Google Censored International ICT Policies And Strategies Blog

The censorship and manipulation by Google continues and so is the fight against unfair trade practices and abuse of the dominant position by Google. We have decided to fight against this unaccountable practice of Google and have already covered this issue.

The first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh parts of the series have already been posted by us.

All those who are interested in knowing more about this episode can see the article titled International ICT Policies and Strategies Blog Censored by Google.

Further, if you are interested in knowing more about Google’s censorship and search manipulation practice, you may like to see the blog titled Websites, Blogs and News Censorship by Google and India. Unfortunately, this blog itself has been censored by Google and new posts are not appearing for the time being.  

For the complete list of blogs censored and demoted by Google, kindly see the post titled Google Censored and Demoted More Blogs in India. The following blogs have been demoted and subjected to manual action penalty by Google without any reason and justification:

(1) Cyber Forensics In India

(2) Cyber Security In India

(3) E-Discovery Services In India

(4) E-Commerce Laws And Regulations In India

(5) Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB)

(6) Corporate Laws In India

(7) Techno Legal Online Dispute Resolution Services

(8) LPO and KPO in India

The list is just illustrative and we are investigating the issue. We would come up with more details in this regard very soon. We have completed our series for the ICT blog and we would cover more such series about other blogs as well.

You can also contribute in fighting against these unfair practices and censorship by Google by giving as much public attention to this fact as possible. Also kindly post a paragraph of these posts and link back to the original post(s) to fight against Google’s censorship. 

Cyber Crimes Gripping India Hard

The growing incidences of cyber crimes in India are an indicator that India must urgently do something in this regard. The recent cyber law and cyber crimes trends by Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB) also corroborate this phenomenon.

Meanwhile international community has become serious to tackle cyber crimes and illicit networks. Google and Interpol have decided to fight back terrorism and illicit networks using their technology.

Similarly, Europol would lead a project that would collaborate upon cyber crime intelligence capabilities across the world.  Many African countries are also working on the direction of formulating cyber laws for their respective countries.

India has formulated its cyber law in the year 2000 when it enacted the information technology act 2000 (IT Act 2000). However, with the passage of time it was required to be suitably amended. India failed to achieve this crucial task and is now facing a situation that if not tackled immediately would bring adverse effects to its economy.

In fact leading techno legal experts like Praveen Dalal, managing partner of ICT law firm Perry4Law, believe that cyber law of India should be repealed and a better cyber law must be urgently enacted to tackle the growing menace of cyber crimes and cyber attacks against India.

It is high time for Indian legislature to take notice of this situation and enact suitable laws for India that can take care of cyber crimes, cyber attacks and critical infrastructure protection in India.

Use Of Technology To Fight White Collor Crimes

White collar crimes are on rise across the globe. The main feature of white collor crimes is that they are financially motivated, nonviolent in nature and are generally committed for illegal monetary gain.

Cyber crime has become an important part of white collor crimes these days. Through cyber crimes money of gigantic proportions can be misappropriated that also with least risk. Further, due to lack of cyber awareness, cyber crimes are committed very successfully and most of the time the financial losses occurred due to the same is irreversible.

According to Praveen Dalal, managing partner of Perry4Law and CEO of PTLB, with the introduction and use of Hidden Internet and Deep Web white collor crimes have taken a new shape. The Law Enforcement Technologies and methodologies are still struggling to deal with basic level Cyber Crimes and highly sophisticated Cyber Crimes are still not within the reach of Law Enforcement Agencies. 

The global consensus in this regard is shifting towards use of technology to fight cross border crimes and cyber crimes. The use of technology to fight drugs, human trafficking and illicit networks has already been proposed be few thought it outcome is yet to be seen.

E-Courts In India Needed

Technology has great potential to streamline the judicial system of India. Electronic courts (e-courts) are the most apt example of the same. Clearly e-delivery of justice in India is urgently needed. However, there are many reasons for the failure of e-delivery of justice in India in general and e-courts in India in particular.

Even the techno legal expertise needed to successfully implement e-court project of India is missing. We have a single techno legal e-courts training and consultancy centre in India managed by Perry4Law and Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB).

In the past some steps have been taken in this regard but they are grossly inadequate and clearly misguided. E-filing of cases and documents is still missing and all that we have are computerised courts. Till July 2012 we are still waiting for the establishment of first e-court of India.

The latest development in this regard is the passing of the Court Fee Amendment Act in May 2012 by the Delhi legislature. The same has also received Presidential assent and a gazette notification may be issued in this regard very soon. Once the Act is notified, payment of court fee can be done electronically and online filing of cases may be possible. But for the time being, e-courts in India are missing.

