internet india is-x-legal
My ISP is injecting .swf into my webpage. How legal is this?
<p>I recently saw a pop-up, on a http page. It was the advertisement of some offers provided by the ISP.</p>

<p>Here is the code:    </p>

<pre><code>&lt;td&gt;
  &lt;object width="480" height="195" data="&lt;url&gt;/V3/front_porch_RAN.swf" style="pointer-events:none;&gt;...&lt;/object&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>There is no javascript that is collecting my data, but is indulging in the activity of injecting code into the webpage, legal? I live in India.</p>

<p>Unless there is a law or regulation against it, it is legal.</p>

<p>However in a big government it can be practically impossible to determine whether something is legal.  For example, <a href="http://blogs.loc.gov/law/2013/03/frequent-reference-question-how-many-federal-laws-are-there/" rel="nofollow">nobody even knows how many <em>criminal statutes</em> have been promulgated by the U.S. federal government</a>.  And that's nothing compared to the volume of executive regulation and judicial case-law that determines whether something is illegal.</p>

<p>I.e., in practice determining that something is <em>legal</em> is a bit like proving a negative.</p>

<p>Furthermore, if you look long enough <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704471504574438900830760842" rel="nofollow">some argue</a> that you can probably find some law under which almost any action could be considered illegal.</p>

<p>Note also that even if it is not against the law, it could be proscribed by contract (read your Terms and Conditions!), and breach of contract is <em>in general</em> &ndash; but with an astonishing number of exceptions! &ndash; illegal.</p>
