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Ip Addresses And Expeditious Disclosure Of Identity In India, Prashant Iyengar
Ip Addresses And Expeditious Disclosure Of Identity In India, Prashant Iyengar
Indian Journal of Law and Technology
Concomitant with the proliferation of cybercrime in India has been the use of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses by law enforcement agencies to track down criminals. While useful in many situations, the potential for misuse of this information raises important concerns for the privacy of individuals online. This note reviews the statutory mechanisms regulating the retention and disclosure of IP addresses by internet companies in India. It identifies and analyses the four broad sources to which the regime of IP Address disclosure by Internet Service Providers (ISP) may be traced: under the (i) operating licenses issued under the Telegrah Act, 1885, …
New Crimes Under The Information Technology (Amendment) Act, Amlan Mohanty
New Crimes Under The Information Technology (Amendment) Act, Amlan Mohanty
Indian Journal of Law and Technology
This paper delineates the legislative response to cyber crime in India with an analysis of the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 focussing on the new crimes introduced by the amendment, on the touchstone of cyber crime legislative standards across jurisdictions. Thus, a brief look at the jurisprudential basis for criminalisation of cyberspace activities has been undertaken, following which, the new crimes have been examined section-wise. The paper uses the theoretical framework set out in the first section to probe the various problems that the Amendment Act poses in light of bad drafting and lack of understanding in the area.