Less than a year ago, the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security (the ‘UN GGE’, for short) famously came to a deadlock in its determination of how international law applies to cyberspace. Comprising… Read More

Celebrating One Year of the Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India Judgment August 24, 2018 6.00 pm onwards organized by Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations & Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University Delhi at Conference… Read More

Cyber space has become a focal point of international relations. With most global powers having realized that cyber security is integral to their national security, cyber issues have found their place in foreign policy, resulting in the emergence of cyber diplomacy. Cyber diplomacy is the use of… Read More

The Union Cabinet recently approved the DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2018 (“DNA Profiling Bill”), which is scheduled to be introduced in Parliament today (31st July). The Bill is largely based on the 2017 Law Commission Report on “Human DNA Profiling – A draft Bill for… Read More

After months of speculation, the Committee of Experts on data protection (“Committee”), led by Justice B N Sri Krishna, has submitted its recommendations and a draft data protection bill to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MEITY”) today. As we sit down for some not-so-light weekend reading to… Read More

There is now a near universal perception that Artificial Intelligence technologies are set to disrupt every sphere of life. However, this is coupled with concern regarding the social, ethical (and even existential) challenges that AI might present. As a consequence, there has been an uptake in interest by governments… Read More

A cursory look at your email inbox this past month presents an intriguing trend. Multiple online services seem to have taken it upon themselves to notify changes to their Privacy Policies at the same time. The reason, simply, is that the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)… Read More

In March of 2018, a man in West Bengal was sentenced to five years imprisonment and fined Rs 9,000 for uploading private pictures and videos of a girl without her consent as revenge for ending their relationship. Under the promise of marriage, the accused pressured the complainant into… Read More

In October 2015, a 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India referred challenges to the Aadhaar program to a constitution bench. One of the primary concerns of this petition was to decide on the existence of a fundamental right to privacy, which has since been upheld. Other similar… Read More

In October 2015, a 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India referred challenges to the Aadhaar program to a constitution bench. One of the primary concerns of this petition was to decide on the existence of a fundamental right to privacy, which has since been upheld. Other similar… Read More