Right to privacy not absolute in a developing economy like India: Government: The Union Government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the right to privacy was a fundamental right but not all its facets will be covered under it. Attorney General KK Venugopal told a nine-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar,…
Gorkhaland agitation, Day 41: Ban on internet services extended till 4 August: The ban on internet services in the Darjeeling Hills, facing indefinite shutdown for the last 41 days for carving out a separate state of Gorkhaland out of West Bengal, was extended on Tuesday till 4 August. Read More
Internet shutdowns make India’s cashless economy ineffective: Internet Society: NEW DELHI: US-headquartered Internet Society has said Internet lockdowns are counterproductive for a country like India which is pushing for a less-cash economy. This year till end of June, 29 incidents of states blocking Internet services were reported in the country, according to the Software Freedom Law Centre, which has…
Four states back right to privacy in Supreme Court: New Delhi: Four states and one Union territory—Karnataka, Punjab, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh and Puducherry—on Wednesday backed the constitutionality of the right to privacy. Kapil Sibal, counsel for the states, told the Supreme Court that with the advent of technology, which is pervasive in nature, the state…
Information is gold and it can be robbed and stolen: When Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched his digital economy initiatives—besides making payments convenient, your money also became more vulnerable to cyber attacks. According to KPMG India’s Crime Survey 2015, financial services and insurance sector was the favourite target for cyber-attacks followed by pharmaceuticals and chemicals.…
You Asked the Internet: So, What is the Human Rights Act?: Starting typing at your keyboard, and no sooner have you got the words ‘human rights’ out, Google will suggest you’re asking about the Human Rights Act. In fact, it’s one of the most asked human rights questions on the internet. We’ve got loads of resources on…
Darjeeling: Teachers’ plea to restore internet to help exam-bound students goes unheard: Darjeeling, July 25: It is the students’ community which is being hit the hardest due to the indefinite bandh and ban on internet services in restive Darjeeling. On the one hand, schools and colleges remained closed, and on the other hand, students were…
Plea to restore Internet in Darjeeling rejected: With Class 9 students being unable to fill up their board examination forms without Internet, the Darjeeling teachers’ association on Monday met the district magistrate and sought restoration of its service, but in vain. The authorities rejected the demand saying they would make special arrangements for students to…
Indefinite shutdown enters 40th day, DGP to visit Darjeeling: The Director General of Police and other senior police officers will visit Darjeeling today to assess the law and order situation in the hills as the GJM-sponsored indefinite shutdown entered its 40th day. The situation in Darjeeling remained tense but incident-free as no incidents of violence or…
Lack of privacy laws is an invitation for everyone into our private lives: Contemporary discussions on privacy must pay homage to Samuel Warren’s and Louis Brandel’s article in the 1890 Harvard Law Review, The Right to Privacy. This writing essentially injected the idea of privacy rights into public discourse, pioneering a debate that continues unfettered today.…