[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…
Geospatial Data Deregulation and Personal Data Protection
[This post has been authored by Varsha Rajesh, a final year law student at School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore.] In February 2021, the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India issued the Guidelines for acquiring and producing geospatial data and geospatial data services including Maps which applies to entities collecting geospatial…
Mapping the rise of the surveillance state amid the COVID-19 crisis
[This post has been authored by Noyanika Batta, a Senior Associate at Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan Attorneys. She is a 2018 graduate from Gujarat National Law University.] There exist dichotomous views on the usefulness of surveillance and its relationship with public health. The disease control strategies adopted by the states often necessitate extensive surveillance practices having…
Facial Recognition and Data Protection: A Comparative Analysis of laws in India and the EU (Part I)
[This two-part post has been authored by Riddhi Bang and Prerna Sengupta, second year students at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. Part II can be found here] With the wave of machine learning and technological development, a new system that has arrived is the Facial Recognition Technology (FRT). From invention to accessibility, this technology has…
Facial Recognition and Data Protection: A Comparative Analysis of laws in India and the EU (Part II)
[This two-part post has been authored by Riddhi Bang and Prerna Sengupta, second year students at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. Part I can be found here] Procuring Data from Private Entities The PDPB allows the government to compel entities to disclose information that does not constitute personal data. This includes data processing by law…
The Internet and Marginalised Genders: A Comment in view of the Intermediary Guidelines, 2021
[Varsha Singh is a fifth-year law student and contributing editor at robos of Tech Law and Policy, a platform for marginalized genders in the technology law and policy field. This essay is part of an ongoing collaboration between r – TLP and the NALSAR Tech Law Forum Blog and is the third post in the…
Metadata by TLF: Issue 20
Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our reporters Harsh Jain and Harshita Lilani put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here, and you can sign up for future editions of the the newsletter here. Facebook-Australia standoff ends as both parties agree to truce Facebook has reached an agreement…