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8/4/2019 It Agt Amendments
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Information Technology Act 2000
and Amendments therein
Department of Information Technology
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Internet Infra in INDIA
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4.8 Mil. HighSpeed Internet
65 Mil. InternetUsers
248 Mil. MobilePhones
8 Mil. Mobile Phones being addedper month
Internet
BSNL
Bharti
TATACommunications
Reliance
ERNET
Mail Servers
1Mil. Domains(0.5 Mil. “.in”)
DNS
130+ IDCs 134 Major
ISPs
134 MajorISPs
VOIP, IPTV
NIC
INDIA Internet Infrastructure:2008.5
Govt.
Academia
Enterprise
Home
Tele Density 24 per 1000 person
IT /ITESBPO
Targetted Broadband connection = 10 Mil.(2010)
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAW AND SOCIALCHANGE
“The controversy between those who
believe that law should essentially followand not lead and it should do so clearlyformulated social sentiment and those who
believe that law should be determinedagent in the creation of new social norms is
one of the recurring themes in the history oflegal thought”
PROFESSOR WOLFGANG FRIEDMANN – Law in the Changing Society
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THREE OUTSTANDING FEATURESWHICH MAKE
DIGITAL REVOLUTION UNIQUE ARE THERESULTANT
1. Cyberspace
2. Knowledge Economy
3. Speed with which it has transformed
industrial economy into a knowledge
Economy
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LEGAL PROBLEMS OF THE NEWTECHNOLOGY
APPLICATION OF JURISPRUDENTIALCONCEPTIONS TO CYBERSPACEUNIQUE PROBLEMS
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VANISHING BORDERS IN CYBERSPACE
• Sovereignty and exercise of Jurisdiction
which are attributes of statehood arelinked to territorial nexus
• In Cyberspace territorial boundaries are
meaningless• Internet address has no relation to the
physical location of the computer or itsuser
• Law implies the application of coerciveforce but this is not feasible overindividuals not within the territory
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ANONYMITY AND PSEUDO-ANONYMITY
• Cyberspace permits anonymity andpseudo anonymity
• Users can mask their real flesh and bloodidentities and assume digital avtars
• anonymous remailers facilitate sending
messages without revealing their identity
or origin7
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CHALLENGE OF CYBERSPACE
Cyberspace calls into question many
traditional legal conceptions like
• Ownership• Freedom of expression
• Liability• Property etc
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TWO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT ON
GOVERNANCE OF CYBERSPACE
Regulation skeptics Governments should not
regulate CyberspaceReasons•Laws involved on geographical basis have
no application to cyberspace which isborderless
•Cyberspace transactions occursimultaneously in all jurisdictions assumptionof jurisdiction by multiple states will lead to
jurisdictional mayhem•Architecture of Cyberspace precludes
previous notice of applicable laws 10
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Salient features of the ActThe salient features of the Information Technology Act, 2000 are
as follows:—
(i) Extends to the whole of India (Section 1)(ii) Authentication of electronic records (Section 3)(iii) Legal Framework for affixing Digital signature by use of
asymmetric crypto system and hash function (Section 3)(iv) Legal recognition of electronic records (Section 4)
(v) Legal recognition of digital signatures (Section 5)(vi) Retention of electronic record (Section 7)(vii) Publication of Official Gazette in electronic form (Section 8)(viii) Security procedure for electronic records and digital
signature (Sections 14, 15, 16)(ix) Licensing and Regulation of Certifying authorities for issuingdigital signature certificates (Sections 17-42)
(x) Functions of Controller (Section 18)
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Contd..(xi) Appointment of Certifying Authorities and Controller of Certifying Authorities,
including recognition of foreign Certifying Authorities (Section 19)(xii) Controller to act as repository of all digital signature certificates (Section 20)(xiii) Data Protection (Sections 43 & 66)(xiv) Various types of computer crimes defined and stringent penalties provided under
the Act (Section 43 and Sections 66, 67, 72)(xv) Appointment of Adjudicating officer for holding inquiries under the Act (Sections
46 & 47)(xvi) Establishment of Cyber Appellate Tribunal under the Act (Sections 48-56)(xvii) Appeal from order of Adjudicating Officer to Cyber Appellate Tribunal and not to
any Civil Court (Section 57)(xviii) Appeal from order of Cyber Appellate Tribunal to High Court (Section 62)(xix) Interception of information from computer to computer (Section 69)(xx) Protection System (Section 70)(xxi) Act to apply for offences or contraventions committed outside India (Section 75)(xxii) Investigation of computer crimes to be investigated by officer at the DSP (Deputy
Superintendent of Police) level
(xxiii) Network service providers not to be liable in certain cases (Section 79)(xxiv) Power of police officers and other officers to enter into any public place andsearch and arrest without warrant (Section 80)
(xxv) Offences by the Companies (Section 85)(xxvi) Constitution of Cyber Regulations Advisory Committee who will advice the Central
Government and Controller (Section 88)
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New Provisions added through Amendments
• New Section to address technology neutrality from Section 3Aits present “technology specific” form(i.e. Digital Signature to Electronic Signature)
• New Section to address promotion of e-Governance Section 6A
& other IT application – Delivery of Service – Outsourcing – Public Private Partnership
• New Section to address electronic contract Section 10A
• New Section to address data protection and privacy Section 43
• Body corporate to implement best security practices Sections 43A &72A
• Multimember Appellate Tribunal Sections 49-52
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Contd.
• New Section to address new forms of computer misuse
– Impersonation Sectio – Identity theft and E-commerce frauds Section 417A
like phishing – Video voyeurism Section 502A – Offensive messages and Spam Section 66A – Pornography Sec
• Preservation and Retention of Data/Information Section 67C
• Revision of existing Section 69 to empower Central Section 69
Government to designate agencies and issue directionfor interception and safeguards for monitoring and decryption
• Blocking of Information for public access Section 69A
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Contd.• Monitoring of Traffic Data and Information for Section 69B
Cyber Security
• New section for designating agency for protection Section 70Aof Critical Information Infrastructure
• New Section for power to CERT-In to call and Section 70Banalyse information relating to breach in cyberspace and cyber security
• Revision of existing Section 79 for prescribing liabilities Section 79
of service providers in certain cases and to EmpowerCentral Government to prescribe guidelines to be observedby the service providers for providing services. It alsoregulate cyber cafes.
• New Section for Examiner of Digital Evidence Section 79A
• New Section for power to prescribe modes of Encryption Section 84A
• Punishment for most of offences were reduced from threeyears to two years
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