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Why cyber law

Information

technology is

encompassing all

walks of life allover the world

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IT has brought Transition from paper

to paperless world

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However!!!!There is a need to regulate

the Cyber Space Cyber space creates moral, civil

and criminal wrongs. It has nowgiven a new way to expresscriminal tendencies

Crime is no longer limited tospace, time or a group of people.

Due to the anonymous nature ofthe Internet, it is possible toengage into a variety of criminalactivities with impunity andpeople with intelligence, havebeen grossly misusing this aspectof the Internet to perpetuatecriminal activities in cyberspace..

Hence the need of cyber laws

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Secondly!!!!

Initial laws of

1990s were

developed and

enacted way backkeeping in mind the

relevant political,

social, economic,

and cultural

scenario of that

relevant time

Nobody then could really

visualize about the

Internet

As such, the coming of

the Internet led to the

emergence of numerous

ticklish legal issues and

problems which

necessitated the

enactment of Cyber

laws.

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Thirdly!!!!!

The laws of real world cannot be

interpreted in the light of emerging

cyberspace to include all aspects

relating to different activities in

cyberspace

Thus the need for enactment of relevantcyber laws

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Forthly!!!!

Internet requires an

enabling and supportive

legal infrastructure in

tune with the times

Only with the relevant cyber

laws in place this legal

supportive infrastructure can

be provided

E-commerce, the biggest future of

Internet, can only be possible if we

have the required legal

infrastructure in place to

compliment its growth

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Importance of Cyber Law!!!

In today's highly digitalized world, almost everyone is affected by cyber law.

Almost all companies extensively depend upon their computer networks andkeep their valuable data in electronic form.

Government forms including income tax returns, company law forms etc arenow filled in electronic form.

Consumers are increasingly using credit cards for shopping. Most people are using email, cell phones and SMS messages for

communication.

Even in "non-cyber crime" cases, important evidence is found in computers /cell phones e.g. in cases of divorce, murder, kidnapping, tax evasion, organizedcrime, terrorist operations, counterfeit currency etc.

Cyber crime cases such as online banking frauds, online share trading fraud,source code theft, credit card fraud, tax evasion, virus attacks, cyber sabotage,phishing attacks, email hijacking, denial of service, hacking, pornography etcare becoming common. Digital signatures and e-contracts are fast replacingconventional methods of transacting business.

SINCE it touches almost allaspects of transactions and

activities concerning the

Internet, the World Wide Web

and Cyberspace

..

THEREFORE

Cyber law is

extremely

Important