Articles by Pavan Duggal
CYBER LAW
- Cyber law In India: The Information Technology Act 2000 – Some Perspectives
- Section 66A OF IT Act – your friend or foe?
- Social Media and Indian Cyber law
- Glaring loopholes in cyberlaw amendments
- Has the BPO industry hit a speed-breaker?
- Hidden camera and law
- TATA WINS DOMAIN NAME “TATA.ORG
- A direct impact on free speech in cyber space
- Cyber law And Data Security
- THE LEGAL view on Data Centres
- Legislate Privacy, At Least
- Telecommunications Convergence Law in India – A Critique
- Indian Legal Response to Cyber Security
- Does the UID project infringe on privacy?
- Think again before you post
- Cyber Law – Global Trends in 2014
- If all goes well, Indian IT Act may enter 21st century
- How online privacy is linked to your pocket
- India to issue advisory against child pornography
- Don’t let technology become your master: Justice Grover to students
- Legislative language must ensure balance between curbing rights and protecting them: Pavan Duggal
- India lacks laws to protect customers of digital transactions: Experts
- ‘Why were stricter laws not invoked against café owners?
- No laws in India to protect customers if they lose money during digital transactions
- Bringing cyber security to the fore
- No laws in India to protect customers if they lose money during digital transactions
- Indian Android smartphone are at data theft risk: Experts
- Dev 360: To go cashless, win people’s trust first
- Go Digital Drive Brought Cyber Security To The Fore In India
- Delhi cops to get ‘one touch’ internet monitoring system
- Indian Android smartphone users too at data theft risk: Experts
- Digital economy needs stricter cyber laws
- No laws in India to protect customers if they lose money during digital transactions
- Apple and Google to encrypt smartphones in India with Aadhaar
- Why virtual reality will redefine porn
- Next up for DigiLocker integration: PAN card and private service providers
- Why we need a digital heir after death (Tech Trend)
- Who leaked Udta Punjab online?
- PORN: Reliance Jio, Airtel, RCom, Vodafone, Telenor mull parental firewall for parents
- Australia’s new data breach disclosure laws have a rather floppy definition of ‘breach’
- How Europe Can Fight Cyber Attacks (And Win)
- Clinton vs Trump: Here’s How Symantec Simulated a Cyberattack on US Presidential Election
- New FBI release on Clinton email probe refers to ‘Shadow Government’
- Internet providers claim cyber attack, to meet senior cop
- The CIA is Preparing for a Major Cyberattack Against Russia
- Laws to tighten privacy after data breach
- TalkTalk hit with record fine for cyber attack
- SEC May Use Yahoo Case to Set Data Breach Disclosure Rules
- Yahoo, LinkedIn, Apple iCloud: 10 Big Data Breaches
- “Hacked” e-mail account of White House worker exposed in 2013 password breach
- Couple’s bank account drained by thieves using recent Wendy’s data breach
- Michelle Obama data breach: purported scan of first lady’s passport appears online
- Bank informs RBI of security breach: Axis suffers cyber attack, hires EY to probe damage
- Cyber crime cell for ransomware cases soon
- European ATM cyber-attacks up 28%, those using dynamite up 30%
- Smart home devices used in cyberattack on tech writer’s site
- Teenager appears in court over TalkTalk cyber-attack
- German politicians faced cyberattack: report
- N-power plant disrupted by cyber attack, says IAEA
- UK finance groups face surge in cyber attacks
- Air Force general: F-16s may be vulnerable to cyber attack
- Two Teenagers Arrested for Massive Cyber Attack that Targeted Illinois Businesses
- Hackers Hijack ‘Smart Devices’ for Huge Cyberattack
- Hacked by your fridge: the Internet of Things could spark a new wave of cyber attacks
- BAE Systems: A cyber attack could cost your business £1 million
- Singapore sees spike in number of cyberattack-for-ransom cases
- German military carried out first foreign cyber-attack in Afghan hostage op – report
- The dark web marketplace where you can buy 200 million Yahoo accounts is under cyberattack
- Medical Devices Are Vulnerable to Cyberattack
- Energy sector sees increase in cyber-attacks
- Virtual Safety: Cyber security in AR/VR games
- FBI probes hacks targeting phones of Democratic Party officials: sources
- Australian Bureau of Meteorology hacked by foreign spies, cybersecurity report reveals
