GENERAL PAPER - CYBER LAW-IT ACT 2000

CYBER LAW-IT ACT 2000

 IT Act 2000, India’s first cyber law makes punishable cyber-crimes like hacking, damage to computer source code,publishing of information ,which is obscene in the electronic form, breach of confidentiality and privacy, and publication of digital signature false in certain particulars.  IT Act contain 94 section in 13 chapter sections 65 to 74 in  chapter 11 deals with offenses punishable under this act.

v Section 65: Tampering with computer source documents.

v Section 66: Hacking with computer system.       

v Section 67: Publishing of information, which is obscene in electronic form.

v Section 68: Power of controller to give directions.

v Section 69: Direction of controller to a subscriber to extend facilities to decrypt data.

v Section 70: Protected system.

v Section 71: Penalty for misrepresentation. 

v Section 72: Penalty for breach of confidentiality and privacy.

v Section 73: Penalty for publishing digital structure certificate.        

v Section 74: Publication for fraudulent purpose.

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