyright Your E-commerce Website To Protect It From Cybercrime
Author - Associate Shereen Abdin The digital wrongdoing, especially cybercrime is on the rise. However, copyright law can battle it. Plainly express the copyright strategy to your clients. Lock the substance of your eCommerce site under the encryption lock. Have you at any point gotten a letter of encroachment or saw a cease case? You would be f...
What is the Scope of Cyber Laws In India
Author : Associate Megha Motwani Cyber: The term “cyber” owes its origin to the term “cybernetics,” which in turn derived from the Greek word “kubernetes” or governor. Nobert Wiener, an American Mathematician, coined the term “cybernetic” in the 1940s to describe the theory of communication. Subsequently, the term “cybernetics” popularly came to b...
What is the Legal Status of Bitcoin in India?
Author - Associate Runa Jasia Cryptocurrencies have gained popularity all around the world. It is designed in a way that it is free from any form of manipulation or control from any government policies or interference. This field is growing day by day rapidly. Few of the popular cryptocurrencies are: 1. Bitcoin 2. Dash 3. Bitcoin cash ...
How to Protect Your Business from Cybercrime? By Advocate Vishnu Kesarwani
Author - Advocate Vishnu Kesarwani Associate Runa Jasia Cybercrime [../../../../../../legal-disrupt/articles/lawyered-announces-acquisition-incourt-news-legal-news-platform/] is a crime that is done by an individual or by a group of individuals. It involves a computer or a computer network. The whole world revolves around the computer network syst...
Decoding The Digital Transformation of India
Author - Associate Nupur Mehrotra Digital India [../../../../../../legal-disrupt/articles/legal-challenges-faced-startup-india/] is a campaign that was launched by the government of India on 1st July 2015 by the Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi. It was launched in India with the objective to connect rural areas with high internet speed ...
Key Steps to Ensure GDPR Compliance - The Steps You Need to Take Right Away
Author: Advocate Prerna Oberoi [https://www.lawyered.in/lawyer-profile/prernaoberoi-473/] and Associate Ankit Ahuja GDPR Compliance by companies Indian companies that handle 'personal data' of EU residents are required to comply with GDPR. The companies dealing with data of EU residents are needed to restructure their privacy policies and contrac...
Data Protection Cases in India
DATA PROTECTION CASES IN INDIA Author – Advocate Rahul Dhote [https://www.lawyered.in/lawyer-profile/rahul-dhote-1186/] and Associate Shristi Keshri INTRODUCTION Data is an information that can be presented in raw and in unorganized pieces. It is an information stored and processed by a computer in the form of text documents, files, software pro...
Data protection bill - boon or bane?
Data protection bill - boon or bane? {This Article aims to answer the question - do technological advancements act as a boon or bane in protecting data} Author - Neeraj Dubey [https://www.lawyered.in/lawyer-profile/neerajdubey-169/] & Siddhant Garg The emerging trends in digital economy which showcase the prospects of the underlying growth and p...
Competition Law Implications of Blockchain Technology
Blockchain has been named the absolute most critical advancement since the coming of the web and many anticipate that this data innovation can change the manner in which business is done all over the world. Blockchain also known as distributed ledger technology is a decentralized database that stores registry of assets and transactions across the...
Data Protection in India and Europe: A Comparative Analysis
DATA PROTECTION RULES IN INDIA AND EUROPE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Bhumesh Verma, Managing partner and Soumya Shekhar, Associate INTRODUCTION The term `General Data Protection Regulations’ or ‘GDPR’ has the world baffled. EU has come up with a new set of data privacy norms which are bound to have far-reaching effects. In the aftermath of its imp...
The Draft National Digital Communications Policy, 2018
An analysis by Corp Comm Legal Bhumesh Verma, Managing partner and Soumya Shekhar, Associate INTRODUCTION The Department of Telecommunications has released the draft National Digital Communications Policy (“Digital Policy”) on 1 st May 2018, inviting public comments on the same. This new Digital Policy seeks to regulate not only the telecom ...
You May Face A 3 Years Jail Term For Looking At Torrent Websites In India.
After a brief and fumbling ban on porn, the Indian government seems to be trying ban torrents -- the very idea of torrents. If you visit a torrents [https://torrentz.ue] website, a report suggests, you might be committing a crime, one that earns a 3 lakh fine and 3 years in jail. (And you know they don't have Wi-Fi in jail). The extent of this ba...