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LAWS RELATING TO COMPUTER,INTERNET AND ECOMMERCE. BY:NANDAN KAMATH LEGAL ASPECTS OF BUSINESS
BY:AKHILESHWAR PATHAK
COMPANY LAW
BY:KC GARG,VIJAY GUPTA,POONAM GUPTA AND R.C CHAWLA
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION NEED FOR CYBER LAWS CYBER LAWS IN INDIA CYBER CRIMES OFFENCES AND LAWS IN CYBER SPACE CYBER LAWS AMENDMENTS MODES OF REGULATION ADVANTAGES CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
Cyber law (also referred to as cyberlaw) is a term used to describe the legal issues related to use of communications technology, particularly "cyberspace", i.e. the Internet. It is less a distinct field of law in the way that property or contract are as it is an intersection of many legal fields, including intellectual property, privacy, freedom of expression, and jurisdiction. In essence, cyber law is an attempt to integrate the challenges presented by human activity on the Internet with legacy system of laws applicable to the physical world.
Causes
GROWTH OF CYBER SPACE ONSET OF INTERNET
IT ACT PROVISIONS
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. Companies shall now be able to carry out electronic commerce using the legal infrastructure provided by the Act. Digital signatures have been given legal validity and sanction in the Act.
IT ACT PROVISIONS
The Act now allows Government to issue notification on the web thus heralding egovernance statutory remedy in case if anyone breaks into companies computer systems or network and causes damages or copies data
CYBER CRIMES
CYBER CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS eg melissaand lovebug virus CYBER CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY eg computer vandalism CYBER CRIMES AGAINST GOVERNMENT eg Al-Qaeda
CYBER CRIMES
Specific marketing strategies are being used to attract children to porn sites.
MODES OF REGULATION
Law Areas like gambling, child pornography and fraud are regulated in very similar ways online as offline Architecture West Coast Code : these mechanisms concern the parameters of how information can and cannot be transmitted across the internet Everything from internet filtering software, to encryption programs, to the very basic architecture of TCP/IP protocol, falls within this category of regulation Norms Certain activities or kinds of conduct online may not be specifically prohibited by the code architecture of the internet, or expressly prohibited by applicable law, nevertheless these activities or conduct will be invisibly regulated by the inherent standards of the community Markets Economic market will have limited influence over non commercial portions of the internet, the internet also creates a virtual marketplace for information and such information effects everything from the comparative valuation of services to the traditional valuation of stocks
ADVANTAGES
The IT Act 2000 attempts to change outdated laws and provides ways to deal with cyber crimes. We need such laws so that people can perform purchase transactions over the Net through credit cards without fear of misuse. Companies shall now be able to carry out electronic commerce using the legal infrastructure provided by the Act. Digital signatures have been given legal validity and sanction in the Act. The Act throws open the doors for the entry of corporate companies in the business of being Certifying Authorities for issuing Digital Signatures Certificates. The Act now allows Government to issue notification on the web thus heralding e-governance.
CONCLUSION
CYBER LAWS_ ESSENTIAL FEATURE IN TODAYS WORLD OF INTERNET
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