CYBER LAWS
AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CYBER LAWS
,WHAT IS CYBER LAW :
• Cyber law can be considered as a part of the overall legal
system that deals with the Internet, E-commerce, digital
contracts, electronic evidence, cyberspace, and their
respective legal issues. Cyber law covers a fairly broad area,
encompassing several subtopics including freedom of
expression, data protection, data security, digital
transactions, electronic communication, access to and usage
of the Internet, and online privacy.
,IMPORTANCE OF CYBER LAW :
• Cyber law or internet law is important because it touches almost all
aspects of transactions and activities on and involving the internet, World
Wide Web and cyberspace. Every action and reaction in cyberspace has
some legal and cyber legal perspectives.
• Such crimes may threaten a nation’s security and financial health. Issues
surrounding this type of crime has become high-profile, mainly those
surrounding cracking, copyright infringement. There are problems of
privacy when private information is lost or intercepted, lawfully or
otherwise. To ignore these threats we need cyber laws.
,OBJECTIVES OF IT ACT, 2000 :
• It is objective of I.T. Act 2000 to give legal recognition to any transaction which is done by
electronic way or use of internet.
• To give legal recognition to digital signature for accepting any agreement via computer.
• To provide facility of filling document online relating to school admission or registration in
employment exchange.
• According to I.T. Act 2000, any company can store their data in electronic storage.
• To stop computer crime and protect privacy of internet users.
• To give legal recognition for keeping books of accounts by bankers and other companies in
electronic form.
• To make more power to IPO, RBI and Indian Evidence act for restricting electronic crime.
,THREE MAJOR CATEGORIES OF CYBER
CRIMES :
• CYBER CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS.
• CYBER CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY.
• CYBER CRIMES AGAINST GOVERNMENT.
,CYBER CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS :
• Crimes that happen in the Cyber space against persons include
various crimes such as transmission of child-pornography, cybe
harassment, cyber stalking, cyber bullying, cyber defamation,
revenge porn, email spoofing, cracking, carding, sms spoofing,
pornography, credit card frauds, online libel / slander, cyber
smearing, trafficking, financial frauds, identity theft, etc.
,CYBER CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY :
• Cyber crimes against property includes computer vandalism,
IPR violations, cyber squatting, typo squatting, cyber
trespass, DDOS attacks, worm attacks, hacking, transmitting
viruses, intellectual property theft, infringement, etc.
,CYBER CRIMES AGAINST GOVERNMENT :
• Cyber crimes against government are serious in nature as it
is considered as an act of war against the Sovereignty. Cyber
crimes such as cyber terrorism, cyber warfare, pirated
software, possessing of unauthorised information, hacking
into confidential military data are some of the real dangers
that Governments face these days.
,THE VARIOUS OFFENCES RELATED TO
INTERNET WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE
PUNISHABLE UNDER THE IT ACT,2000
AND THE IPC ARE ENUMERATED ON THE
NEXT THREE SLIDES
JUST TAKE A LOOK :
, 1. CYBER CRIMES UNDER THE IT ACT,
2000:
• Tampering with Computer source documents – Sec.65
• Hacking with Computer systems, Data alteration – Sec.66
• Publishing obscene information – Sec.67
• Un-authorized access to protected system -- Sec.70
• Breach of Confidentiality and Privacy – Sec.72
• Publishing false digital signature certificates – Sec.73
