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Bill to Curb Cyber Crime Introduced
Techtree News Staff, Dec 18, 2006 1251 hrs ISTA Bill has been introduced in the Lok Sabha to amend the Information Technology Act of 2000 to address increasing incidence of cyber crime and data theft.
On Friday, the Government has introduced in the Lok Sabha, a bill to amend the Information Technology (IT) Act of 2000 with a view towards checking the increasing incidence of cyber crime and data theft.
The bill proposes addition of new sections plus amendments to existing sections in the IT Act, the Indian Penal Code, the Indian Evidence Act, and the Code of Criminal Procedure. The objective of the bill is to address various issues, including breach of confidentiality, data leakage, e-commerce fraud, identity theft, offensive/sexually explicit material in electronic form, and video voyeurism.
Besides, an expert committee has been set up to deliberate on issues, and offer their recommendations.
Amongst others, the committee proposes insertion of a new section to the Act on data theft prevention, so as to ensure adoption of secure practices and procedures by firms handling sensitive data.
It recommends the government provide legal framework for new forms of crimes such as video voyeurism, publishing of material containing sexually explicit acts in electronic form, e-commerce frauds through impersonation alias 'Phishing', and other cyber crimes.
The committee recommends replacing the term 'digital signature' with 'electronic signature' to promote development of alternative technologies for authentication of electronic records.
The IT Act 2000 was enacted to boost growth of computers and the Internet; to provide legal recognition to electronic records and e-transactions; and to prevent computer-based crimes.
Protection of critical information infrastructure is of prime importance to national security, economy, public health, and safety, and as such, it has become imperative to declare such infrastructure as 'protected' in order to restrict its access.
The bill proposes addition of new sections plus amendments to existing sections in the IT Act, the Indian Penal Code, the Indian Evidence Act, and the Code of Criminal Procedure. The objective of the bill is to address various issues, including breach of confidentiality, data leakage, e-commerce fraud, identity theft, offensive/sexually explicit material in electronic form, and video voyeurism.
Besides, an expert committee has been set up to deliberate on issues, and offer their recommendations.
Amongst others, the committee proposes insertion of a new section to the Act on data theft prevention, so as to ensure adoption of secure practices and procedures by firms handling sensitive data.
It recommends the government provide legal framework for new forms of crimes such as video voyeurism, publishing of material containing sexually explicit acts in electronic form, e-commerce frauds through impersonation alias 'Phishing', and other cyber crimes.
The committee recommends replacing the term 'digital signature' with 'electronic signature' to promote development of alternative technologies for authentication of electronic records.
The IT Act 2000 was enacted to boost growth of computers and the Internet; to provide legal recognition to electronic records and e-transactions; and to prevent computer-based crimes.
Protection of critical information infrastructure is of prime importance to national security, economy, public health, and safety, and as such, it has become imperative to declare such infrastructure as 'protected' in order to restrict its access.
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