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| Experts Say India's Cyber Law is Outdated "When the law was framed, there were no technologies like MMS or sophisticated devices like mobile phones Latest News about mobile phones with cameras. The IT Act is struggling to cope with the change in modern technology," Duggal told UPI in an interview. India seeks curbs on mobile spam India's Supreme Court has urged the government to crack down on unsolicited calls and 'spam' text messages sent to mobile phone users."It is a remarkable case that highlights the failure to preserve the privacy of mobile phone users " says Pavan Duggal, Supreme Court prosecutor. Since the IT Act covers computer-based devices such as mobile phones, consider this. A police officer walks into your office tomorrow morning, point to the cell phone at your table, accuses you of being about to send a lewd text message to a lady and arrests you. He would be perfectly within the rules. Junk calls? Just grin & bear ’em, law can’t help If you are planning to file a complaint about calls on your mobile or fixed line phone at odd hours from an unknown lady offering enticing baits to become a member of a credit card company or discount coupons, the chances are that you will never be able to win a case in Indian courts."Currently, in India, data protection issues are examined under privacy laws that are too inadequate," added Duggal. Mobile security: a long way to go To strengthen the legal safeguards, government is considering amendments to the Information Technology Act 2000. ''The amendements have been tabled in the Lok Sabha and are presently before the Standing Committee of Parliament,'' pointed out Supreme Court Advocate and Cyberlaw Consultant Pavan Duggal. the government needs to strongly deal with the use of mobile cameras in public places and government offices. Further, the use of such cameras in restricted places needs to be banned. A number of hotels have already banned use of mobile cameras in swimming pools and massage parlours. Delhi Schoolboy Sparks Global Porn Row To the Indian schoolboy, it must have seemed like an ingenious if indelicate use of new technology.But when the 17-year-old used his mobile phone camera to record his girlfriend giving him oral sex he could have had little idea of the far-reaching global consequences.Pavan Duggal, a supreme court lawyer and cyber law expert, told the Times of India that India's new IT law was "full of loopholes". Do you buy, sell, upload or download porn Pawan Duggal, an expert in cyber law, says the IT Act defines mobile phones as computers. Any obscene information circulated by mobile phones comes under the ambit of this law. |
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