PAVAN DUGGAL

"One of the best Cyberlaw ebooks of all time" - BookAuthoritySUPREME COURT ON INDIAN CYBERLAW. In every jurisdiction, legislatures pass relevant laws but it is the judiciary who interprets the provisions of law. In India, the Indian Cyberlaw which got enacted in the year 2000, has come up with issues and aspects which impact the day-to-day lives of Indian users of computers, computer systems, computer networks, computer resources and communication devices. The Supreme Court has through its various landmark decisions, decided various aspects which have further helped in the evolution of Cyberlaw jurisprudence in India.

This eBook aims to examine the important Cyberlaw judgments and issues which have been pronounced by the Supreme Court of India on various occasions, and case laws which have impacted the growth and evolution of Indian cyber legal jurisprudence. The present eBook seeks to examine and analyze the various aspects of cyber legal jurisprudence which have been evolved by the Supreme Court of India and which form the foundation for the further growth of Cyberlaw jurisprudence. I hope this eBook could be of immense value to all law students, law professors, in-house counsels and other stakeholders interested in the growth of Indian Cyberlaw and the significant role played by the Supreme Court of India. I have written the eBook in a simple layman's language and have extracted the relevant extracts from the judgments for the purposes of simple reading and quick referencing. This eBook is authored by Pavan Duggal (pavanduggal.com), Asia's and India's foremost expert on Cyberlaw and Mobile Law, who has been acknowledged as one of the top four cyber lawyers of the world. This eBook's Author runs his niche law firm Pavan Duggal Associates, Advocates (pavanduggalassociates.com/) which is working on all aspects concerning technology and the law. © Pavan Duggal, 2015.

"One of the best Cyberlaw ebooks of all time" - BookAuthorityINDIA'S DEMONETIZATION, CASHLESS ECONOMY & CYBERLAW CHALLENGES. India has begun its journey in the direction of becoming a digital cashless economy. India demonetized its currency in the second week of November, 2016 and reiterated its resolve to transform the nation into a cashless economy. India's demonetization and advent towards the cashless economy has brought forward various Cyberlaw challenges and issues.

This eBook seeks to examine the various Cyberlaw challenges that are faced by India as a nation, as it moves in the direction of transmigrating to a digital cashless economy. This eBook examines various important and significant facets which must be addressed by India as a nation as important priorities, as it prepares to go the cashless economy way. The effective addressing of such cyberlaw challenges would further help in transforming India into a knowledge society and economy. This eBook would be of value for every stakeholder in the digital and mobile ecosystem who wants to understand the legal nuances and complexities impacting India's progress towards becoming a cashless digital economy. This eBook is authored by Pavan Duggal (pavanduggal.com), Asia's and India's foremost expert on Cyberlaw and Mobile Law, who has been acknowledged as one of the top four cyber lawyers of the world. This eBook's Author runs his niche law firm Pavan Duggal Associates, Advocates (pavanduggalassociates.com/) which is working on all aspects concerning technology and the law. © Pavan Duggal, 2016.

"One of the best new GDPR ebooks" - BookAuthorityGDPR, DATA LOCALIZATION & INDIAN CORPORATES. Data protection as an issue has always been an area of concern for various stakeholders in the digital and mobile ecosystem. Different countries have been coming up with different national laws on data protection. European Union has recently adopted an extremely significant standard on data protection which is invariably looked up as a role model by various countries, being General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The said Regulation has come into effect from 25th May, 2018 and is expected to have a game-changing impact.

