This document discusses cyber laws in India. It covers the need for cyber laws to tackle cyber crimes and protect intellectual property rights. The Information Technology Act was passed in 2000 as the main cyber law in India. The act aims to validate digital signatures and electronic communication, enable e-commerce and e-governance. It also establishes offenses and laws related to hacking, obscene content, and privacy breaches online. The document notes amendments were made to other acts to align with cyber laws and concludes that cyber laws are an essential feature of the modern internet world.
3. CONTENTS
ï‚— INTRODUCTION
ï‚— NEED FOR CYBER LAWS
ï‚— CYBER LAWS IN INDIA
ï‚— CYBER CRIMES
ï‚— OFFENCES AND LAWS IN CYBER SPACE
ï‚— CYBER LAWS AMENDMENTS
ï‚— CONCLUSION
5. NEED FOR CYBER LAWS
ï‚— TACKLING CYBER
CRIMES
ï‚— INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS
AND COPYRIGHTS
PROTECTION ACT
6. CYBER LAWS IN INDIA
ï‚— ITACT PASSED IN
2000
ï‚— INTERNET IN INDIA
ï‚— IMPLEMENTATION
OF CYBER LAW
ï‚— REASONS FOR
DELAY IN
IMPLEMENTATION
OF CYBER LAWS IN
INDIA
7. IT ACT PROVISIONS
ï‚— email would now be a valid and legal form of
communication in our country that can be
duly produced and approved in a court of law.
ï‚— Companies shall now be able to carry out
electronic commerce using the legal
infrastructure provided by the Act.
ï‚— Digital signatures have been given legal
validity and sanction in the Act.
8. IT ACT PROVISIONS
ï‚— The Act now allows Government to issue
notification on the web thus heralding e-
governance
ï‚— statutory remedy in case if anyone breaks into
companies computer systems or network and
causes damages or copies data
9. INTERNET AND ITS EFFECT
ï‚— 20% - 30% of Internet
pornography consumption is
by
children of ages 12 - 17.
ï‚— MySpace is being used by
predators to meet and entice
kids online.
ï‚— Specific marketing strategies
are being used to attract
children to porn sites.
10. OFFENCES AND LAWS IN CYBER SPACE
ï‚— TAMPERING WITH
COMPUTER
DOCUMENTS
ï‚— HACKING WITH
COMPUTER SYSTEM
ï‚— PUBLISHING OBSCENE
MATERIAL ON INTERNET
ï‚— BREACHING OF
CONFIDENTIALITY AND
PRIVACY
11. CYBER LAWS AMENDMENTS
ï‚— INDIAN PENAL CODE,1860
ï‚— INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT,1872
 BANKER’S BOOK EVIDENCE ACT,1891
ï‚— GENERAL CLAUSES ACT,1897
12. CONCLUSION
ï‚— CYBER LAWS_ ESSENTIAL FEATURE IN TODAYS
WORLD OF INTERNET
ï‚— ACHIEVING GLOBAL PEACE AND HARMONY