- Pavan Duggal on why Indian banks lose the security plot
- Local court invokes annulled Sec 66A to convict a man
- 11,592 cases of cyber crime registered in India in 2015: NCRB
- Lack of privacy law reason behind WhatsApp petition
- Aadhaar legal tangle: Govt can be taken to task for contempt of court; experts wonder why SC didn’t
- Aadhaar Act needs a relook from the security and privacy aspect, to avoid mistakes made with the IT Act
- Cyber-law inadequacies pose challenges for all
- India needs better legal framework for electronic health records
- Common Man Is Asking For Accountability’, Says Pavan Duggal
- Nasscom chief saying full data protection isn’t possible should wake us from our digital slumber
- Post demonetization: Era of cyber law and security
- Govt must declare computer systems as ‘protected’
- Hackers take payment e-commerce firms for a ride
- E-evidence gradually becomes a crucial part of prosecution
- Was Westmister terrorist guided by a mastermind? Killer’s phone was STILL connected to another on Whatsapp when he died raising fears he was taking instructions
- The big national security versus privacy debate
- Need to make Aadhaar ecosystem more cyber secure: Expert
- Aadhaar data leaked from more govt departments, UIDAI asks for audit to prevent further leak
- TodayInTech: Launch of BHIM-Aadhaar, Google’s Areo app, Uber’s Lyft stalking, Microsoft’s Kaizala, & more
- Privacy protection: Need for proactive cyber legal approaches in India
- BJP On The Possibility Of Digitised India
- Cyber crimes: Centre may soon come out with rules to validate electronic evidence
- Data privacy back in spotlight
- Hackers running parallel cab-hailing platforms
- Cyber-law inadequacies pose challenges for all
- ‘Pentagon Was Hacked Too’: Piyush Goyal On Security For Digital Payments
- Is A Tough Stand Against Terror Provocative?
- India lacks laws to protect customers of digital transactions: Experts
- Nasscom chief saying full data protection isn’t possible should wake us from our digital slumber
- To go cashless, win people’s trust first
- Net neutrality in India: Here’s why India shouldn’t jump the gun on net neutrality
- Business rivals commit most cyber crimes
- India to finally get electronic evidence authenticators
- Indian cyber security needs comprehensive legal framework: Expert
- Banks gear up to make plastic money more secure for customers
- Why 2015 Was A Landmark Year For Indian Cyberlaw?
- Paper leak: What measures government should take to check it.
- Govt proposes integration of PAN cards with DigiLocker
- Behind the scenes of Escort Economy 2.0
- Exciting career options: The web world is evolving and so is cyber law
- Nothing private? Govt wants to have a say in your online chats
- Surfing the dark net for drugs
- Legal notices sent over ‘anti-social’ messages
- Planning your digital afterlife
- Get ready for digital signatures
- Supreme Court hearing on 2009 defamation case against Google gets underway
- Cyber snoops hack India’s secrets: Report reveals how internet spies may have ‘compromised’ the nation’s security
- ‘Unprecedented and terrifying’: Extent of mobile snooping exposed as Vodaphone reveals government sought access to millions of Indians’ data
- India’s liberal tag in shreds, politicians clamp down on any comment or remark on their wrongdoings
- India bans more than 800 sites seen as ‘immoral, indecent’
- Manual acknowledges tax sleuths’ shortcomings on digital caches
- Uber Trouble – Govt Mulling IP Address Ban Making Uber App Unusable
- Indian court orders Facebook, Google to offer plans for protecting children
- Con callers are on a roll: Missed calls from foreign numbers fleecing Indians
- The freedom of expression debate: The State must mend fences with The Web
- Karnataka porn row: It is a grave offence, says cyber law expert
- Breach and the economics of demerit goods
- Reading ‘The Satanic Verses’ not a punishable offence, say legal experts
- Meet me in cyberspace
- India wants to ban porn—will it work?
- ‘We can’t block porn!’ Service providers tell Supreme Court they need help to keep obscene content out
- The pharmacist goes online
- India cracks down on Internet after communal violence
- Delhi Police probing Google’s map contest
- Is porn addiction on the rise in Bangalore?
- Are you a credit card fraud victim?
- Can India churn out ethical hackers like it has produced coders & programmers?
