Tag: Cyber Law
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Decoding the Petya Ransomware Attack
By Sunidhi Singh, Army Institute of Law, Mohali. “Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master.” –Christian Lous Lange Computers were invented to help human beings perform tough and time consuming tasks accurately, within seconds and the internet was developed as a research and information sharing tool. However, our present situation is a total reverse.…
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Security of the State versus Right to Privacy
By Pragya Dhoundiyal, Law Center-1, Faculty of Law, Delhi University. The government of India recently came up with a draft of the National Encryption Policy which is also in place in many other countries. However, our draft has been compared to the drafts of some of the regressive countries of the Middle East because it appeared to…
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Cyber Stalking: Development and Need for Law Reforms
By Shrutika Garg, Jamnalal Bajaj School of Legal Studies, Banasthali Vidyapith. The technological era has led to so many changes in the lifestyle of people. But it has also opened doors for criminal offenders. Earlier, there was a crime called stalking, which meant following someone, or annoying them to cause trouble. This stalking was seen in the…
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Sanjay Kumar v State of Haryana: An Analysis
By Anmol Sinha, Symbiosis Law School Everything in this world evolves. The rule and regulations governing the society has changed down the centuries, so has the mode of commission of crimes. Cyber crime is an example of it. With the advent of internet and information technology, the commission of digital crimes is the new form…
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Equity Crowd Funding: Interface between Internet Governance & Finance
By Aishwarya Dhakarey, Symbiosis Law School, Pune. In simple words, inviting funds from multiple investors for a specific social cause or project or undertaking and all this takes place in a web-based platform or a social networking website. Crowd funding is sub divided into various types namely, donation crowd funding, reward crowd funding, peer-to-peer lending and equity…
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Cyber Law: An Overview
By Sagarika Chandel, KIIT School of Law, Bhubaneswar. “The modern thief can steal more with a computer than with a gun. Tomorrow’s terrorist may be able to do more damage with a keyboard than a bomb”. -National Research Council, USA “Computers at Risk” (1991) Internet in India has been ever growing at a fast pace…
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Online Course on Cyber Law
Computers, and technology in general, have now become an integral and indispensable part of any professional, commercial and industrial activity. The development of information technology continues to give rise to novel and complex legal problems related to the use of internet and computers. Cyber Law is the branch of law that helps regulate cyber space and…