May 23, 2020 (Old): In the aftermath of Prime Minister Modi’s announcement of a nationwide lockdown with a token four-hour notice, a whole lot of controversies have emerged regarding the arbitrary attitude of the government and the consequential mismanagement of the entire health crisis that is brewing in the country. From faulty mathematical modelling and ineptitude of government agencies, to moral bankruptcy and police brutality, we have covered it all in the past sixty days. However, the most depressing issue of them all is the way in which the government has treated its migrant workers. The indifferent and undignified treatment of innocent migrants, plunged into an uncertain battle for survival, is a tell-tale signal of the burgeoning class divide in our society.
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Curse of the Omnipresent Cookies - A Legal Analysis
Introduction
In cyberspace as it exists today, there is hardly any website which does not depend upon the usage of a cookie functionality. From an e-mail client and streaming platform to blogs and gaming portals, almost all of them incorporate the use of cookies for very basic operations that users can carry out on these websites. In fact, over the last couple of years, we have all observed that a pop-up outlining the cookie statement comes up whenever we open a website. In order to proceed with browsing, we have to agree to the use of certain necessary cookies whereas other additional ones can be refused. It often gets confusing for web users to decide whether they should allow cookies from the website or not since the policy clearly mandates that the cookie will effectively track the data that is generated by users. Further, a doubt also arises in a user’s mind as to which cookies are really necessary and which ones are not useful to their browsing experience. So, what are cookies?