- Hacking: Experts call for code
- App-based taxi booking services to be banned in Maharashtra
- Clone SIM with threatening messages baffle cops
- Security firms thrive as govt, firms step up security plans
CYBER CRIME
- Cyber crime Cyber crime Everywhere- no place to hide
- Our cyber cells are not equipped to deal with cyber crime
- Tackling Cyber Crimes – Need for Stringent Laws
- Theft of ATM password attracts IPC and cyber law
- India: Terrorism And Cyber crime
- Your cyber crime-friendly legislation
- A warning against the Internet’s dangers
- India: Terrorism And Cyber crime
- Indian Blackout – Some legal perspectives
- Trump Organization’s ‘problematic’ cybersecurity risks email hack — report
- Canada’s cybersecurity strategy is anemic: expert
- Cybersecurity Stocks’ Q3 Results: What to Look For
- Smart Grids Aren’t Secure, Survey Says
- Cloud Security Replacing Cybersecurity Industry, Says Analyst
- Slovak Finance Ministry drafts country’s first cyber–security law
- Workers in London’s financial centre are being bombarded with ransomware
- These free ransomware decryption tools have rescued data from 2,500 locked devices
- European ransomware initiative gains 13 new member countries
- Ransomware scam being spread through fake bill
- Kaspersky Cybersecurity: Strengthening govt initiatives, enterprise and cyber insurance
- Chief Economic Advisor’s twitter account hacked
- New draft of cyber response plan nearly ready for release
- US and Russia headed for new cold war
- The Cyber-War on Wikileaks
- China’s Cyber And Trade War: Its Threat To National Security
- Cybercrime and Fraud Cost UK £10.9 Billion in a Year
- Cybercrime as a Service: Europol Hints at Militants Using Darknet
- Cyber crime in South Africa – top of the agenda for CFOsG7 Nations Plan To Team Up To Tackle Financial Cybercrime
- Cybercrimes rule high, but no chief at tribunal for 5 years
- Business rivals commit most cyber crimes
- Southern states most net-savvy but Maharashtra tops in online fraud
- Security concerns on transactions increase as residents go cashless
- Jamia organises seminar on cyber crime
- IRCTC hacking: Railways claims no leakage of ‘sensitive’ data
- ‘Go digital’ drive brought cyber security to the fore in India
- Cyber security is a major concern in transactions
- Cyber Security: How Rahul, Congress Twitter accounts may have been hacked
- Pavan Duggal on why Indian banks lose the security plot
- India bans 22 social media sites in kashmir over alleged abuse videos
- Hackers Release NSA Malware, Indian Servers in the Firing Line
- Lack of privacy law reason behind Whats App petition
- Post demonetization: Era of cyber law and security
- ‘Common Man Is Asking For Accountability’, Says Pavan Duggal
- Punishing WhatsApp, Facebook group admins for offensive posts may be a harsh move, but necessary
- Aadhaar: A convenience or a curse? Misinformation and fear distort the real issues with the service
- Centre working to reintroduce draft encryption policy
- Pokemon GO has brought to fore the need to update India’s legal framework: Pavan Duggal
- Viral Sach: Can ISIS trap you in its WhatsApp group ‘Firdaus we ascend’?
- India’s first billionaire banker is betting big on mobile. Will customers pick up his call?
- Muslim man arrested in UP for using martyred police officer’s image as Facebook profile picture
- Cybercrime is on the rise in Gurugram
- Hackers take payment e-commerce firms for a ride
- Question on cyber security: As India goes cashless, how safe digital payments are?
- No phone, no problem – just a thumbprint will pay the bill
- Union Budget 2017 – A Cyber Ecosystem Perspective
- Thanks to An Outdated Law, 2017 Will Be The Year Of Mobile Frauds
- Data Security: No Room for Complacency
- Delhi cops to get ‘one touch’ internet monitoring system
- After A Bad Year For Cybersecurity, The Union Budget Looks At Some Solutions
- Southern states most net-savvy but Maharashtra tops in online fraud
- How online privacy is linked to your pocket
- Security concerns increase on transactions increase as residents go cashless
- Popular photo editing software may use privacy loopholes to steal your identity, warn cops
- The Fake News problem in India can get out of hand if not controlled in due time; experts tell us why
- How safe are you from cyber attacks?
- Social media addicts, watch what you post online!
- New laws and legislation should be formed to stop rising instances of cyber crime, says Supreme Court
- Apple and Google to encrypt smartphones in India with Aadhaar
- Indian banks need to adopt fully-encrypted ATM security solutions
- Open public Wi-Fi networks boon for hackers to steal sensitive data
- Cyber crime cases shoot up post demonetization
- Lack of strong laws makes ATMs vulnerable to cyber attacks
- End-to-End Encryption a Boon for Terror Groups in India, Claim Experts
- Railway ministry denies IRCTC hacking
- The deep, dark side of web! How people are getting drugs, guns delivered at doorstep
- Secured, hacking-free cloud service is what India needs
- Getting justice in cyber crime is difficult
- No laws in India to protect customers if they lose money during digital transactions
- How safe are our CCTV cameras?
