IT Act,2000 - Law

INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY ACT,

RATHER THAN GIVING

INFORMATION AND

TECHNOLOGY GIVE RISE

TO MORE CYBER

CRIMES

Introduction

Information Technology.

Application in IT.

E-commerce.

IT in Banking SectorMany facilities provided.

Conversion of currencies to ‘Plastic Money’.

IT is increasingly moving from a back office function to a

prime assistant.

Traditional banking loosing its existence.

E-banking and its benefits.

Information Technology Act, 2000

The Information Technology Act 2000 (also known as ITA-

2000, or the IT Act) is an Act of the Indian Parliament (No

21 of 2000) notified on October 17, 2000.

Essence of the ACT

Purpose

Objective

Advantages

Shortcomings

Key TermsDigital Signature

E Governance

Encryption

Decryption

Computer Source Code

Cyber Terrorism

Electronic Documents

Important Sections of IT Act,2000

1) Section 65-

Tampering with any computer source code used for a

computer, computer programme, computer system or

computer network.

Punishment- Imprisonment up to three years, or with fine

which may extend up to two lakh rupees.

2) Section 66-

Hacking with computer system.

Punishment- Imprisonment up to three years, or with fine

which may extend up to five lakh rupees, or with both.

3) Section 67-

Publishing transmitting information which is obscene in

electronic form shall be punished.

Punishment-

o Imprisonment of either three years and with fine which may

extend to five lakh rupees.

o Imprisonment of either five years and also with fine which

may extend to ten lakh rupees.

4) Penalty for Breach of Confidentiality and Privacy

(Section 72)-

Any person who has secured access to any electronic

record, book, register, correspondence, information,

document or other material without the consent of the

person concerned.

Punishment-Imprisonment for two years, or with fine

which may extend to one lakh rupees, or with both.

5) Punishment for publishing Digital Signature Certificate

false in certain particulars (Section 73)-

Punishment- Imprisonment for two years, or with fine

which may extend to one lakh rupees, or with both.

Amendments in Information Technology Act, 2008

The IT Amendment Bill 2008 has been passed by the Lok Sabha

and the Rajya Sabha in the last week of December, 2008.

Different Sections-

Section 66B

Section 66C

Section 66E

Section 67A

Section 67B

Section 72A

Case Study

• The Hyderabad case study.

• Section 66D- Punishments for cheating by personation by

using computer resource (Inserted Vide ITA 2008).

• Punishment-Imprisonment of three years and shall also be

liable to fine which may extend to one lakh rupees.

Cyber Crime

Unlawful acts wherein the computer is either a tool or a target or both

What is Cyber Crime ??Criminals can operate anonymously over

the computer networks.Hackers invade privacy.Hackers destroy “property” in the form of

computer files or records.Hackers injure other computer users by

destroying information systems.Computer pirates steal intellectual

property.

Financial Crimes

It includes cheating, credit card frauds, money laundering.

Cyber PornographyIt includes pornographic websites; pornographic magazines

produced using computers (to publish and print the

material) and the Internet (to download and transmit

pornographic pictures, photos, writings etc).

Web Jacking

This occurs when someone forcefully takes control of a

website (by cracking the password and later changing it).

Sale of illegal articles Phishing Online gambling Email spoofing

Intellectual Property crimes-

These include software piracy, copyright infringement,

trademarks violations, theft of computer source code etc.

Cyber Criminals

Kids (age group (9-16 years)Organized hacktivitsts Disgruntled employeesProfessional hackers

Case StudyCase study related to bank.

Case study related to cyber crime.

Cyber Crime in India

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1.43

India

online fraudintrusion or hackingmalicious codeharrassment

Reports registered by RBI for cyber fraud and the amount spent for the same

Distribution of targets

Global Cyber Crime

NASSCOM INITIATIVES

Global Trade Development

National Skills Registry for IT/ITES Professional (NSR-

ITP)

Sector Skills Councils

NASSCOM FORUMS 

Gaming Forum

BPO 

Engineering Services

Remote Infrastructure Management

Conclusion

The fundamental approach of the Act is towards validating and

legalising electronic and on-line transactions.

Awareness must be created.

It leaves various issues untouched

The Parliament must ensure that it keeps amending the law and

enacting new laws

That there are no reliable statistics on the problem

India is amongst few of the countries in the world which have any

legal framework for e-commerce and e-governance

Suggestions

1) Recruitment

2) Red Coding System

3) Training and Development

4) Domain

5) Vague Definations

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