Cyber law
Cyber law, also known as internet law or digital law, signifies
the legal regulations and frameworks governing digital
activities. It covers a large range of issues, including online
communication, e-commerce, digital privacy, and the
prevention and prosecution of cybercrimes. As the internet has
become a fundamental part of our daily lives, cyber law has
become crucial in ensuring digital space's orderly and secure
functioning.
Information technology law (IT law) or information,
communication and technology law (ICT law) (also called
cyberlaw) concerns the juridical regulation of information
technology, its possibilities and the consequences of its use,
including computing, software coding, artificial intelligence, the
internet and virtual ...
Concept
Objectives of Information Technology Act 2000
Define and Penalize Cybercrimes: The Act defines various
cybercrimes such as hacking, data theft, identity theft, and
cyberstalking, prescribing penalties for these offenses to ensure
a safe and secure cyber environment.
Cyber law, also known as Internet Law or Cyber Law, is the part
of the overall legal system that is related to legal informatics
and supervises the digital circulation of information, e-
commerce, software and information security. It is associated
with legal informatics and electronic elements, including
information systems, computers, software, and hardware. It
covers many areas, such as access to and usage of the
Internet, encompassing various subtopics as well as freedom of
expression, and online privacy.
Cyber laws help to reduce or prevent people from cybercriminal
activities on a large scale with the help of protecting
information access from unauthorized people, freedom of
speech related to the use of the Internet, privacy,
communications, email, websites, intellectual property,
hardware and software, such as data storage devices. As
Internet traffic is increasing rapidly day by day, that has led to
a higher percentage of legal issues worldwide. Because cyber
laws are different according to the country and jurisdiction,
restitution ranges from fines to imprisonment, and enforcement
is challenging.
Cyberlaw offers legal protections for people who are using the
Internet as well as running an online business. It is most
important for Internet users to know about the local area and
cyber law of their country by which they could know what
activities are legal or not on the network. Also, they can
prevent ourselves from unauthorized activities.
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act was the first cyber law,
called CFFA, that was enacted in 1986. This law was helpful in
preventing unauthorized access to computers. And it also
provided a description of the stages of punishment for breaking
that law or performing any illegal activity.
Importance of Cyber Law
Cyber laws are formed to punish people who perform any illegal activities
online. They are important to punish related to these types of issues such
as online harassment, attacking another website or individual, data theft,
disrupting the online workflow of any enterprise and other illegal
activities.
If anyone breaks a cyber law, the action would be taken against that
person on the basis of the type of cyberlaw he broke, where he lives, and
where he broke the law. It is most important to punish the criminals or to
bring them to behind bars, as most of the cybercrimes cross the limit of
crime that cannot be considered as a common crime.
These crimes may be very harmful for losing the reliability and
confidentiality of personal information or a nation. Therefore, these issues
must be handled according to the laws.
o When users apply transactions on the Internet, cyber law covers
every transaction and protect them.
o It touches every reaction and action in cyberspace.
o It captures all activities on the Internet.