- India unprepared to tackle online data security: report
- Mittal’s Social Trade: A Ponzi Scam In Substance, But Not In Form?
- Indian govt to ask tech intermediaries like Gmail, Whatsapp to store user info
- Government Makes Aadhaar Mandatory to Register New Businesses
- Sex, honour, shame and blackmail in an online world
- The WhatsApp suicide
- Facebook comes under government scanner for hosting ‘insulting comments’ against judiciary
- Indians turning to virtual private network VPN for anonymous, safe internet experience
- Viral Sach: Your internet banking account can be hacked through Facebook
- Viral Sach: Can a ‘death’ call from 777888999 explode phone and get receiver killed?
- Is social media prone to exaggeration?
- End-to-end encryption: Both a boon and a bane
- Viral Sach: Can you find your lost mobile phone yourself?
- J&K social media ban: Use of 132-year-old Act can’t stand judicial scrutiny, say experts
- The Art of Selling Stolen Goods Online
- Trolls today are all over Twitter, Facebook, YouTube
- Cyber crime: 1,600 arrested, only 7 convicted
- Government aims to tackle child pornography with more ‘control’ over social networking sites
- Socializing with a virtual wallet
- Indian govt second highest seeker of internet users’ private info, says Google
- India’s trouble with monitoring of social media continues
- Movie pirates stay a step ahead of police
- Can you bank on social network?
- Terror on Twitter: the life and crimes of Mehdi
- New law to protect individual privacy
- Rubbing Out Internet Porn Won’t Be Easy for the Indian Government
- Unknown missed calls can empty your wallet
- What Is Cybercrime?
- A Mumbai Student Vents on Facebook, and the Police Come Knocking
- Phishing and pharming dangers
- India Debates Misuse of Social Media
- Video recordings of gang rapes on rise in India in effort to shame, silence the victim
- North- East hate sites blocked… But it took a month for government to muzzle hateful propaganda
- How secure are India’s call centres?
- Free speech at risk as Government plays humourless cyber cop
- Legalise porn?
- Indians tape gang rapes to silence victims
- India bans posting private sex tapes on websites
CYBER TERRORISM
TECHNOLOGY
SOCIAL MEDIA
- Facebook, Speech & Indian Cyber law
- Think again before you post
- Social Media and Indian Cyber law
- Covering act Social Media & Section 66A of Indian Cyber Law
FINANCIAL CHRONICLES
- Indian cyber law miles behind the realities of social media
- Internet has no alternative
- Legal challenges in cyber world
- Hidden camera and law
BRIEF CASES @THE ECONOMIC TIMES
- Indian pop stars attract cyber squatters too
- The strain of setting online music store
- Data theft on BPOs
- Selling clean Flicks could be a dirty business
- Digital signature is not catching on
- How valid are e-records of board meetings?
- Due Diligence will help limit any liabilities
INTERMEDIARIES
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- The Information Technology Act, 2000 – Some Perspectives.
- Cyberlaw-2001: Two dramatic developments
- The Information Technology Act
- INDIA’S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000
- IT Act assigns undue powers to the police
- We are not keeping up pace
CYBER SPACE
- Cyber law trends of 2010
- Cyber deterrence
- Theft of ATM password attracts IPC and cyberlaw
- India does not need ‘web-cops’
- Internet ruling opens Pandora’s box for online publishing industry
- Protecting the Virtual Cob-Web
- Indian Budget 2016 – A digital flavour
- Getting India’s maps right
- Digital India at the expense of Net neutrality?
TELECOM
BPOs
PRIVACY
AADHAAR
- Does the UID project infringe on privacy?
- Aadhaar Act, 2016 Should be Amended to Improve Cybersecurity
TECHNOLOGY
ON 66A
- Year 2012 and Section 66A of Indian Cyberlaw, The Economic Times January 9, 2013
- Pavan Duggal via Live Web Chat on the essence of Sec 66A of the Information Technology Act.
- 66A- “Friend or Foe?”
- A Great Service To The Cause Of Free Speech
- IT Leaders, Lawyers Welcome SC Ruling on 66A of the IT Act