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Media Laws, Rights & Privacy Of Celebrities

IP and Legal Filings

Celebrities have objected to this because it interferes with their personal lives and their right to privacy. Furthermore, the Information Technology Act of 2000 makes it a crime to copy or transfer data from another person’s device without their permission. The Indian Copyright Act of 1957 forbids and punishes acts of piracy.

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Legality of Recording Phone Calls in India & Admissibility of Such Evidence Before the Court

IP and Legal Filings

The question of intruding into privacy arises when someone eavesdrops on the conversation of participants of the call. 1] Of course, tapping a person’s phone constitutes a serious invasion of their privacy and violates Articles 19 and 21 of the Constitution. [2] Privacy depends on individual decisions dictating a way of life.

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Custodians Of Financial Data And Its Protection In Indian Framework : Banking Sector

IP and Legal Filings

Customers would have to rely on either the safeguards enshrined in the Information Technology Act, 2000, or the fragmented financial regulations in the absence of a comprehensive law similar to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe. [ii]. 21, Acts of Parliament, 2000 (India). [ii] WHAT IS FINANCIAL DATA.

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OM Weekly Digest 07/08/22

Olartemoure Blog

USPTO’s Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR) tool, available since the early 2000’s will be official retired on 31 July. 07/08/22 – Data Privacy. 07/08/22 – Patents. Original source in Spanish. 07/08/22 – Innovation.

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The Current State of Cross-Border Data-Transfers

IPilogue

In 2015, Austrian law student and privacy activist, Maximillian Schrems, sued Facebook Ireland for what he alleged to be an unlawful transfer of data from Facebook Ireland to Facebook’s headquarters in the United States. Schrems challenged the Safe Harbour Agreement, which passed the muster of the European Commission (EC) in 2000.

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How South Africa Handles Notice and Takedown

Plagiarism Today

The European Union, for example, has a notice-and-takedown system as part of its Electronic Commerce Directive , which was adopted in 2000. India has their own process, implemented through the Information Technology Act of 2000. But while these laws are similar in intent, they are often different in the details of how they work.

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The Establishment of the IP Division in Madras High Court: A Significant Step towards Efficient Resolution of IP Disputes

Selvam & Selvam Blog

any challenge to the order passed under Sec. 11 of the Customs Act,1962, and related notifications. .; any challenge to the order passed under Sec. 11 of the Customs Act,1962, and related notifications.