Information Technology Act 2000

Aadhaar hearing: Lack of governmental ownership of CIDR’s source code can have serious consequences

Lacking ownership over this critical infrastructure can have serious consequences. One such consequence is that this affects the ability of the government to declare it as a ‘protected system’, a crucial factor for ensuring the safety of the CIDR.

Privacy concerns rise in Kashmir as IT Act silent about cellphone and data searches

Jammu and Kashmir Police in March this year claimed to have traced connections of some 10,000 Facebook profiles to Pakistan and said militant groups control some 300 groups on WhatsApp.

Narendra Modi govt crackdown on online child sexual abuse content by 31 July

The government has directed Internet service providers (ISP) to block distribution and transmission of child sexual abuse content by 31 July.

Aadhaar data privacy: UIDAI files FIRs against 8 websites for illegally collecting user info

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has filed FIRs against eight unauthorised websites for promising Aadhaar-related services, and illegally collecting Aadhaar number and enrolment details from people.

Facebook launches new tool to tackle 'revenge porn': Here's what can be done

Facebook on Wednesday announced that is launching tools to prevent the upload and reupload of ‘revenge porn’.

Govt To Amend IT Act To Effectively Deal With Cyber Terrorism

The amended Information Technology Act, 2000 will deal with online data security, data privacy, identity theft, cyber terrorism, child pornography, Spam, phishing and other online frauds.

Govt has a new cyber security plan; PC hardware to come with statutory warning

In light of the rising instances of cyber crime in the country, the government reportedly, has some changes lined up. The Times of India reports that the

Scammers use social networks commonly during holiday season, warns McAfee

Security software maker McAfee has warned users of the most common ways of attacks used by cyber criminals during the festive season, especially highlighting social networks and malicious mobile apps...

294 government websites hacked between Jan-Oct 2012: CERT-In

Shocking figures by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) reveal that more than 14,000 websites...

Mumbai resident loses Rs 1.75 lakh to cyber crime

What Dash is experiencing paints a harsh picture of our preparedness, or the lack of it to such instances.