Information technology is mostly seen as a boon but can prove to be a bane as cyber criminals rampantly misuse the internet due to the anonymity inherent in it. One such crime growing at an alarming rate is wildlife trafficking on the internet. With the proliferation of B2B (Business to Business) and B2C (Business to […]

With the outbreak of pandemic of Corona virus, human life faces biowar crisis and businesses are adversely affected in an unprecedented manner. The lockdown imposed by the Government of India is in our best interests yet have disrupted the business contracts across all verticals. It is pertinent to elucidate if force majeure clauses can absolve […]

लॉकडाउन की वजह से ज़्यादातर लोगों को घर से काम करना पड़ रहा है. अभी के दौर में घर से काम करने वालों के लिए इंटरनेट ने बेहद अहम भूमिका निभाई है. हालांकि, इसकी वजह से अपराध की प्रकृति भी बदल गई है और डरावनी बात ये है कि गृह मंत्रालय के डेटा के मुताबिक […]

Following the footsteps of Singapore and South Korea, India has launched its own contact tracking app, called Corona Kavach. The app tracks the data of the user every hour to alert them whether they have crossed paths with any person who tested positive for coronavirus. While this might be beneficial for the user, privacy activists […]

Around 9.2% of 630 adolescents surveyed in the Delhi-National Capital Region had experienced cyberbullying and half of them had not reported it to teachers, guardians or the social media companies concerned, a recent study by Child Rights and You, a non-governmental organisation, found. Vulnerability rose with internet use: 22.4% of respondents, aged 13-18 years, who […]

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Around 9.2% of 630 adolescents surveyed in Delhi-National Capital Region had experienced cyberbullying and half of them had not reported it to teachers, guardians or the social media companies concerned, a recent study by Child Rights and You (CRY), a non-governmental organisation, found. Vulnerability rose with internet use: 22.4% of respondents (aged 13-18 years) who […]

The Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the government’s Personal Data Protection Bill has asked for public comments on the legislation. The committee is headed by BJP lawyer and MP Meenakshi Lekhi and has a total of 28 members. A number of data privacy advocates welcomed the move, as the demand has been growing for quite some […]

Recently reported Delhi Police call log records show that during the targeted violence which proceeded unchecked for days barely an hour’s drive from Parliament, police stations in the national capital’s targeted areas received 700 distress calls on Sunday February 23 – 3,500 calls on Monday – 7,500 on Tuesday – and 1,500 on Wednesday February […]