With the advancement of technology, there is surely and ease of doing thing and communicating, however:-

 

The methods of cheating, Theft, and defrauding people also have been, advanced on a rapid scale.

 

Thus in order to control the same, a special law has been enacted by the Indian Parliament known as the Information Technology Act, 2000.

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Salient Features of I.T Act

• Digital signature has been replaced with the electronic signature to make it a more technology-neutral act.

• It elaborates on offenses, penalties, and breaches.

• It outlines the Justice Dispensation Systems for cyber-crimes.

• It defines in a new section that cyber café is any facility from where access to the internet is offered by any person in the ordinary course of business to the members of the public.

• It provides for the constitution of the Cyber Regulations Advisory Committee.

• It is based on The Indian Penal Code, 1860, The Indian Evidence Act, 1872, The Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1891, The Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, etc.

• It adds a provision to Section 81, which states that the provisions of the Act shall have an overriding effect. The provision states that nothing contained in the Act shall restrict any person from exercising any right conferred under the Copyright Act, 1957.

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