LEGAL WORD
Safe harbour
Legal term · Cyber law
Safe harbour
- Type: Legal term
- Area of law: Cyber law
1 What it means
Protection for intermediaries from liability for third party content if they meet due diligence conditions under Section 79 of the IT Act.
2 Use it in a sentence
Losing safe harbour exposes a platform to liability for user posts.
3 Make it stick
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