Press Release : SFLC Criticises AICTE's Decision to Mandate Use of Microsoft Cloud In Its Affiliated Colleges
Apr 25, 2013
April 25, 2013
New Delhi, India
AICTE, according to a notification available on its website (pdf), has taken a decision to partner with Microsoft to offer cloud email offering and Microsoft Office…
Round-table on Intermediary Liability on the Internet
Apr 20, 2013
Across the world from Europe to the US, it has been an accepted policy that service providers on the Internet cannot be held liable for user-generated content and this principle has found place in…
Report of Committee on Subordinate Legislation on Intermediaries Rules tabled
Mar 26, 2013
The Thirty-first Report of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation (2012-2013) was presented in the Lok Sabha today on 21 March , 2013 by Shri P. Karunakaran, Chairman of the Committee.
The…
Subordinate Committee Report suggests a fresh look at the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules, 2011
Mar 21, 2013
The Lok Sabha Committee on Subordinate Legislation in its report stated that the Committee expect the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to have a fresh look at the Information…
S.91 of CrPC - the Omnipotent provision?
Mar 19, 2013
A need for this blog post was felt as we at sflc.in have recently seen indiscriminate use of S.91 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) by police officers to demand a wide range of…
DEITY issued a clarification on the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules, 2011 stating that the intermediaries should respond within 36 hours and they should redress such complaints within one month.
Mar 18, 2013
DEITY issued a clarification on the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules, 2011 which states :
Resolution on S.66A of IT Act
Mar 05, 2013
Sri.P.Rajeeve, Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha moved a motion on the need to amend Section 66 A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and this came up for discussion on December 14, 2012…
Cryptoparty in Cochin
Feb 23, 2013
Software Freedom Law Center, India(sflc.in) in association with ILUG-COCHIN is holding a cryptoparty (www.cryptoparty.org) on Sunday, 24th February 2013. The aim of the event is to introduce Internet…
Government Employee Arrested For Facebook Posts
Feb 06, 2013
On 6 February 2013, Sanjay Chaudhary, a Government employee in U.P was arrested from his residence with his laptop, sim card and data card being impounded by the Agra police, under charges of "…
Writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging Rules 3(2), 3(3), 3(4) and 3(7) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 filed by Mr. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, an independent Member of Parliament
Jan 25, 2013
Writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging Rules 3(2), 3(3), 3(4) and 3(7) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 filed by Mr. Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
Freedom after expression...
Jan 25, 2013
Sflc.in participated in the Third South Asian Meeting on the Internet and Freedom of Expression which was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 14-15 January 2013 . The focus of the meeting was on the…
Cryptoparty
Jan 11, 2013
Sflc.in is organising a cyptoparty on January 12, 2013 at our office. The aim of the event is to introduce tools that help in protecting privacy in the online world.
Agenda:
Introduction…
