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The document summarizes key aspects of cyber law in India including the need for cyber law, authorities involved, cyber crimes and penalties, digital signatures, and intellectual property rights issues in cyberspace. It discusses the Information Technology Act 2000 which governs cyber space and e-commerce in India, and established provisions for cyber crimes and penalties. The document also outlines authorities like the Controller of Certifying Authorities, adjudicating officers, and Cyber Appellate Tribunal that handle cyber crime investigations and appeals. It provides examples of common cyber crimes and discusses legal issues around digital signatures and intellectual property rights related to domain names and web content.

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09 WebSpaceAndITAct2000

The document summarizes key aspects of cyber law in India including the need for cyber law, authorities involved, cyber crimes and penalties, digital signatures, and intellectual property rights issues in cyberspace. It discusses the Information Technology Act 2000 which governs cyber space and e-commerce in India, and established provisions for cyber crimes and penalties. The document also outlines authorities like the Controller of Certifying Authorities, adjudicating officers, and Cyber Appellate Tribunal that handle cyber crime investigations and appeals. It provides examples of common cyber crimes and discusses legal issues around digital signatures and intellectual property rights related to domain names and web content.

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4/17/2014

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Web Space and IT Act 2000
By
Joscelyn Dias
Need to Know for IT Manager about:
Need of Cyber law
Authorities Involved
Cyber Crimes and related provisions
Digital Signature legal issues
IPR and cyber space
Cyber Law - Need
What is Cyber law?
Governing cyber space - computers, networks, software, data
storage devices, the Internet, websites, emails etc
Rules of conduct approved by govt., in force over a territory
and must be obeyed.
Need of cyber law
Intangible dimension
Disrespect of judicial boundaries
Potential for anonymity
Participation by all
Extreme mobility of Electronic information
Economic efficiency
Jurisprudence of Cyber Law
IT Act 2000
E-commerce
Electronic records with governments
Provisions for cyber crimes
Amendments to
IPC(forgery of electronic records, cyber frauds,
destroying electronic evidence),
Indian Evidence Act(Digital Evidence is to be
collected and proven in court ),
Bankers Book Evidence Act (In case of bank records)
The Reserve Bank of India Act also amended
Jurisprudence of Cyber Law
Investigation and adjudication of cyber crimes
done in accordance with the provisions of the
Code of Criminal Procedure and the IT Act.
Orders relating to blocking of web sites
CERT DOT ISPs
CERT approached by MHA, DEA, CBI, Courts etc.
Examples of cyber crimes
Financial
Cyber pornography
Cyber defamation
Cyber stalking
Web defacement
Web jacking
Cyber terrorism
Trojans and Key loggers
Internet time theft
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Authorities
CCA - Controller of Certifying Authorities
Adjudicating officers
adjudicate on cases
Cyber Appellate Tribunal
appeals against orders of the Adjudicating
Officers
Police
Courts
Cyber Crimes law provisions
Cyber crimes (liable for fine upto 1 crore)
Unauthorized access of information
Causes damage to any information or programs
Spreads virus
Causes disruption of computer or network
Causes denial of service
Provides assistance to facilitate unauthorized
access
Cyber Crimes law provisions
Cyber offences (liable to fine and imprisonment)
Tampering computer software source
Computer hacking
Publishing obscene information
Misuse of digital certificate
Misrepresentation
False certificate
Fraudulent use
Liability of Network Service Provider
Intermediary
Protection mechanisms in place
Liability of Company
Directors/Owners and employees
Digital Signature Legal Issues
Duties of subscribers
Generate key pair
Accept certificate
Protect keys
Role of CCA
Act as root CA of India - Signing public key of CAs
License CAs in India and recognize foreign certifying
authorities
Establish PKI
1.Establish standards to be used and enforce on CAs
2.Identify Infrastructure requirements
3.Maintain National Repository of Digital Certificates (NRDC)
Why should one trust PKI in India?
CCA in position
Licensed CAs
Digital Signature accepted (IT Act)
Other provisions in IT Act to punish
cybercrimes.
IPR Cyber Space
Domain name disputes
Cyber Squatting, Typo squatting
NIXI authorized as .IN Registry - www.registry.in
INDRP- .IN Domain name Dispute Resolution Policy
Web related issues
Adding Meta Tags (keywords)
Deep Hyper linking
Use of disclaimer and acknowledgement
Framing
Use of disclaimer and acknowledgement

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