Typically, it is presumed that national legislations or regional legal frameworks should only be applicable to the respective areas of cooperation. However, the General Data Protection Regulation is different. The GDPR impacts any company anywhere in the world which is dealing, handling or processing data of people residing in the European Union. As such, GDPR becomes of tremendous importance and significance for all Indian companies who are dealing, handling or processing data pertaining to people residing in the European Union. This Book seeks to understand the significance of GDPR from the perspective of Indian corporates. It highlights the salient features of GDPR which Indian companies need to know and also the relevance of GDPR for all companies operating in India while dealing, handling or processing data of people residing in the European Union. Data Localization is increasingly becoming very significant for the Indian government. This book also seeks to sensitize Indian corporates of other proactive legal strategies that they need to adopt while dealing with GDPR as also data localization. It has been written from the perspective of Indian stakeholders so that the applicability of legal instruments like GDPR as also concepts like Data Localization could be understood and appreciated in the Indian context . This book has been written in the layman's language so that the complex nuances of these important developments could be enumerated in simple terms. This Book should be of value to not just lawyers, legal professionals, lawyers, judges, academicians, nation states, governments but also various companies and their boards and other stakeholders, who are concerned with data processing pertaining to people residing in the European Union as also data localization. This Book is authored by Pavan Duggal (pavanduggal.com), internationally renowned and acclaimed foremost expert on Cyber Security Law and Cyberlaw, who has been acknowledged as one of the top four cyber lawyers of the world. The Author runs his niche law firm Pavan Duggal Associates, Advocates ( pavanduggalassociates.com/ ) which is working on all aspects concerning technology and the law. © Pavan Duggal, 2018.

"One of the best Cyberlaw ebooks of all time" - BookAuthorityELECTRONIC COMMERCE & CYBERLAW - SOME LEGAL FACETS. We are all living in the age of the Internet. It is only thanks to the Internet that electronic commerce as a phenomenon has come to become an integral part of our day-to-day lives. We would like to shop online and also would like to shop through mobile phones, as also laptops and smart devices. However, the advent of electronic commerce has brought forward the various legal issues which have been appropriately addressed in different jurisdictions in different manners.

This eBook seeks to examine some of the legal issues impacting electronic commerce. This eBook further looks at the legal issues pertaining to online contracts. The eBook also examines the impact of spamming on online commerce and how different legislations in different parts of the world are aiming to address spam. This eBook also examines the significance of disclaimers in terms of disclaiming the liability of legal entities. This eBook is primarily aim to provide basic parameters of significant legal issues impacting e-commerce. The eBook has been written in the form of a primer so that basic legal issues are brought to the attention of the reader. The eBook should be of assistance to every stakeholder in the e-commerce space as also for all law students, lawyers, law professionals and others who are interested in understanding the legal nuances concerning electronic commerce. This eBook is authored by Pavan Duggal (pavanduggal.com), Asia's and India's foremost expert on Cyberlaw and Mobile Law. This eBook's Author runs his niche law firm Pavan Duggal Associates, Advocates (pavanduggalassociates.com/) which is working on all aspects concerning technology and the law. © Pavan Duggal, 2015.

INDIAN BIOMETRIC IDENTITY, AUTHENTICATION & LAW. India is the largest democracy in the world. With the second largest population in the world, India has also increasingly engaged the attention of stakeholders. India has also done some trail blazing work in the area of national identity system based on biometric environment. The Indian national biometric identity system known as Aadhaar promises to leap frog to the next level of growth, given the recent developments in legal frameworks pertaining to the same.

The Parliament of India has passed the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016. The said Aadhaar law not only provides legality to the concept of Aadhaar Number but also to the concept of authentication based on Aadhaar Number. This eBook aims to examine the legalities pertaining to Indian national biometric identity project and its use for authenticating identity of individual Aadhaar Number holders. This eBook further aims to look at how the existing law has provided legal frameworks for granting legality to the authentication process and its various nuances concerning the use of Aadhaar Number, for the purposes of identifying the real identity of Aadhaar Number. This eBook further aim to look at how the legal frameworks pertaining to authentication of identity of Aadhaar Number holder will be a game changer in terms of its massive growth. The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 aims to provide the requisite enabling legal frameworks that not only grant legality to various aspects pertaining to national biometric identity system but also aims to empower stakeholders to use national biometric identity system for variety of electronic governance and corporate purposes. This eBook aims to collate the relevant information pertaining to legalities as also legal and policy issues pertaining to authentication of identity of Aadhaar Number holder using the national biometric identity system. It will be interesting to see how this area of biometric identity jurisprudence is going to evolve and how India sets an example for the world to follow in this regard. This eBook is an absolute must for all law students and other stakeholders who want to understand and know about the emerging jurisprudence pertaining to biometric identity system in India. This eBook is authored by Pavan Duggal (http://www.pavanduggal.com), Asia’s and India’s foremost expert on Cyberlaw and Mobile Law, who has been acknowledged as one of the top four cyber lawyers of the world. This eBook’s Author runs his niche law firm Pavan Duggal Associates, Advocates (http://pavanduggalassociates.com/) which is working on all aspects concerning technology and the law. © Pavan Duggal, 2016.

