Tech Law Forum

Protection for non-expressive use in India

January 13, 2020

Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property, Technology

This post has been authored by Unmekh Padmabhushan, a final year student of National Law University, Jodhpur. Machine learning is the process by which a piece of software is able to expand upon its capabilities and knowledge in a self-driven manner without any significant human input. This technology has been used, for example, in disaster…
Delhi HC’s order in Swami Ramdev v. Facebook: A hasty attempt to win the ‘Hare and Tortoise’ Race

January 6, 2020

Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Intermediary Liability, Internet Broadcasting, Internet Freedoms, Internet Governance, Media Law, Social Media

This post has been authored by Aryan Babele, a final year student at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Punjab and a Research Assistant at Medianama. On 23rd October 2019, the Delhi HC delivered a judgment authorizing Indian courts to issue “global take down” orders to Internet intermediary platforms like Facebook, Google and Twitter…
Welcoming The Era of Technology Friendly Laws in India

January 2, 2020

Artificial Intelligence, Data Protection, Technology, Uncategorized

This brief introduction to regulation of autonomous vehicles has been authored by Khushi Sharma and Aarushi Kapoor, second year students of Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur. [Ed. Note: This article was written before the 2019 Personal Data Protection Bill had been made public. Click here for the new Bill.] India being the 7th largest…
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…
Legality of Linking Social Media Accounts to Aadhar

December 16, 2019

Aadhar, Censorship

This post has been authored by Saara Mehta, a fifth year at the National Law Institute University, Bhopal. It discusses the legality of linking social media accounts to the government’s Aadhar scheme. On 20thAugust, 2019, the Attorney General of India, K.K. Venugopal, submitted to the Supreme Court that there was a need to link the social media…
Internet Broadcasting: Section 31D of the Copyright Act, 1957

December 11, 2019

Broadcasting, Licensing

This post has been authored by Anamika Kundu, a fourth year student at West Bengal University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS), Kolkata. It discusses Section 31D of the Copyright Act (put year), introduced in the 2012 Amendment. With the advent of smartphones and numerous interactive mobile applications, listening to music through apps have become a common…
Data Protection of Deceased Individuals: The Legal Quandry

December 5, 2019

Data Protection

This post has been authored by Purbasha Panda and Lokesh Mewara, fourth and fifth years from NLU Ranchi. It discusses the data protection laws for deceased individuals, and the legal justifications for post-mortem privacy. Post-mortem privacy is defined as the right of a person to preserve and control what formulates his/her reputation after death. It is…
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…

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