Cyber Law-

BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS AND CYBER LAW INC GUNTUR PUTTU GURU PRASAD

LEGAL FRAME WORK FOR IT RELATED TRANSACTIONS  The

IT act is made applicable to cyber crimes committed in and outside India. The act brings into its ambit recognition and authentication of electronic transactions, records and digital signatures. A legal frame work for regulating the e-commerce transactions and imposition of punishments and penalties for violating the regulations is aslo put in place by the act

CLICK-WRAP AGREEMENTS 

Click-wrap or web–wrap agreements are commonly used in connection with e-commerce transactions. These agreements are typically used to specify the terms and conditions applicable to the use of the website as well as to the products and services purchased over the internet. With these agreements , the buyer or user usually explicitly assents to these terms by clicking on a button stating’ I agree’ or ‘ I accept’ after having had an opportunity to review the terms

AUTHENTICATION OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS A

record is the documentation of a transaction that happens as a result of someone taking a particular action at a particular time. Electronic records are extremely good at generating and storing data, but much less adequate at identifying when that data could be considered a record.

ATTRIBUTION OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS  An

electronic record shall be attributed to the originator if it fulfills the following conditions  Sent by the originator himself or a person who had authority to act on behalf of the originator to operate  Sent by an information system programmed by or on behalf of the originator to operate automatically

LEGAL STATUS FOR ELECTRONIC RECORDS  Amendments

to Negotiable instruments

act,1881  Amendments to RBI act,1934  Amendments to Banker’s books evidence act,1891  Amendments to Indian penal code

CYBER OFFENCES Against Against individuals individual property

Against organizations

Against society at large

Harassment via emails

Transmitting virus

Unauthorized control

Pornography

Cyber-stalking

Net trespass

Possession of unauthorized information

Trafficking

Sending of obscene material

Unauthorized control

Cyber terrorism

Financial crimes

defamation

IP crimes

Distribution of pirated software

Sale of illegal articles

Unauthorized control over computer

Time - thefts

Indecent exposure Email spoofing Cheating and fraud

Online gambling forgery