AUTHENTICATION IN MOBILITY - A LEGAL VIEWPOINT. As increasingly mobiles are being used for a variety of human endeavours and activities, there is increasingly a need felt for mobile authentication. The concept of mobile signature has emerged and is increasingly gaining currency. What kind of authentication that is done in the context of use of mobiles and communication devices? What are the various strategies adopted in the context of mobile authentication? What are various kinds of factor of authentication available internationally in this regard?

These and other related issues concerning mobile authentication have been sought to be addressed in this book. Clearly, a lot of development has yet to take place in the area of mobile authentication. However, there will also be a need for coming up with appropriate changes in Mobile Law jurisprudence as developments take place in the area of mobile authentication. This eBook is an absolute must for all legal practitioners, law libraries, mobile companies, mobile service providers and operators, all companies offering their services in the mobile ecosystem and all users of mobiles, cell phones, smart phones, personal digital assistants and all other kinds of communication devices. This eBook is essential also for any person or legal entity, using any component or service available on or through the mobile ecosystem, mobile environment and mobile networks, who wants to authenticate their mobile records. This eBook further elaborates on the various legal challenges facing the ever important issue of authentication in the mobile ecosystem. This eBook is authored by Pavan Duggal (http://pavanduggalassociates.com/whoweare.html), Asia’s and India’s foremost expert on Cyberlaw who has done pioneering work in the area of Mobile Law. This eBook’s Author runs his niche law firm Pavan Duggal Associates, Advocates (http://pavanduggalassociates.com/) which is working on all aspects concerning technology and the law. © Pavan Duggal 2013.

WHATSAPP & INDIAN CYBERLAW. India is already undergoing a huge mobile revolution. The numbers of smartphones that are continuing to be sold in India are an indication of the growing dependence on smartphones by Indians. Consequently, Indians are using various mobile applications. WhatsApp is one of the most popular mobile applications in India. Primarily because WhatsApp is free, it appeals to large number of Indian users who find the said platform very convenient for the purposes of communicating audio, video, image and text.

However, the usage of WhatsApp has got distinct legal ramifications in India, thanks to the Indian Cyberlaw being in place. This eBook seeks to analyze the legalities concerning use of WhatsApp in India. It examines interplay between the services offered by WhatsApp and the various provisions of the Indian Cyberlaw. It also highlights the use of WhatsApp for various cyber crimes and cyber terrorism purposes by various vested elements. Finally, it also seeks to examine other challenges pertaining to use of WhatsApp by various actors as the mobile messaging platform. This eBook should be of tremendous value for any user of WhatsApp in India as also any other mobile or smartphone users in India who is warning to understand the legal ramifications of using mobile messaging applications like WhatsApp. This eBook is an absolute must for all stakeholders in the digital and mobile ecosystem as also all students of law, legal practitioners, law libraries, law enforcement agencies, lawmakers and other stakeholders in India who want to understand the legalities concerning WhatsApp and its use in India. This eBook is authored by Pavan Duggal (http://www.pavanduggal.com), Asia’s and India’s foremost expert on Cyberlaw and Mobile Law, who has been acknowledged as one of the top four cyber lawyers of the world. This eBook’s Author runs his niche law firm Pavan Duggal Associates, Advocates (http://pavanduggalassociates.com/) which is working on all aspects concerning technology and the law. © Pavan Duggal, 2015.