Nigeran Fined Under Sections 66A & 66D
A Nigerian man was sentenced to two years imprisonment on 10 September, 2013 along with fine under inter alia Section 66A and 66D of the…
THE IT ACT – INTERPRETATION & MISINTERPRETATION
Mishi Choudhary, Executive Director of SFLC.in participated in a discussion on Section 66A and Section 79 of the IT Act, the amendments made to it…
Why Should We Use A Password Manager
Do you store passwords to your online accounts (Banks, Emails, Social Networking Sites etc) in the browser ? It is a potential security threat and…
Stop crying wolf: just wait and watch!
A version of this article appeared in The Hoot on Aug 21, 2013 The weekend began with much commentary in the newspapers and on theair…
Mouthshut case: the media got it all wrong
Article written by Mishi Choudhary, Executive Director, SFLC.in about the media coverage on the Mouthshut.com case in the Supreme Court challenging the Information Technology (Intermediaries…
IIT Professor Arrested For Sending “unwanted” Text messages
Lingaraj Sahoo, an IIT Professor was arrested on 13 August, 2013 by the Amingaon police under Sections 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach…
Online Petition by P. Rajeeve
Recent revelations in the media have shown how the US Government has been monitoring digital communications of people across the world through their PRISM program….
CryptoParty
Care about your online privacy and security? Attend a Cryptoparty by SFLC.in! When mass surveillance and data mining define our online lives, privacy and data…
Comments on the draft Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions
The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks releaseddraft Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions, on June 28, 2013 and invited public comments on them. SFLC.in…
Citizen Journalist Show, CNN IBN – 16th July 2013
On 16th June 2013, Prasanth and Surendran from SFLC.IN participated in a Google Hangout on the topic of Online Privacy.
The Social Network, NDTV, 16th July 2013
Prasanth Sugathan, Senior Counsel at SFLC.IN appeared on a talk show on Section 66A of the IT Act
For openness in data use
News article quoting Prasanth, Counsel at SFLC.in about the kind of licensing that should be followed while releasing Government data to the public domain. Read…