[This post has been authored by Ms. Vasundhara, Managing Partner, Verum Legal and Mr. Mudit Kaushik, Counsel, Zeus IP. Part One can be found here] International Precedents and ComparisonWhile every nation in the world strives to ensure the digital security of its citizens, there are very few legislative developments to back up the claim. The…
Duty of a Data Fiduciary to Report a Breach: Part I
[This post has been authored by Ms. Vasundhara, Managing Partner, Verum Legal and Mr. Mudit Kaushik, Counsel, Zeus IP. Part Two can be found here] Data breaches have become an issue for companies in the digital era, with no entity being spared for direct or even indirect involvement in a breach. Recently, Dominos Indiawas subject…
Exploring the Feasibility of Pretrial Risk Assessment Tools
[This post has been authored by Tanvi Tanu and Sakshi Tulsyan, 2nd year students at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun.] The biases and inequalities are infused in the criminal justice system and are baked into the algorithmic tools, Pretrial Risk Assessment instruments being one of them. These tools are used in the…
Right to Privacy at the Mercy of the Executive: Part II
[This two-part essay has been authored by Aarya Pachisia, a 4th-year law student at Jindal Global Law School. Part One can be found here.] Continuing the argument of how the executive seeks to control different actors under the Bill, this article focuses on executive control over the citizens. I advance the argument in two parts….
Right to Privacy at the Mercy of the Executive: Part I
[This two-part essay has been authored by Aarya Pachisia, a 4th-year law student at Jindal Global Law School. Part Two can be found here.] Technology is advancing at lightning speed, making privacy violations inevitable. Today, machine learning software is sophisticated enough to predict one’s sexual orientation, political and religious affiliation merely by processing their likes…
Inclusive FinTech: Bridging the Gap
[The following post has been authored by Harshita Lilani, a third year student of NALSAR University of Law. This essay is part of an ongoing collaboration between r – TLP and the NALSAR Tech Law Forum Blog and is the fourth post in the series. The first entry can be found here, and the rest of…
Fighting “Unlawful” Content: Moderation and the New Intermediary Guidelines
[This post has been authored by Sanjana L.B., a 4th year student at Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad.] Introduction In January 2021, India had the highest number of Facebook users at 320 million. This was followed by the United States of America (“USA”), with 190 million users. As of February 2021, about 53.1% of the population…
Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc.: The Dissent That Matters (Part 2)
[This post has ben authored by Ajeeth Srinivas, a 4th year student at School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore.] The first Part of this Article analysed the judgement in the case of Google v Oracle, in suppoet of the minority opinion. The first part analysed the implications of the judgement on the idea-expression dichotomy and…
Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc.: The Dissent That Matters (Part 1)
[This post has been authored by Ajeeth Srinivas, a 4th year student at School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore.] “If the majority is going to speculate about what Oracle might do, it should at least consider what Google has done.” Background On 5th April 2021, the Supreme Court of the United State of America passed a…
Breaking Encryption and Violating User Privacy: Is there a Way Out?
[This post has been authored by Shamik Datta and Shikhar Sharma, first year students at NALSAR University of Law and National Law School India University respectively.] How the IT Rules break End-to-End Encryption End-to-end encryption ensures that intermediaries or third parties don’t have access to the content of the message and identity of the communicating…