Cyber Laws in India | Internet laws in India

What Is Cyber Crime?

Cyber terrorists usually use the computer as a tool, target, or both for their unlawful act either to gain information which can result in heavy loss/damage to the owner of that intangible sensitive information. Internet is one of the means by which the offenders can gain such price sensitive information of companies, firms, individuals, banks, intellectual property crimes (such as stealing new product plans, its description, market programme plans, list of customers etc.), selling illegal articles, pornography etc. this is done through many methods such as phishing, spoofing, pharming, internet phising, wire transfer etc. and use it to their own advantage without the consent of the individual. Many banks, financial institutions, investment houses, brokering firms etc. are being victimised and threatened by the cyber terrorists to pay extortion money to keep their sensitive information intact to avoid huge damages. And it’s been reported that many institutions in US, Britain and Europe have secretly paid them to prevent huge meltdown or collapse of confidence among their consumers.

Copyright Infringement through internet
Internet has become a breeding ground for violation of copyright. This mass misuse require more stringent laws

Cyber Stalking: Challenges In Regulating Cyber Stalking At The Cyber Space
What Is Cyber Stalking? There is no universal accepted definition of cyber stalking. The word stalking means ‘pursue stealthily' which refers that "harass obviously".

Policy Hampering Illegal Data Entry Via Apps/Social Media
How do you feel if someone unknowingly spies on your credit card number online? Won’t it get on your nerves? It definitely would come out as a blast of impulsiveness. Nobody, actually, likes to keep a watch on what indeed is so sensitive.

Data Exclusivity A Necessary Evil:
Data Exclusivity refers to a practice whereby, for a fixed period of time, drug approval authorities do not allow the test data of the innovator company to be used to register equivalent generic version of that medicine.

Computer Law

Data Exclusivity Law: Data exclusivity is a matter of heated controversy now-a-days all over the world and a source of tussle between developing and developed countries

Legal Dimensions of Information Technology - issues of copyright: It is related to the cyber world and the main focus is given on the issues such as the cyber crimes, right to information and the copyright issues.

Digital Signatures: Digital Signatures have been provided for in the Information Technology Act, 2000, to bring about a minimum level of security in the increasing amount of data transfer over the Internet

Electronic agents: Undoubtedly, the influences of IT (‘Information Technology’) have already invaded every corner of our daily lives. Nowadays, it is unimaginable if one determines not to relevant with this new technology at all

Data Theft in Cyber Space: This Article highlights the suseptibilty of data to theft in the digital age. It analyses as to what are the current provisions in the existing law on such theft and whether it can be brought under the ambit of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

Identity Theft: All across India, the fastest growing White Collar Crime in the nation has been identified as Identity Theft and its affecting each one of us in insidious ways

Breach of privacy and Confidentiality: The article deals with Section 72 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 which speaks about penalty for Breach of Confidentiality and privacy

Cyber Crimes and Cyber Law: Information technology deals with information system, data storage, access, retrieval, analysis and intelligent decision making. Information technology

Cyber Terrorism and Various Legal Compliances: Terrorism is defined as premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by sub national groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience.

Advertising - Its Evolution, Significance & Effects:

Plagiarism: works created by other people is rightfully their intellectual property and if we use that work we are bound to

Cyber Crimes and General Principles: Basic overview of the concept of cyber crimes and how the concept is different from the traditional principles of criminal law.

Cyber Squatting- Clear and Present Danger: In the new e-economy it is commercially prudent for a company to have an easily traceable address in the cyber-space

Cyber Crime And Law: contributes an understanding of the effects of negative use of Information technology

Cyber Hacking: 'Hackers' are very intelligent people who use their skill in a constructive and positive manner

Electronic Contract: traditional notion of contract formation, negotiating parties must come to a "meeting of the minds"

The Bpo Strategy: Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is a buzzword among the corporate in the world today.

Need For Conversion Of The Convergence Bill: The Communication Convergence Bill, is on the verge of being enacted and changing the Indian communication machinery

Data Safety And Privacy Protection: As the situation now warranty legislation of data protection in India, visitors to any website want reassurances that privacy rights

The Menace of Cyber Crime: In the information age the rapid development of computers, telecommunications and other technologies has led

Cyber-Elections: Its in-serverability has grown to such heights that perhaps George Bernard Shaw would have expressed as ‘Cyber-web here

Defamation on the web: Who do you sue?: The law of defamation addresses harm to a person's reputation or good name through slander and libel.

Internet telephony and related Issues: The focus of the article is to examine the impact of the proposed Communications Convergence.