# Advocate Adesh Kumar
> Cyber law · digital evidence · data protection · Delhi High Court

This site is an education desk by Advocate Adesh Kumar (Delhi High Court), focused on cyber law, digital evidence, and data protection. Content is educational, not legal advice, and is not solicitation under Bar Council of India rules.

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## Latest Insights
- [AI-drafted contract terms: who agreed — the human, the tool, or neither clearly?](https://advadeshkumar.com/ai-drafted-contract-terms-who-agreed-the-human-the-tool-or-neither-clearly/) — /llms/ai-drafted-contract-terms-who-agreed-the-human-the-tool-or-neither-clearly.txt
- [Leaking sealed digital evidence into a Telegram channel is a contempt-shaped problem](https://advadeshkumar.com/leaking-sealed-digital-evidence-into-a-telegram-channel-is-a-contempt-shaped-pro/) — /llms/leaking-sealed-digital-evidence-into-a-telegram-channel-is-a-contempt-shaped-pro.txt
- [ISP subscriber logs help investigations. Retention fights are policy — production fights are case law](https://advadeshkumar.com/isp-subscriber-logs-help-investigations-retention-fights-are-policy-production-f/) — /llms/isp-subscriber-logs-help-investigations-retention-fights-are-policy-production-f.txt
- [Chargeback won. Criminal complaint still open. Those are not the same finish line](https://advadeshkumar.com/chargeback-won-criminal-complaint-still-open-those-are-not-the-same-finish-line/) — /llms/chargeback-won-criminal-complaint-still-open-those-are-not-the-same-finish-line.txt
- [Influencer “#ad” failures are advertising law problems before they are cyber FIRs](https://advadeshkumar.com/influencer-ad-failures-are-advertising-law-problems-before-they-are-cyber-firs/) — /llms/influencer-ad-failures-are-advertising-law-problems-before-they-are-cyber-firs.txt
- [A bank freeze after a cyber complaint is a process event — not a finding of guilt](https://advadeshkumar.com/a-bank-freeze-after-a-cyber-complaint-is-a-process-event-not-a-finding-of-guilt/) — /llms/a-bank-freeze-after-a-cyber-complaint-is-a-process-event-not-a-finding-of-guilt.txt
- [Online gaming / fantasy skill-vs-chance fights are statutory and factual — not Twitter polls](https://advadeshkumar.com/online-gaming-fantasy-skill-vs-chance-fights-are-statutory-and-factual-not-twitt/) — /llms/online-gaming-fantasy-skill-vs-chance-fights-are-statutory-and-factual-not-twitt.txt
- [Data fiduciary vs processor: the contract labels will be tested when a breach hits](https://advadeshkumar.com/data-fiduciary-vs-processor-the-contract-labels-will-be-tested-when-a-breach-hit/) — /llms/data-fiduciary-vs-processor-the-contract-labels-will-be-tested-when-a-breach-hit.txt
- [DPDP “legitimate use” for employers is not a blank cheque to hoard exit interviews forever](https://advadeshkumar.com/dpdp-legitimate-use-for-employers-is-not-a-blank-cheque-to-hoard-exit-interviews/) — /llms/dpdp-legitimate-use-for-employers-is-not-a-blank-cheque-to-hoard-exit-interviews.txt
- [Extradition talk in a cyber FIR headlines well. Papers and dual criminality decide](https://advadeshkumar.com/extradition-talk-in-a-cyber-fir-headlines-well-papers-and-dual-criminality-decid/) — /llms/extradition-talk-in-a-cyber-fir-headlines-well-papers-and-dual-criminality-decid.txt
- [Foreign servers hosting Indian-user harm: MLA and local process are slow doors, not magic](https://advadeshkumar.com/foreign-servers-hosting-indian-user-harm-mla-and-local-process-are-slow-doors-no/) — /llms/foreign-servers-hosting-indian-user-harm-mla-and-local-process-are-slow-doors-no.txt
- [Election-season “fake news” posts: IT Rules process and IPC offences get mixed in public talk — courts unmix them](https://advadeshkumar.com/election-season-fake-news-posts-it-rules-process-and-ipc-offences-get-mixed-in-p/) — /llms/election-season-fake-news-posts-it-rules-process-and-ipc-offences-get-mixed-in-p.txt
- [Blocking orders under the IT Act are executive tools. Constitutional challenge is a different courtroom](https://advadeshkumar.com/blocking-orders-under-the-it-act-are-executive-tools-constitutional-challenge-is/) — /llms/blocking-orders-under-the-it-act-are-executive-tools-constitutional-challenge-is.txt
- [VPN on the laptop does not erase mens rea. It complicates proof](https://advadeshkumar.com/vpn-on-the-laptop-does-not-erase-mens-rea-it-complicates-proof/) — /llms/vpn-on-the-laptop-does-not-erase-mens-rea-it-complicates-proof.txt
- [Autocomplete suggested the phrase. Intention is still a human question](https://advadeshkumar.com/autocomplete-suggested-the-phrase-intention-is-still-a-human-question/) — /llms/autocomplete-suggested-the-phrase-intention-is-still-a-human-question.txt
- [IP address is a lead. It is not a name on a charge sheet](https://advadeshkumar.com/ip-address-is-a-lead-it-is-not-a-name-on-a-charge-sheet/) — /llms/ip-address-is-a-lead-it-is-not-a-name-on-a-charge-sheet.txt
