Diploma in Social Media and Information Security Law in India

With the advent of the Internet, it has become easy for anyone to gather, compile and exploit the private information of individuals. What were scattered, unimportant, small bits of data have now become a potent large set of data that can be misused by companies or by antisocial elements. This has prompted many countries to come up with legislations on privacy and information security. 

Another aspect of the Internet is social media. Social media at its core is an instrument for communication that has become a vital element of the daily life of people of all ages. Most organizations use social media as a medium to disseminate information to the masses. Therefore, it becomes moreover imperative to bring social media under the ambit of regulation.

The Diploma in Social Media and Information Security Law in India is brought to you by one of the renowned law firms in the field in India, Scriboard Advocates and Legal Consultants in association with Enhelion. It discusses in detail, the need for Internet regulation and the approaches adopted by different jurisdictions in this regard. It also analyses the Indian legislations relating to privacy, data protection, information security and social media regulation. 

According to the law firm's and our policy, the course fee will not be refunded.  

WHAT WILL SET YOU APART?

Enrolling for the diploma programme will enable you to:

• Get a better understanding of the topics by being mentored by various practicing lawyers having experience of more than 40 years in the profession, who also form a part of core Enhelion team
• Get lifetime access to the recorded lectures which are stored in Enhelion’s database for any future reference
• Enjoy the special voice over features in the presentations
• Interact with the Enhelion team on one-to-one basis at various intervals
• Get assessed on the basis of online examination as well as online submission of assignment

The curriculum has been designed to provide a detailed analysis of various legal issues with respect to the use of the Internet i.e. the privacy concerns, intellectual property issues, and the liabilities of an intermediary, among other things. It further critically analyses social media regulation in India.

The following are the modules that are covered under the course-

• Module 1: Law and Policy in Indian Cyberspace
• Module 2: Jurisdiction in Cyberspace
• Module 3: Data Protection, Privacy and Corporate Compliance: The Law and Emerging Trends in India
• Module 4: The E-Policy Handbook
• Module 5: Intermediary Liability
• Module 6: Internet Law Regulation
• Module 7: The Information Technology Act
• Module 8: Social Media
• Module 9: Comparative Analysis of International Legislations

Rodney D. Ryder is the founding partner at Scriboard and is a leading technology, intellectual property and corporate lawyer. He is the author of Guide to Cyber Laws: the Information Technology Act, 2000, E-Commerce, Data Protection and the Internet, the first section-wise analysis of the Indian Information Technology Act, 2000. He is presently Advisor to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India on the implementation of the Information Technology Act, 2000.Mr. Ryder has been nominated as a 'Leading Lawyer' in intellectual property, technology, communications and media law by Asia Law, Who'sWhoLegal, Asia Legal 500, amongst other International publications. Mr. Ryder is also advisor to the Data Security Council of India [a NASSCOM initiative] on the structuring of industry data privacy and information security policies and contractual standards. His second book, Intellectual Property and the Internet, published by LexisNexis is perhaps the only one of its kind in Asia. The text has been acknowledged to be an authoritative work by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and has been quoted in the first and only judgement by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India on domain names. He is advisor to the National Internet Exchange of India [NiXI] and a member of the panel of independent and neutral arbitrators with NiXI.

In every walk of life, the process of evaluation takes place in one form or the other. If the evaluation process is eliminated from human life then perhaps the aim of life may be lost. Being in the same line, Enhelion is committed to evaluating the process of learning through its courses.

The evaluation will be conducted in a two-fold manner. There will be two MCQ tests that would test the basic understanding of the topics covered in the course. Furthermore, there will be one Project Assignment, which would test the analytical understanding of the same.

The most intriguing aspect of the evaluation process is the time flexibility it affords. You can take the MCQ test and submit the project assignment at your convenience.

To be eligible to receive a certificate after successful completion of the course, one is required to secure a minimum of 40 percent overall.

Scriboard is a full service commercial law firm specialising in Information Technology and Intellectual Property and related services. The firm is legal counsel to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India and to the National Internet Exchange of India [NIXI], which manages the .in [Indian Country Code Top Level Domain Extensions]. They are also India Counsel to a leading social networking website, major oil and technology companies. They advise the Central Bureau of Investigation [CBI] on Internet Security and Cyber Crimes.