This presentation covers cyber laws in India. It introduces the need for cyber laws to tackle cyber crimes and protect intellectual property rights. The main cyber law passed in India is the Information Technology Act of 2000 (ITAct). The ITAct provides legal validity for electronic communication and commerce, digital signatures, and allows for e-governance. The presentation defines various cyber crimes like crimes against persons using viruses, crimes against property like hacking, and crimes against the government. It also discusses cyber crimes facilitated by social media and the negative effects of online pornography. Overall, the presentation argues that cyber laws are essential in today's internet-connected world to achieve global peace and harmony.
5. NEED FOR CYBER LAWS
• TACKLING CYBER
CRIMES
• INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS
AND COPYRIGHTS
PROTECTION ACT
6. CYBER LAWS IN INDIA
• ITACT PASSED IN
2000
• INTERNET IN
INDIA
• IMPLEMENTATION
OF CYBER LAW
• REASONS FOR
DELAY IN
IMPLEMENTATION
OF CYBER LAWS IN
INDIA
7. 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.
8. 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
9. CYBER CRIMES
• CYBER CRIMES AGAINST
PERSONS
eg ‘melissa’and ‘lovebug’ virus
• CYBER CRIMES AGAINST
PROPERTY
eg computer vandalism
• CYBER CRIMES AGAINST
GOVERNMENT
• eg ‘Al-Qaeda’
11. CRIME THROUGH ORKUT
• Koushambi ,24-year
old software
professional
working for TCS
was brutally killed
by Manish Thakur,
in a hotel room at
Andheri.
12. 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.
13. OFFENCES AND LAWS IN
CYBER SPACE
• TAMPERING WITH
COMPUTER
DOCUMENTS
• HACKING WITH
COMPUTER SYSTEM
• PUBLISHING OBSCENE
MATERIAL ON
INTERNET
• BREACHING OF
CONFIDENTIALITY
AND PRIVACY
14. CYBER LAWS AMENDMENTS
• INDIAN PENAL CODE,1860
• INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT,1872
• BANKER’S BOOK EVIDENCE ACT,1891
• GENERAL CLAUSES ACT,1897
15. CONCLUSION
• CYBER LAWS_ ESSENTIAL FEATURE
IN TODAYS WORLD OF INTERNET
• ACHIEVING GLOBAL PEACE AND
HARMONY