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Relationship Between Privacy and Confidentiality
— by Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Dec 30, 2014 02:27 PMThe laws of breach of confidentiality and breach of privacy at first glance seem very similar to each other. If a doctor releases health information relating to a patient that s/he is treating then such an act would give rise to a claim both under the law of privacy as well as under the law of confidentiality.
Roundtable on Indian Privacy Law and Policy
— by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Dec 27, 2014 02:18 PMThis event was hosted by the Centre for Law and Development of the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) in Kochi. It was attended by members of the faculty of NUALS, some students from the 2nd year, 3rd year, 4th year, and 5th year.
Locating Constructs of Privacy within Classical Hindu Law
— by Ashna Ashesh and Bhairav Acharya — last modified Jan 01, 2015 01:56 PMThis white paper seeks to locate privacy in Classical Hindu Law, and by doing so, displace the notion that privacy is an inherently ‘Western’ concept that is the product of a modernist legal system.
Security, Governments, Data
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 23, 2014 01:49 PMReply to RTI filed with BSNL regarding Network Neutrality and Throttling
— by Tarun Krishnakumar — last modified Dec 22, 2014 02:45 PMAs part of its work on Network Neutrality, the Centre for Internet and Society through Tarun Krishnakumar had filed a Right To Information (RTI) application with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), a state-owned teleco holding a market share of 65 per cent in the Indian land line and broadband markets — regarding its position on and adherence to Network Neutrality principles.
Study of Privacy Policies of Indian Service Providers
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 21, 2014 03:09 PMA Study of the Privacy Policies of Indian Service Providers and the 43A Rules
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jan 13, 2015 02:37 AMOverview of the Constitutional Challenges to the IT Act
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 19, 2014 09:01 AMThere are currently ten cases before the Supreme Court challenging various provisions of the Information Technology Act, the rules made under that, and other laws, that are being heard jointly. Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan who's arguing Anoop M.K. v. Union of India has put together this chart that helps you track what's being challenged in each case.
Identifying Aspects of Privacy in Islamic Law
— by Vidushi Marda and Bhairav Acharya — last modified Jan 01, 2015 02:04 PMThis white paper seeks to identify aspects of privacy in Islamic Law and demonstrate that the notion of privacy was recognized and protected in traditional Islamic law.
Is India’s website-blocking law constitutional? – I. Law & procedure
— by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Dec 11, 2014 11:02 AMSection 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, along with its corresponding Rules, set out the procedure for blocking of websites in India. Over two posts, Geetha Hariharan examines the constitutional validity of Section 69A and the Blocking Rules.
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