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Data Privacy & Protection – Regulatory Framework – 19th/20th April, 2018

Corporate Law Reporter is proud to be associated with Corpkonnect and invites you to our upcoming full day Masterclass on Data Privacy & Protection - Regulatory Framework scheduled in Mumbai on 19th April at Hotel Mirage Gurgaon on 20th April at Hotel Ramada Bangalore on 20th April at Hotel Pride Workshop Timings: 09:30 AM – 05:30 PM Workshop Agenda: Indian Data & Privacy… Read More

Data Privacy and Protection Masterclass

Supreme Court landmark Judgement-Right to Privacy

The Supreme Court today pronounced a landmark Judgement on individual privacy as a fundamental right protected by the Constitution. This ruling was delivered by a nine-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India J S Khehar, comprises Justices J Chelameswar, S A Bobde, R K Agrawal, R F Nariman, A M Sapre, D Y Chandrachud,… Read More

Cyber defamation India | Cyber Denigration India

The life of a common man has changed wonderfully with the invention of the internet. It has provided a medium for people worldwide to interact with, that brought the world closer to every man who has access to it. It has also given new dimensions to business and trade. Anything and everything is possible via… Read More

E-commerce:E-contract: Clickwrap or Browse-wrap

Introduction: With the advent of technology, E-commerce portals have become a trending opportunity for the entrepreneurs to explore. Entrepreneurs are now providing services and goods with just a click away. One can only avail services and goods through E-commerce after entering into an e-contract with the owner of such E-commerce portal. In basic language the… Read More

One CA & CS Arrested For Faking DSC

Three persons from Delhi and Pune were arrested on Thursday for forging digital signatures and presenting themselves as a company™s directors on the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) website. The signatory details of the directors were suddenly changed in March and three new persons were fraudulently shown as directors. A routine check on the website… Read More

RBI cautions users of Virtual Currencies against Risks

The Reserve Bank of India has today cautioned the users, holders and traders of Virtual currencies (VCs), including Bitcoins, about the potential financial, operational, legal, customer protection and security related risks that they are exposing themselves to. The Reserve Bank has mentioned that it has been looking at the developments relating to certain electronic records… Read More

A Clarion Call to BPOs in india

Introduction: Business Process Outsourcing is the transfer of non- core business activities of a particular entity to another entity, which has as its core-business the business outsourced. The different kinds of services offered by BPO's include Customer Support, Technical Support, Telemarketing, Insurance Processing, Data Processing, Internet / Online / Web Research and so on. There… Read More

Internet Spying on India

In June 2013, Mr. Edward Snowden, a contractor working with the U.S. National Security Agency, released to media classified information about the Agency™s extensive electronic surveillance programmes. Media reports stated that these programmes included collection of telephony metadata and interception of internet content. U.S. officials have defended the disclosed surveillance programmes, stating that these programmes… Read More

R&D initiatives of DeitY leading to Transfer of Technology for Wireless Traffic Control System (WiTraC) to domestic companies

The Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY) has come out with a number of policies and initiatives to boost the electronic hardware manufacturing in the country. It has been a sustained endeavor of the department to take up R&D through its own societies as also academic institutions and R&D laboratories to develop technologies, which… Read More

National Cyber Security Policy Released

Shri Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Communications and IT released the National Cyber Security Policy, here today. Speaking on the occasion, he underlined that this policy should be seen as about protecting of information, such as personal information, financial/banking information, sovereign data etc. He said that information empowers, and in order to empower people with… Read More

The Electronics and Information Technology Goods Order, 2012 to come into effect from July 03

The Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012 will come into effect from 3rd July 2013. This order mandates compliance to Indian Safety Standards for 15 notified categories of electronic goods.These electronic goods are Video Games, Laptop/ Notebook/ Tablets, Plasma/LCD/LED TVs, Optical Disc Players, Microwave Ovens, Visual Display Units, Printers/ Plotters, Scanners, Wireless… Read More

CLR Snippets | Cyber Security for Defence

Hosting of confidential defence information is governed by strict guidelines. While threats of cyber attacks have increased, adequate safeguards to protect systems through air gapped computers and intranets have been undertaken. Defence Services have established Cyber Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) to prevent and react to cyber attacks. This information was given by Defence Minister Shri… Read More