PRESENTATION ON
CYBER LAWS
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
 NEED FOR CYBER LAWS
 CYBER LAWS IN INDIA
 CYBER CRIMES
 OFFENCES AND LAWS IN CYBER SPACE
 CYBER LAWS AMENDMENTS
 CONCLUSION
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INTRODUCTION
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What is Cyber Law?
Cyber Law is the law
governing cyber space.
Cyber space is a very wide
term and includes
computers, networks,
software, data storage
devices (such as hard disks,
USB disks etc), the
Internet, websites, emails
and even electronic devices
such as cell phones, ATM
machines etc.
Cyber law
encompasses laws
relating to:
 1. Cyber Crimes
 2. Electronic and Digital
Signatures
 3. Intellectual Property
 4. Data Protection and
Privacy
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NEED FOR CYBER LAWS
 TACKLING
CYBER
CRIMES
 INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
RIGHTS AND
COPYRIGHTS
PROTECTION ACT
NEED FOR CYBER LAWS
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1. Cyberspace is an intangible
dimension that is impossible to
govern and regulate using
conventional law.
2. Cyberspace has complete
disrespect for jurisdictional
boundaries. A person in India
could break into a bank’s
electronic vault hosted on a
computer in USA and transfer
millions of Rupees to another
bank in Switzerland, all within
minutes. All he would need is a
laptop computer and a cell
phone.
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3. Cyberspace handles
gigantic traffic volumes
every second. Billions of
emails are crisscrossing the
globe even as we read this,
millions of websites are being
accessed every minute and
billions of dollars are
electronically transferred
around the world by banks
every day.
4. Cyberspace is absolutely
open to participation by all.
A ten year-old in Bhutan can
have a live chat session with an
eight year-old in Bali without
any regard for the distance or
the anonymity between them
COMPARSION
B/W
10 COUNTRIES
CYBER LAWS IN INDIA
 IT
ACT PASSED IN
2000
 INTERNET IN
INDIA
 IMPLEMENTATION
OF CYBER LAW
 REASONS FOR
DELAY IN
IMPLEMENTATION
OF CYBER LAWS IN
INDIA
IT ACT 2000
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The primary source of cyber law
in India is the Information
Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act)
which came into force on 17
October 2000.
The primary purpose of the Act
is to provide legal recognition to
electronic commerce and to
facilitate filing of electronic
records with the Government.
The IT Act also penalizes
various cyber crimes and
provides strict punishments
(imprisonment terms upto 10
years and compensation up to
Rs 1 crore).
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The IT Act was amended by the
Negotiable Instruments
(Amendments and
Miscellaneous Provisions) Act,
2002. This introduced the
concept of electronic cheques
and truncated cheques.
Information Technology (Use of
Electronic Records and Digital
Signatures) Rules, 2004 has
provided the necessary legal
framework for filing of
documents with the
Government as well as issue of
licenses by the Government.
COUNTRIES AFFECTED
CYBER CRIMES
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CYBER CRIMES AGAINST
PERSONS
CYBER CRIMES AGAINST
PROPERTY
CYBER CRIMES AGAINST
GOVERNMENT
CYBER CRIMES
ALLAHABAD: As many as
94 computer professionals and
hackers were arrested in UP on
charges of cyber fraud in 2014.
In all, 1,223 people were
arrested across the state under
cyber crime act in 2014, which
was more than 103.2% in
comparison to 2013. A total of
602 people were arrested in
2013.
The data of National Crime Record
Bureau (NCRB) revealed that UP
had 18.1% share of cases reported
under cyber crime during 2014.
Moreover, majority of 898 cases
lodged across the state under Section
66 A of IT Act were computer
related offences. A total of 1,042
cases were lodged under Sections 66
A to 66 E.
CRIME THROUGH ORKUT
 Koushambi
,24-
year old
software
professional
working for TCS
was brutally
killed by Manish
Thakur, in a
hotel room at
Andheri
.
COMPARISION
PESTN IMPACTS
INTERNET AND ITS EFFECT
 20%
- 30% of Internet
pornography consumption
is by
children of ages 12 - 17.
 MySpace
is being used by
predators to meet and
entice kids online.
 Specific
marketing
strategies are being used to
attract children to porn
sites.
PREVENTION TIPS
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Keep your computer current with the latest patches
and updates.
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Make sure your computer is configured securely.
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Choose strong passwords and keep them safe.
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Protect your computer with security software.
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Shield your personal information.
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Online offers that look too good to be true usually are.
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Review bank and credit card statements regularly.
OFFENCES AND LAWS IN CYBER
SPACE
 TAMPERING
WITH
COMPUTER
DOCUMENTS
 HACKING WITH
COMPUTER SYSTEM
 PUBLISHING OBSCENE
MATERIAL ON
INTERNET
 BREACHING OF
CONFIDENTIALITY AND
PRIVACY
TAMPERING WITH COMPUTER
DOCUMENTS
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section 65 of IT Act
2000. Tampering with
computer
source documents.
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Tampering with
computer source
documents. –
Explanation – For the purposes of this section,
“computer source code” means the listing of programmes,
compute commands, design and layout and programme
analysis of computer resource in any form.
Section 65 of the Act makes the tampering with
computer stores documents, punishable up to 3
years or with a fine of Rs.2 lakhs or with both
HACKING WITH COMPUTER SYSTEM
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Bail under section-66
of IT Act , Hacking
with
Computer System
Amendment
offence punishable with
imprisonment of three years
and above shall be cognizable
and the offence punishable
with imprisonment of three
years shall be bailable.
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It is brought to notice
that the offence
under Sections 65
and66 of
the Information Techn
ology Act is bailable in
view of Section 77B of
the Information
Technology Act.
PUBLISHING OBSCENE MATERIAL ON
INTERNET
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Sections 67 and 67A: No
nudity, please
The large amounts of ‘obscene’
material that circulate on the
Internet have long attracted
comment in India. Not
surprisingly, then, in the
same way as obscenity is
prohibited offline in the
country, so it is online as well.
The most important tools to
curtail it are sections 67 and
67A of the IT Act, prohibiting
obscene and sexually explicit
material respectively.
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Whoever publishes or transmits
or causes to be published or
transmitted in the electronic
form any material which
contains sexually explicit act or
conduct shall be punished on
first conviction with
imprisonment of either
description for a term which
may extend to five years and
with fine which may extend to
ten lakh rupees and in the
event of second or subsequent
conviction with imprisonment
of either description for a term
which may extend to seven
years and also with fine which
may extend to ten lakh rupees.
BREACHING OF CONFIDENTIALITY
AND PRIVACY
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any person who, in pursuance
of any of the powers conferred
under this Act, rules or
regulations made thereunder,
has secured access to any
electronic record, book, register,
correspondence, information,
document or other material
without the consent of the
person concerned discloses such
electronic record, book, register,
correspondence, information,
document or other material to
any other person shall be
punished with imprisonment
for a term which may extend to
two years, or with fine which
may extend to one lakh rupees,
or with both.
CYBER LAWS AMENDMENTS
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INDIAN PENAL CODE,1860
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT,1872
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BANKER’S BOOK EVIDENCE ACT,1891
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GENERAL CLAUSES ACT,1897
CONCLUSION
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CYBER LAWS_ ESSENTIAL FEATURE IN
TODAYS WORLD OF INTERNET
ACHIEVING GLOBAL PEACE AND
HARMONY
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