Information Technology ACT 2000

SAMPATH SAMEANDRA NISARG RAJVANSHI SHREERANG KAMBLE SHANTANU BEHERA BY GROUP_2 (139278078) (139278045) (139278043) (139278039)

Agenda
Overview Various Terms under IT Act 2000 Various sections of law involved Few cases

Conclusion

IT ACT 2000 Overview

Enacted on 17th may 2000 India is 12th nation in the world to adopt this law

Based on Model Law on e-commerce adopted by UNCITRAL

Provides legal recognition to data exchange carried out by any means of electronic communication

Comprises of laws related to cyber crimes electronic and digital signatures Intellectual property data protection and privacy

IT ACT 2000 Overview contd.

Objectives of this law facilitate electronic filing of documents, to accord legal inviolability to all means of electronic data communication and the accepted contracts by the electronic means. Extends to whole India Also applies if offense committed outside India by person from any nationality IT law forces to make amendments in following acts Indian Penal code 1862 Indian evidence act 1872 The bankers book evidence act 1891 Reserve bank of India act 1934

Digital Signature
Mathematical scheme for demonstrating the authenticity of digital message or document.

Passwords, pin numbers and biometric signatures

Eg: ATM card holder- cash withdrawal pin number Types - public and private keys

Section 3 - Digital Signatures

Any subscriber may authenticate an electronic record by affixing his digital signatures Authentication of electronic record shall be affected by use of asymmetric crypto system and hash function

Electronic Documents
Information that requires electronic device to display, interpret and process Laws require information communicated on paper or writing Electronic documents are not mentioned in these laws Section 4 - Legal recognition of electronic records

Information or any matter shall be in writing or type written or printed form, shall be deemed to have satisfied if such information is made available in electronic form accessible so as to be usable for a subsequent reference

Formation of Contract
Communication of offer and its acceptance agreement formation Electronic communication is a valid means of communication for agreement Section 10A of IT Act confirms validity of contracts formed through electronic means

Data Protection
Important to maintain privacy of data government or private

IT Act provides security to this data

Section 43A - Compensation for failure to protect data Section 72A - Punishment for disclosure of information in breach of lawful contract

Section 72 - Breach of confidentiality and Privacy

Offences and Penalty

Section 43 - Penalty and compensation for damage to computer, computer system etc. If any person without the permission of the owner
access his computer damages it downloads content access the network or introduce virus deletes or destroys any information comes under this act

Section 66 - Computer related Offences Any person dishonestly or fraudulently does any act referred above shall be punishable or fined or both

Cyber Crimes Provisions under IT Act 2000

Tampering with computer source documents - sec.65 Hacking with computer systems, data alterations - sec.66

Publishing obscene information - sec.67

Unauthorized access to protected system - sec.70 Breach of confidentiality and privacy - sec.72 Publishing false digital signature certificates - sec.73

Amendment of IT ACT 2000

Criminal Provisions: Section 66
Section 66(A) - Sending of offensive or false messages Section 66(B) - Dishonestly receiving stolen communication device or computer resource

Section 66(C) - Dishonestly using someone elses electronic signature password or unique identification feature
Section 66(E) - Acts like hiding cameras in hotel rooms and changing rooms Section 66(F) - It applies to people who uses cyberspace to threaten the unity, integrity, security and sovereignty of India.

Section 67 - Publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form Section 67(A) - Publishing or transmitting sexually explicit acts in electronic form

Section 67(B) - Creating, collecting, browsing and downloading of child pornography

Section 67(C) - Preservation of information by intermediaries

Misuse of IT Act
Henna Bakshi - booked for posting abusive comments on Chandigarh traffic police's Facebook page Sunil Vishwakarma was detained by Palghar police for allegdly posting anti-Raj Thackeray remarks on his Facebook page West Bengal police arrested a Jadavpur University professor for allegedly spreading "antiMamata Banerjee" cartoons on the internet Ravi Srinivasan was arrested for tweeting "Got reports that Karti Chidambaram had amassed more wealth than Vadra Shaheen Dhada and Renu Srinivasan were arrested after Shaheen criticised the November 18 shutdown for Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's funeral and Renu "liked" the Facebook post

REFERENCES
http://www.indiatimes.com/india/5-cases-when-the-it-act-was-misused-48763-4.html#list_start Legal Aspects of Business by Akhileshwar Pathak

http://www.slideshare.net/diyamirza58726/information-technologyact-2000-anoverviewsethassociatesppt
http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/section-66-a-information-technology-act-2000cases