Privacy and Data Protection

Learn about privacy rights, data protection laws, and cyber security. Examine national and international frameworks, explore technological vulnerabilities, and understand how to protect yourself online.

Privacy and Data Protection

1 The Concept of Privacy

  1. Concept of Privacy
  2. Privacy – Historical and Cultural Perspectives
  3. Meaning and Scope of Privacy
  4. Critiques of Privacy
  5. Right to Privacy – Louis Brandeis and Samuel Warren
  6. Modern Principles of Privacy Law
  7. Legal Regimes for Protecting Privacy
  8. Privacy as a Legal Right
  9. Privacy – The Human Rights Angle
  10. Threats to Privacy in New Technological Regime
  11. Digital and Internet Privacy Challenges

2 National Legal Framework for Protecting Privacy

  1. Position under Indian Constitution
  2. Position under Information Technology Act 2000
  3. Position under Freedom of Information Act 2002
  4. Position under Easements Act 1882
  5. Position under Indian Penal Code 1860
  6. Privacy under Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act 1987
  7. Privacy under Intellectual Property Rights
  8. Position under Specific Relief Act 1963
  9. Position under Public Financial Institutions Act 1993

3 International Legal Framework for Protecting Privacy

  1. The Position in the United States of America
  2. The Position in the United Kingdom and the European Union
  3. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other Conventions

4 Privacy Related Wrongs and Remedies Thereof

  1. What are Privacy Related Wrongs?
  2. Tortious Remedies Available for Protection of Privacy
  3. IT Act and Damages Available under It

5 The Concept of Security in Cyberspace

  1. Cyberspace – Why is it not Secure?
  2. Why Should We Secure Cyberspace?
  3. Security Challenges in Cyberspace
  4. The Concept of Cyber Security
  5. Computer Related or Computer Facilitated Crime

6 Technological Vulnerabilities

  1. Computer Hacking
  2. Intrusion Techniques
  3. Vulnerabilities and Exploitation of Vulnerabilities
  4. Controls against Malicious Software
  5. Latest Update on Technological Vulnerabilities
  6. Definition of Common Attacks and Vulnerabilities

7 Legal Responses to Technological Vulnerabilities

  1. The Information Technology Act 2000
  2. RBI Guidelines on Information Security Applicable to Banks in India
  3. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)
  4. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
  5. eBay Case in the US
  6. Liability in Torts

8 Security Audit

  1. Risk Assessment and Classification of Information Systems
  2. Security Audits
  3. Security Policy Standards and Procedures
  4. Protection of System Audit Tools
  5. Importance of Audit Trails During Audits
  6. Sensitive System Isolation
  7. Monitoring of System Use – Procedures and Areas of Risk

9 Introduction to Data

  1. Meaning of ‘Data’
  2. Need for Regulation of Data Protection
  3. Regulation of Data Protection
  4. Monitoring of Data Protection

10 OECD Principles

  1. OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Trans Border Flows of Personal Data
  2. OECD Guidelines: Basic Principles of National Application
  3. OECD Guidelines: Basic Principles of International Application

11 Data Protection Position in India, EU and US

  1. Scenario in India
  2. EU Data Protection Directive
  3. Privacy Policy in the United States
  4. International Safe Harbour Privacy Principles and FTC
  5. U.S. Safe Harbor Framework
  6. United Kingdom

12 Privacy Policy

  1. Information Privacy – Legal Approaches to its Protection
  2. Privacy Concerns in E-commerce
  3. Data Protection and Employee’s Privacy
  4. Requirement of Privacy Statute

13 BPOs and the Legal Regime in India

  1. Legal Formalities for Setting Up a BPO in India
  2. Data Protection and Privacy Issues in the BPO Industry
  3. Data Protection Law in India

14 Protecting Kids’ Privacy Online

  1. Internet Crimes against Minors
  2. Legislative Response by Different Countries
  3. Judicial Precedents
  4. Measures to Protect Minors from Internet Crimes

15 Evolving Trends in Data Protection and Information Security

  1. Privacy
  2. E-governance
  3. Information Warfare
  4. Data Transfer Regime