Legal Cyber Procedures
Greetings readers! This article will describe the various legal issues
to kept in consideration while performing security researches and assessments.
As computers and internet have dominated the way our life and businesses work
today; cyber thefts and electronic computer crimes have also increased drastically.
Thus, the commercial and public perception of cyber crimes has lead to the
formation of several laws, including domestic as well as international
procedures.
Cyber Crimes
To prevent the unethical use of these public and
private data resources, several comprehensive
regulatory environment has been developed to include data protection, misuse of
computer systems, software licenses etc. Some of the issues covered in these
regulations include:
• Theft.
• Protection of privacy.
• Freedom of
information.
• Data protection.
• Public decency.
• Telecommunications.
• Computer crime.
International Cyber Crimes
International
Cyber Crimes is categorized under 6 following area:
• Computer Fraud
• Computer Forgery
• Damage to Computer
data or Computer Programmes
• Computer Sabotage
• Unauthorized Access
• Unauthorized
Interception
Source : http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/en/projets/cybercrime.htm
Cyber Crimes Against Persons
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| Cyber Stalking |
• Cyber Stalking
• Defamation
• Computer Fraud
• Spoofing (E-mails, SMSs)
• Child Pornography
• Carding
• Intellectual Property Thefts
• Cyber Vandalism
The Information Technology Act, 2000
Indian parliament passed its “INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000” on 17th oct to have its exhaustive law to deal with the technology in the field of e-commerce, e-governance, e-banking as well as penalties and punishments in the field of cyber-crimes.
According to the Section:43A which is inserted by ‘Information Technology(Amendment) Act, 2008’ where a body corporate is maintaining and protecting the data of the persons as provided by the central government, if there is any negligent act or failure in protecting the data/ information then a body corporate shall be liable to pay compensation to person so affected. And Section 66 deals with ‘hacking with computer system’ and provides for imprisonment up to 3 years or fine, which may extend up to 2 years or both.
Source : https://www.legalindia.com/cyber-crimes-and-the-law/
Conclusion
The
scope and identification of electronic and cyber-crimes is not limited to the
categories mentioned in this post. With rapidly increasing internet users
worldwide, forms of cyber thefts are moving hand in hand. The establishment of
various regulatory bodies and cyber laws doesn't mean we should stop worrying
for our data and privacy. Most of the hacking attacks occur successfully due to
the carelessness of users. Thus while accessing internet we should always
protect our data and privacy, while been aware of the various legal procedures
that protects us in case of miss happening.