Another cause of concern regarding successful establishment of e-courts in India is the poor cyber security. Cyber security in India is not up to the mark and cyber security of courts and e-courts is not even contemplated. Insecure e-courts can create more problems than solutions opine Praveen Dalal, managing partner of Perry4Law and a Supreme Court Lawyer. Successful implementation of e-courts project in India requires adherence to multiple techno legal aspects that are presently missing, says Dalal.

Let us see how Indian government in general and courts in particular would react to this position that is defeating all the initiatives in this regard.

Cyber Forensics Trainings In India

The recent stress upon developing cyber forensics capabilities in India by the union home ministry has at last brought the importance of cyber forensics to the forefront. Till now cyber forensics in India has been an ignored field in India.

In the absence of adequate skills and expertise, the Indian response to cyber forensics has been very indifferent. Cyber forensics is a much needed skill in India keeping in mind the ever increasing cyber attacks against India. Further, according to techno legal experts of India, cyber forensics can also help in strengthening of cyber security of India. Thus, cyber forensics in India needs rejuvenation as soon as possible.

Presently, there are very few institutions that are providing cyber forensics and information technology courses in India. Further, institutions providing effective and practical techno legal online cyber forensics courses in India are almost missing.

Perry4Law, Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB) and Perry4Law Techno Legal ICT Training Centre (PTLITC) have been providing exclusive techno legal e-learning courses, trainings and educations in India. PTLB is also managing the exclusive techno legal e-learning virtual campus in India and world wide.

One of the courses and trainings of PTLB also pertains to cyber forensics. PTLB provides both basic levels as well as highly specialised and domain specific cyber forensics courses in India and abroad.

If you are interested in the courses and trainings of PTLB, you may wish to read the PTLB Virtual Campus in this regard. Further, the resource on techno legal skills development may also be useful for the intended students and trainees.

Trademark Law Firms In India

The trademarks law of India is incorporated in the Trade Marks Act 1999. The Act prescribes the procedure for registration of trademarks in India, examination of applications, filing of convention trademark applications in India, registration of collective marks in India, etc.

There are many good law firms in India that provide trademark registration and prosecution services. Perry4Law and Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB) are providing the exclusive techno legal intellectual property rights services in India. Further, Perry4Law and PTLB are also managing the technological issues of IPRs in India and world wide.

For instance, Perry4Law is the most successful law firm in India in getting copyright and trademark violating materials removed through the DMCA proceedings. Further, Perry4Law is also very successful in getting removed “offending materials” from various foreign websites and social media websites. Perry4Law is also helping in managing online brand protection, online reputation management, social media compliances, etc.

Perry4Law is also the exclusive techno legal online dispute resolution provider of India. The ODR centre and e-courts centre of Perry4Law and PTLB are world renowned and are the exclave centers in India.

Further, Perry4Law and PTLB are also managing the domain name dispute resolution in India and are the exclusive techno legal domain name dispute resolution services providers in India.

Legal rights objection assistance for new GTLDs by Perry4Law is also provided. The issues of new GTLDs, ICANN and domain names disputes resolutions would arise in the near future. Perry4Law extends assistance for defending independent objections and legal rights objections for ICANN’s new GTLDs as well.

Clearly, the trademark protection and management, brand protection, online reputation management ad new GTLDs management services of Perry4law are matchless and are simply one of the best in the world. This also makes Perry4Law one of the best trademarks law firms of India and world wide.

Google Fears Controversial Posts

Of late Google has been increasingly succumbing to governmental and private companies’ pressures and is censoring useful and controversial posts. Even a dedicated website titled Websites, Blogs and News Censorship by Google and India has been launched to cover the censorship activities of Google in general and violation of civil liberties by Google and Indian government in particular.

Google news censorship is at its worst these days. Google has been systematically censoring and manipulating news results for long. In fact, censorship of news by Google is forsaking its do not be evil motto.

The latest to add to this list is the news article titled Vodafone taxation, parliament, international treaty and taxation issues of India.  The same has been reported by the post titled Vodafone taxation dispute in India and censorship by Google.

Not only news, but even other posts and articles are deliberately censored and deleted by Google. They resurface again only after this fact of censorship is publicly discussed.

It is high time for Google to mend its ways as these activities of Google also amount to abuse of its dominant position. If manipulations and censorships are guided by commercial interests and by these activities the civil liberties are violated, this is a serious issue.

Regulators across the world must investigate this behaviour of Google and come out with their own explanations in this regard.