Perhaps the most relevant chapter for 2024-2025. Sood explains the "Safe Harbor" principle—why Facebook or Google isn't usually sued for what you post, and under what conditions they lose that protection (failure to remove content after government order).

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Sources of Cyber Law in India

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While India has now passed the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, Sood’s book covers the foundational concepts of privacy, the landmark Justice K.S. Puttaswamy judgment, and how Section 43A of the IT Act held companies liable for negligence in handling data.

Sood provides a detailed taxonomy of cyber offenses. He distinguishes between crimes where the computer is the target (hacking, virus attacks) and crimes where the computer is the tool (phishing, identity theft, cyber stalking).