Information Technology Act, 2008
The Information Technology Amendment Act 2008 (IT Act 2008) is a substantial addition to India's Information Technology Act 2000.
The Information Technology Amendment Act was passed by the Indian Parliament in October 2008 and came into force a year later. The act is administered by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and corresponds to the Indian Penal Code.
The Information Technology Amendment Act has been widely hailed as a progressive step forward in protecting India's cyber infrastructure and citizens.
It is one of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation addressing IT-related issues and sets a strong precedent for other countries working to update their own laws.
The Information Technology Amendment Act 2008 has nine chapters and 117 sections and covers a wide range of topics related to IT, cybercrime and data protection.
The act includes provisions for the following
- tightening cybersecurity measures
- establishing a legal framework for digital signatures
- recognizing and regulating intermediaries
- regulating interception, monitoring and decryption of electronic records
- cyber forensics
- cyberterrorism
E Commerce Law Under IT
In recent years, the internet's significance in our lives has grown at an extraordinarily rapid pace. Our digital presence online has increased as have our activities with a majority of commercial transactions (buying, selling) taking place daily. New data shows that as of 2021, there are at least 2.41 billion shoppers online. E-commerce is an industry that's expanding so quickly that it's expected to make up a whopping 22.0 per cent of retail sales worldwide by 2023.
This solidifies the internet’s presence today as a vast and sprawling marketplace where people are buying and selling products in enormous numbers every day. Buying via the internet can take the form of direct purchases or purchases made through affiliates or agents. Selling on the internet might take the form of selling on your website, auction sites, or social networking sites. In terms of business technology, the expansion of E-commerce has established a platform for the buying and selling of products and services, as well as driving critical business operations within the organisation. Copyright concerns, data protection issues, and completions issues are all inherent to
e-commerce. Firstly, one of the most important issues for any organization engaging in
an e-contract or e-business, which includes e-commerce transactions, are intellectual property
rights. Because the Internet is so immense, complicated to regulate and has such few
rules addressing protection and safety, IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) protection is a
major concern and a challenge in e-business. Second, it is quite
impossible to conduct an e-commerce transaction without gathering
some type of personal information about the user, which is likewise a
possible breach of their privacy.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT
