Chartered Institute of TechnologyAbu Road

Provision of Amended IT Act.(section 66)

Presented by: Akash Maheshwari

Aim :Facilitating the use of electronics commerce.

For promoting efficient delivery of government services by means of reliable electronics records.

What is Cyber Crime ?Cyber crime refer to any crime that involves

a computer/mobile and a network. The computer may have been used in the crime, or it may be the target.

Communication by way of electronics message:

The act identify three parties to the electronics transmission process:

i) originator(is a sender, the generator of electronics message).

ii) intermediary(store and transmit or provide any service with respect to the message.

iii)addressee(is the recipient of the message).

Computer related offence under 66:dishonestly or fraudulently committing

contraventions under section 43 of the act if by any person.

punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine which may extend to five lakh rupees or with both.

Sending offensive message through communication service, under sec. 66A:

sending information that is extremely offensive or has menacing character;

mailing false information to cause annoyance, inconvenience, danger, obstruction, insult, injury, criminal intimidation, enmity, hatred, or ill will

Sending mail for the purpose of causing annoyance or inconvenience or to deceive or to mislead the addressee or recipient about the origin of such messages

punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and with fine.

Receiving stolen computer resource or comm. Device, under sec. 66B :

under section 66B, whoever dishonestly received or retains any stolen computer resource or communication device knowing or having reason to believe the same to be stolen computer resource or communication device

punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years or with fine which may extend to rupees one lakh or with both.

Identity theft, under sec. 66C: fraudulently or dishonestly make use of the

electronic signature, password or any other unique identification feature of any other person.

 punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and with fine which may extend to rupees one lakh.

Cheating by personation by using computer resource, under sec. 66D :communication device or computer resource cheats by personation.

for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine which may extend to one lakh rupees.

Violation of privacy , under sec.66E :intentionally or knowingly captures, publishes or

transmits the image of a private area of any person without his or her consent, under circumstances violating the privacy of that person.

punished with imprisonment which may extend to three years or with fine not exceeding two lakh rupees, or with both

Cyber terrorism, under sec. 66F : attempting to penetrate or access a computer

resource without authorization or exceeding authorized access,

penetrates or accesses a computer resource without authorization or exceeding authorized access, and by means of such conduct obtains access to information, data or computer database

punishable with imprisonment which may extend to imprisonment for life.

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