Liability of Internet Service Providers: Safeguard of Personal Data.

Abstract

Internet service providers can easily get access to our personal data. The dissertation deals with the legitimate framework adequate to ISPs governing platforms for user-generated contents which is also known as user created contents such as images, videos, audios, texts which has been posted by the users in social platform. We can consider ISP as mere host provider who works with not only the allocation of data content, but also tagging and actions correlating to promotions of data in their websites. These actions often concerns third parties with privacy litigations. This dissertation will determine whether ISP is accountable in case of protection of information or not. This dissertation will also determine how the immunities work in favour of ISP in case of violation of privacy even when the data is being uploaded by users and it harms their right to privacy. The dissertation will deal with this topic through contiguous examination of facts, cases laws, judgement of the Courts along with the laws of some other countries, in particular USA, Australia, Canada, China and Europe.”