Delhi High Court in the matter of RS v. NCT Delhi held that FIRs should not be registered against law students if they pose as lawyers before courts, instead they should be counselled. Facts of the case – A third year law student appeared before court of Metropolitan Magistrate, Dwarka as a proxy counsel and…
Case related to Arbitrary blocking of telegram and we transfer to be heard by Bombay High Court
Supreme court directed the petitioner challenging the arbitrary blocking of websites such telegram and we transfer to approach the Bombay High Court for appropriate relief. The blocking was challenged on following grounds: 1. Procedure for blocking has been enumerated under Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking for Access of Information by Public)…
Points discussed at public consultation on draft Online gaming rules.
For finalizing the draft amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules (“the rules”) the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”) is holding public consultation. The keys points of the meeting are as follows: 1. Gaming Industry Associations cannot become self regulatory bodies (“SRBs”) until approval from MeitY is…
Talwar Thakore and Associates (TT&A) advised A91 Partners in its investment in Blue Tokai.
TT&A advised A91 Emerging Fund II LLP (“A91”) in connection with its investment into Muhavra Enterprises Private Limited (“Company”), a speciality coffee brand start up which principally operates under popular brand name “Blue Tokai”. A91 acted as lead investor in the $30 Mn series B funding round of the company. The funding round also saw…
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Location – Delhi Eligibility – Fresher/last year of law school Basic knowledge about legal research + drafting Email your cv at – s.misra@albalawoffices.com
Ikigai Tech Policy Fellowship, stipend Rs. 45000/- month
Ikigai tech fellowship policy is one year program for recent graduates to gain experience in Indian Tech Policy ecosystem. Who can apply – Recent graduates with interest in tech policy or person with 0-3 years of experience in technology law LLM degree, LAMP fellowship or Young India Fellowship will be a bonus Responsibilities Tracking policy…
Controller must take informed consent from the data subjects
Finnish data protection authority has imposed 122,000 euro fine on an organization for processing data subject’s personal health data without obtaining its consent. The company was processing personal heath data like maximum oxygen uptake and body mass index without informing data subjects hence the data protection authority found that consent was not individualized and informed. …
Norton Lifelock suffers data breach.
Norton Life Lock, a cyber security service provider has been hit by a data breach in which more than 6000 of its customers had their account compromised. Personal information like name, email address and other sensitive data of users might have been exposed in such an attack. Gen Digital, parent company of Norton Life Lock…
MeitY extends deadline for sharing feedback on draft online gaming rules.
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”) has extended the dates for submitting the feedback on the draft amendments to the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 in relation to online gaming (“the rules”). The feedback can be submitted till 25th January, 2023. New amendments have been suggested to add due…