[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…
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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…
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…
Principled Artificial Intelligence: Adopting the Principle of AI Accountability and Responsibility in India
[This post is authored by Shikhar Aggarwal, a third year student at National Law University, Delhi.] This article covers the need for, and rationale behind, the concept of principled Artificial Intelligence (“AI”). It explores the broad contours of the ethical principle of AI responsibility and accountability, analysing how it may be adopted in India. While…
Investigating The Growing Use, Regulation and Challenges to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Public Healthcare in India
[Ed Note: The following post is part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2020-21. It has been authored by Yashashwini Santuka, a second year student of NALSAR University of Law.] Advanced systems of healthcare are imperative to the growth of countries, their economies and the well-being of its people. However, developing countries like India are…
Open Banking in India & the Need for Setting Uniform Standards in Usage of APIs
[This post has been authored by Vaibhav Parikh, Legal Counsel at ICICI Bank. Views are personal] The value of online/ mobile banking rose from INR 69.47 billion in 2016-17 to INR 21,317 billion in 2019-20. Providing data access to third-party firms by banks and other financial institutions has proved to be one of the important…
Over-The-Top Services: A Regulatory Quandary (Part I)
[This is the first part of a two-part post authored by Abhilash Roy and Hrishikesh Bhise, fourth-year students at the National Law Institute University, Bhopal. Click here for Part II ] The purposes and functions of the internet, as we know it today, have grown manifolds since its inception over thirty years ago. Its importance…
Are Safe Harbour Provisions anchored in deep waters?
[This post has been authored by Raashi Vaishya, a fourth year student at the NMIMS Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, Mumbai.] The sentiment of intermediary liability in India can be felt from the dialogue that transpired between Cleopatra and the messenger who informed her about Antony’s marriage. When Cleopatra threatened to treat the messenger’s…
Online Dispute Resolution and the Role of Artificial Intelligence: A General Perspective
[This post has been authored by Samarth Srivastava, a 3rd year student at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences.] In the 21st Century, almost all routine, manual jobs like manufacturing and driving may become automated. Simultaneously, the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is expected to grow, and these changes will be felt in…
The Conundrum of Compelled Decryption Vis-À-Vis Self-Incrimination
[This post has been authored by Shivang Tandon, a fourth year student at Faculty of Law, Banaras Hindu University.] The ‘self-incrimination’ doctrine is an indispensable part of the criminal law jurisprudence of a civilized nation. Article 20(3) of the Indian Constitution and the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States provide protection against…