This article is an analysis of the newly passed ‘Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications’ passed by the European Union. A huge part of our daily life now revolves around the usage of websites and communication mediums like Facebook, WhatsApp, Skype, etc. The suddenness with which these services have become popular left law-making authorities with…
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The Right to Be Forgotten – An Explanation
Ed. Note.: This post, by Ashwin Murthy, is a part of the NALSAR Tech Law Forum Editorial Test 2016. The right to be forgotten is the right of an individual to request search engines to take down certain results relating to the individual, such as links to personal information if that information is inadequate, irrelevant…
Privacy – A right to GO?
Ed. Note.: This post, by Ashwin Murthy, is a part of the NALSAR Tech Law Forum Editorial Test 2016. For centuries rights have slowly come into existence and prominence, from the right to property to the right to vote and the right against exploitation. In the increasingly digital world of interconnection, the latest right to…
Privacy on Facebook: An Absolute Prerequisite
[Image Source: http://flic.kr/p/86Q3gF] Social networking websites have taken the Internet by storm in today’s organic society. One such website, Facebook, with over a billion users has often been referred to as the ‘third largest country’ of the world. The rise of Facebook to soaring heights can be credited to first, the intensive monitoring of its users…
Apple Watch, Google GLASS, and Other Wearables: A Privacy Nightmare?
(Image Source: http://goo.gl/oA6W42) This post talks about the new challenges that are faced by the legal system with the coming of the new wearable technology that is available to the public. Practical situations are examined and the law is scrutinized with respect to the changes required to bring it up to speed.
The Right to Be Forgotten – An Explanation
(Image Source: https://flic.kr/p/9RovZB) This is the first in a two-part post on the Right to be Forgotten. This post is part of our 101 series of posts, which seek to explain the issue at hand, and the next post shall address the issue and the debate surrounding it in more detail. In 2010, a Spanish citizen filed a complaint…
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A Hobson’s Choice- Analysing the Sahyog Platform
[Priyam Mitra is a third-year student at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru. In this piece, the author interrogates the constitutional validity of the Sahyog Platform and the 2025 Rules, arguing that the recent judicial endorsement in X Corp v. UOI fails to account for the bypass of Section 69A safeguards. By…
Who Made YouTube the Judge? Evaluating How YouTube’s Three-Strike Policy Violates Indian Copyright Law
[Yukta Chordia is a final-year student at National Law University, Nagpur. In this piece, the author interrogates the quasi-judicial role assumed by digital platforms through automated enforcement. While YouTube’s “Three-Strike” policy is framed as a shield for intellectual property, the author argues it has evolved into a mechanism for private censorship that bypasses statutory safeguards.]…
Personality Rights over Privacy? An Empirical Study of Gendered Access to Deepfake Takedown Litigation in India
[Ritwik Sharma is a fourth-year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student at the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Punjab. In this analysis, the author aims to address the escalating crisis of Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery (NCII) generated through AI-driven “nudifying” platforms. Supported by empirical data and visual mapping, the piece argues that current judicial responses, which…


