A police officer confirmed that based on a complaint by former Indian Idol contestant Avanti Patel, a case was registered under section 420 of the Indian penal code and different sections of the Information Technology Act. read more

The Kondhwa police have filed a case against unidentified individuals under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Information and Technology Act read more

Police said seeking sexual favour, the accused Litu Mallick of Raghudeipur village blackmailed the woman, aged around 25 years, threatening to make public her nude pictures. read more

A case under Sections 419 (punishment for cheating by impersonation), 420 (punishment for cheating) of Indian Penal Code and Sections 66(c) (d) of Information Technology Act was registered at Dattawadi police station read more

According to the complaint, the woman was offered a job at Dufferin construction company as a human resource representative read more

The accused booked the tickets for the victim, and sent him pictures of the same after which Sadafal paid him on December 21, 2018. However, before the tickets could be used, the accused cancelled them read more

The series of events took place between February 15 and 22 read more

The accused have been identified as Shrikant Bapurav Shirke, a resident of Sangli and Mukesh Madhukarrav Dhiwar,a resident of Katraj read more

The student was arrested from a Lucknow locality shortly after he was rusticated for his rants on WhatsApp. read more

Shivlekar an architect, had travelled to Italy on multiple occasions for business opportunities where he was cheated read more

The woman, who moved to Pune a few months ago, works as a psychologist at a school in Chinchwad read more

A case under Section 420 (cheating) of Indian Penal Code and Sections 66(c)(d) of Information Technology Act was registered at Shivajinagar police station read more

After he made the payment in December last year, he received an invoice which he believed was genuine since it had the telecom firm’s logo on it read more

The data protection law, once passed, will protect citizens’ personal information such as health and financial data, religious or political affiliation, caste, tribe, gender, sexual orientation and biometric information. read more

Post the Justice Puttaswamy v. UOI Privacy judgment and its emphatic declaration of privacy being a fundamental right, there is renewed interest in personal data protection, this time however with the individual and not commerce being the focus read more