Tech Law Forum

Category: Regulation

Metadata by TLF: Issue 11

May 14, 2020

Antitrust, Censorship, Cryptocurrency, Data Protection, Intermediary Liability, Internet Freedoms, Internet Governance, Internet Security, Newsletter, Regulation

Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our reporters Kruttika Lokesh and Dhananjay Dhonchak put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here. Private firm blocked from buying “.org” domain The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which oversees the internet naming system, decided on 30 April…
Metadata by TLF: Issue 8

May 9, 2020

Bitcoins, Cryptocurrency, Data Protection, Medical Research, Newsletter, Privacy, Regulation, Social Media

Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our reporters Kruttika Lokesh and Dhananjay Dhonchak put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here. Supreme Court quashes RBI circular and permits cryptocurrency trading A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court on 4th March, 2020, allowed dealing in cryptocurrency, quashing an…
Building safe consumer data infrastructure in India: Account Aggregators in the financial sector (Part II)

December 30, 2019

Account Aggregators, Blog Series, Data Protection, Editors’ Picks, Finance, Privacy, Regulation, Technology

TLF is proud to bring you a two-part guest post authored by Ms. Malavika Raghavan, Head, Future of Finance Initiative and Ms. Anubhutie Singh, Policy Analyst, Future of Finance Initiative at Dvara Research. This is the second part of a two-part series that undertakes an analysis of the technical standards and specifications present across publicly available…
Building safe consumer data infrastructure in India: Account Aggregators in the financial sector (Part I)

December 30, 2019

Account Aggregators, Blog Series, Data Protection, Editors’ Picks, Finance, Privacy, Regulation

TLF is proud to bring you a two-part guest post authored by Ms. Malavika Raghavan, Head, Future of Finance Initiative and Ms. Anubhutie Singh, Policy Analyst, Future of Finance Initiative at Dvara Research. Following is the first part of a two-part series that undertakes an analysis of the Account Aggregator system. Click here for the second…
Chance or Skill: Fantasy Sports Leagues and Gambling

December 3, 2019

Regulation, Technology

This piece has been authored by Karthik Subramaniam, a second year student at NALSAR University of Law. It discusses the debate surrounding Fantasy Gaming Leagues and gambling. Spectator sports have been popular since time immemorial. fantasy sports leagues across the world have gained huge fan bases and manage to rake in massive revenues. The National…
Algorithms: Can They Collude?

November 19, 2019

Antitrust, E-Commerce, Intermediary Liability, Regulation, Technology

This piece has been authored by Lokesh Vyas, a fourth year law student at Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. Here, he gives a lucid explanation of issues posed by the increasing use of algorithms. The Cloak of Algorithms Unlike the traditional market, the digital economy does not have any geographical limits. Thus, there is…
Standardizing the Data Economy

October 17, 2019

Data Protection, Internet Governance, Personal Data Protection Bill, Regulation, Right to Privacy

This piece has been authored by Namratha Murugeshan, a final year student at NALSAR University of Law and member of the Tech Law Forum. In 2006, Clive Humby, a British mathematician said with incredible foresight that “data is the new oil”. Fast forward to 2019, we see how data has singularly been responsible for big-tech…
E-Pharmacy and Tech Law: An Interface (Part II)

October 2, 2019

E-Commerce, Intermediary Liability, Internet of Things, Medical Research, Privacy, Regulation

This is the second part of a 2-part post authored by Anubhuti Garg, 4th year, and Gourav Kathuria, 2nd year, of NALSAR University of Law. Part I can be found here. The previous post analysed the laws applicable to e-pharmacies in India. The present post looks at the draft e-pharmacy rules and its implications and…
E-Pharmacy and Tech Law: An Interface (Part I)

October 2, 2019

E-Commerce, Intermediary Liability, Medical Research, Privacy, Regulation, Technology

This is the first part of a 2-part post authored by Anubhuti Garg, 4th year, and Gourav Kathuria, 2nd year, of NALSAR University of Law. Part II can be found here. The growth of the Internet and rise of companies like Amazon and Flipkart has meant that e-commerce is rapidly gaining traction in India. A…
Emergence of OTT Market in India: Regulatory and Censorship Issues

September 27, 2019

Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Internet Freedoms, Media Law, Regulation

This post has been authored by Gaurav Kumar, a 3rd year student at Dr. Ram Manhar Lohiya National Law University (RMLNLU), Lucknow. He is also a Contributing Editor at the RMLNLU Arbitration Law Blog. The media industry in recent times is witnessing a revolution when it comes to censorship of streaming content. As compared to theatres…