- [App store ranking games can be unfair trade — proving it is not a one-star rant](https://advadeshkumar.com/app-store-ranking-games-can-be-unfair-trade-proving-it-is-not-a-one-star-rant/) — /llms/app-store-ranking-games-can-be-unfair-trade-proving-it-is-not-a-one-star-rant.txt
- [Domain name grab feels like theft. Trademark suit and INDRP are different tools](https://advadeshkumar.com/domain-name-grab-feels-like-theft-trademark-suit-and-indrp-are-different-tools/) — /llms/domain-name-grab-feels-like-theft-trademark-suit-and-indrp-are-different-tools.txt
- [Consumer forum for app billing is not the cyber police desk — and vice versa](https://advadeshkumar.com/consumer-forum-for-app-billing-is-not-the-cyber-police-desk-and-vice-versa/) — /llms/consumer-forum-for-app-billing-is-not-the-cyber-police-desk-and-vice-versa.txt
- [Clickwrap arbitration clause: agreed online, fought offline when the dispute gets real](https://advadeshkumar.com/clickwrap-arbitration-clause-agreed-online-fought-offline-when-the-dispute-gets/) — /llms/clickwrap-arbitration-clause-agreed-online-fought-offline-when-the-dispute-gets.txt
- [Ransomware paid quietly. The legal file still needs reporting choices explained — not judged by fear alone](https://advadeshkumar.com/ransomware-paid-quietly-the-legal-file-still-needs-reporting-choices-explained-n/) — /llms/ransomware-paid-quietly-the-legal-file-still-needs-reporting-choices-explained-n.txt
- [Crypto wallet seizure looks decisive. Tracing and proving control is the longer war](https://advadeshkumar.com/crypto-wallet-seizure-looks-decisive-tracing-and-proving-control-is-the-longer-w/) — /llms/crypto-wallet-seizure-looks-decisive-tracing-and-proving-control-is-the-longer-w.txt
- [Bug bounty without rules of engagement is a confession waiting for a hostile reading](https://advadeshkumar.com/bug-bounty-without-rules-of-engagement-is-a-confession-waiting-for-a-hostile-rea/) — /llms/bug-bounty-without-rules-of-engagement-is-a-confession-waiting-for-a-hostile-rea.txt
- [Scraping a public website can still be “unauthorised access” if the terms and architecture say so](https://advadeshkumar.com/scraping-a-public-website-can-still-be-unauthorised-access-if-the-terms-and-arch/) — /llms/scraping-a-public-website-can-still-be-unauthorised-access-if-the-terms-and-arch.txt
- [Personal WhatsApp on a company phone: whose custody story is it in court?](https://advadeshkumar.com/personal-whatsapp-on-a-company-phone-whose-custody-story-is-it-in-court/) — /llms/personal-whatsapp-on-a-company-phone-whose-custody-story-is-it-in-court.txt
- [Work laptop monitoring can prove misconduct — and still raise privacy fights about scope](https://advadeshkumar.com/work-laptop-monitoring-can-prove-misconduct-and-still-raise-privacy-fights-about/) — /llms/work-laptop-monitoring-can-prove-misconduct-and-still-raise-privacy-fights-about.txt
- [Forwarding into a 200-person group can still be “publication” — context decides, slogans don’t](https://advadeshkumar.com/forwarding-into-a-200-person-group-can-still-be-publication-context-decides-slog/) — /llms/forwarding-into-a-200-person-group-can-still-be-publication-context-decides-slog.txt
- [Group admin is not automatically publisher of every message in the group](https://advadeshkumar.com/group-admin-is-not-automatically-publisher-of-every-message-in-the-group/) — /llms/group-admin-is-not-automatically-publisher-of-every-message-in-the-group.txt
- [Employee forwards the client list on WhatsApp. Is it theft, breach of trust, or only a HR issue?](https://advadeshkumar.com/employee-forwards-the-client-list-on-whatsapp-is-it-theft-breach-of-trust-or-onl/) — /llms/employee-forwards-the-client-list-on-whatsapp-is-it-theft-breach-of-trust-or-onl.txt
- [Deepfakes are new. Many charges still use old IPC sections. That stretch is the real legal story](https://advadeshkumar.com/deepfakes-are-new-many-charges-still-use-old-ipc-sections-that-stretch-is-the-re/) — /llms/deepfakes-are-new-many-charges-still-use-old-ipc-sections-that-stretch-is-the-re.txt
- [DPDP will not magically clean every old database. Disputes will turn on purpose and consent — proved, not assumed](https://advadeshkumar.com/dpdp-will-not-magically-clean-every-old-database-disputes-will-turn-on-purpose-a/) — /llms/dpdp-will-not-magically-clean-every-old-database-disputes-will-turn-on-purpose-a.txt
- [The other side denied the chat. Now the case is about authenticity](https://advadeshkumar.com/the-other-side-denied-the-chat-now-the-case-is-about-authenticity/) — /llms/the-other-side-denied-the-chat-now-the-case-is-about-authenticity.txt
- [People bring screenshots. Courts often ask for the certificate](https://advadeshkumar.com/people-bring-screenshots-courts-often-ask-for-the-certificate/) — /llms/people-bring-screenshots-courts-often-ask-for-the-certificate.txt
- [A screenshot is not evidence by itself](https://advadeshkumar.com/a-screenshot-is-not-evidence-by-itself/) — /llms/a-screenshot-is-not-evidence-by-itself.txt

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## Optional
- LinkedIn series: Digital disputes, as Indian courts actually see them