Cyber law

Cyber Law, Cyber Crime, I.T. Act

1. CYBER LAW CYBER CRIME IT ACT 2000 Made by: Umang Maheshwari

2. CYBER LAW Cyber law is the law governing cyber space. Cyber space is very wide term and includes​ computers, networks, software, data storage devices (such as hard disks, USB disks etc.), the internet, websites, email and even electronic devices such as cell phone, ATM machines etc.

3. Cyber law of India is defined under IT Act 2000. Simply speaking cyber law is generic term which refers to all legal and regulatory aspects of Internet and world wide web. The growth of electronic commerce has propelled the need for vibrant and effective regulatory mechanisms which would strengthen the legal infrastructure and would be crucial for the success of electronic commerce.

4. Cyber law of India encompasses laws relating to:- Cyber crime Electronic and digital signature Intellectual property Data Protection and privacy

5. CYBER CRIME Cyber crime is the latest and perhaps the most complicated problem in the cyber world. Cyber crimes are unlawful acts where computers​ are used either as a tool, or a target, or both. The enormous growth in electronic commerce and online share trading has led to a phenomenal spurt in incidents of cyber crime.

6. Cyber crime is any illegal act committed using a computer network (especially the internet). Criminal activities that take place in cyber space (the internet). Computer used to commit a crime :- Pornography, threatening email, assuming someone's identify, sexual harassment, defamation, spam, phishing.

7. Cyber crime can be basically divided into three major categories:- Cyber crime against person Cyber crime against property Cyber​crime against government

8. Cyber crime against person Cyber crime against person includes various crime like transmission of child, pornography, harassment of any one with the use of computer such as e-mail. The trafficking, distribution, posting and dissemination of obsence material including pornography and incidents exposures​, is one of the most important cyber crimes known today in genre.

9. Cyber crime against property These crimes include: Computer vandalism (destruction of other's property) Transmission of harmful programmes Siphoning of funds from financial institution Stealing secret information and data

10. Cyber crime against government Cyber terrorism is one distinct kind of crime in this category. The medium of cyber space is used by individuals or groups to threaten the international governments as also to terrorize the citizens of a country. This crime manifests itself into terrorism when an individual "cracks" into a government or military maintained website.

11. ELECTRONIC AND DIGITAL SIGNATURE Electronic signature are used to authenticate electronic records. Digital signature are one type of electronic signature. Digital signature satisfy three major legal requirements:- Signer aunthentication Message authentication Message integrity

12. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Intellectual property refers to creation of the human mind e.g. a story, a song, a painting, a design etc. The facets of intellectual property that relate to cyber space are covered by cyber law.

13. I.T. ACT 2000 Information technology act consisted of 94 section segregated into 13 chapters. Four schedule form part of the act. Came into existence on October 17, 2000. India is the 12th nation in the world to enact the cyber law.

14. The primary source of cyber law in India is the information technology act 2000. The main purpose of the act is to provide legal recognition to electronic commerce and to facilitate filing of electronic​ records with the government. The IT Act 2000 attempts to change outdated laws and provides​ ways to deal with cyber crime. Such an act is required as people can perform purchase transaction over the net through credit cards​ without fear of getting misused.

15. IT AMENDMENT ACT 2008 Information technology act 2008, as a new version of Information technology act 2000 is often referred, has provided the additional focus on Information Security. It has added several new sections​ on offense including cyber terrorism and data protection. The IT Act 2008 has been passed by the parliament on 23rd December 2008 and came into force from October 27, 2009 onwards.

16. Need & Importance Of Cyber Law Tackling cyber crime Successful and smooth functioning of e-commerce and virtual communication No jurisdictional boundaries Increasing use of mobile banking and internet banking Cloud computing is proving​ to be a major threat Economic effeciency​

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