ict form 4

1. Prepared by : HANIN
WAJIHAH BAHARUDIN

INTAN NUR BALQIS
AMIRUDIN :D
Presentation ICT
Impact of ICT on Society
Malaysian Cyber Law
and
Electronic Government Law

2. Meaning Of Cyber Law
Any laws relating to protecting the
Internet and other online
communication technologies

3. Needs For Cyber Law
Integrity and Security of Information
Security of Government Data
Intellectual Property Rights
Privacy and Confidentially of
Information
Legal Status of Online Transactions

4. DIGITAL SIGNATURE ACT 1997
Why the Act exist:
- Transactions conducted via internet increasing.
- Identities and messages can falsified
- Need purchaser and seller identity for the integrity of messages.
- Removing doubt and possibility of fraud
What the Act is about?
- Provides for regulation of public key infrastructure.
- Make digital signature legally valid and enforceable as traditional
signature.
COPYRIGHT (AMENDMENT) ACT 1997
Why the Act exists:
- To protect expressions of thoughts and ideas from unauthorized
copying alteration.
- Creative expression is being captured and
What the Amended Act is about?
- Clear protection accorded to multimedia works.
- Transmissions of copyright works over the Internet clearly amount to
infringement.
- Technological methods of ensuring works and authorship info are not
altered or removed is protected.

5. TELEMEDICINE ACT 1997
Why the Act exists:
- Healthcare systems and providers around the world are becoming
interconnected.
- Unclear quality healthcare advice and consultation from specialist
because doesn’t have truth value
- To regulate practice of teleconsultations in medical profession.
What the Act is about?
- The Act provides that any registered doctor may practice
“telemedicine” but other healthcare providers must first obtain a license
to do so.
COMPUTER CRIMES ACT 1997
Why the Act exists:
- As computing becomes more central to people’s life and work,
computers become both targets and tools of crime.
- To ensure misuse of computers is offense.
What the Act is about?
- Offers to:* Enter or attempt into computers and computer systems
without authorization.
* Damage or alter data/information in computers or computer
systems by planting viruses.

6. COMMUNICATIONS AND MULTIMEDIA ACT 1998
Why the Act exist:
- Convergence of technologies is driving convergence of
telecommunication, broadcasting, computing and content.
What the Act is about?
- A restructuring of converged ICT industry.
- Create and define a new system of licenses
- Provide communication and multimedia services.
- Provide the existence of the Communication and Multimedia
Commission.
POLICY OBJECTIVES OF CMA
To regulate for the long-term benefit of the end user.
To promote consumer confidence in service delivery.
To ensure equitable provision of affordable services.
To create a robust applications environment for the end user.

7. WHY THE ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT EXIST:
Government is working on individual departmental projects
rather than creating a general framework to take it forward
There is strong belief in electronic government
To control bloggers and prevent from spreading "disharmony,
chaos, seditious material and lies" on websites
Registering bloggers help prevent controversy in the
government and help promote harmony in the country
WHAT THE ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT?
Electronic government is already in many departments; in fact,
ahead of most of Europe are in electronic governance
Electronic government needs to be more central steering,
“The government isn't against it, but it certainly isn't championing
it”.
Ecommerce will radically reshape government over the next
five years.

8. ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT DATABASES
American Government
Curriculum based reference database for government that includes
daily UPI stories, annotated bibliographies, interactive topic
exploration, and political commentary from Robert Novak and Bill
Press.
Facts on File
Collection of databases on history, geography, science, and health.
Includes career and curriculum resources as well as personal and
business forms.
FirstSearch
Collection of fifteen databases including WorldCat, Medline,
WilsonSelectPlus that provide both citations and full-text. WorldCat
is the largest international database featuring more than 54 million
items from the 50,000 plus OCLC member libraries.
Edgar Database
Database of searchable SEC filings such as annual and quarterly
reports. Search by company name, SIC code, etc. Obtain mutual
fund prospectuses, as well as archived information.

9. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000
Relate to electronic form which filing, issue, grant or payment
effected
Relate to manner and format which electronic records be filed,
issued and method of payment of fee
Relate to security procedure for purpose of creating secure
electronic record and secure digital signature
Relate to other standards observed by Controller of Certifying
Authorities
Relate to fee to be paid to Certifying Authority for issue of a Digital
Signature Certificate
Relate procedure for investigation of misbehavior or incapacity of
Presiding Officer
Relate to any other power of a civil court required to be prescribed
Relate to any other matter which is required to be, or may be,
prescribed.
Relate to maintenance of database containing disclosure record of
Certifying Authority
Relate to conditions and restrictions subject which Controller may
recognize any foreign

10. THE INDUCE ACT
Supported by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah
Make manufacturers of such software liable for
inducing people to commit copyright infringement
Consumer complained that the bill's language is too
broad and could apply liability to legitimate
technology
Represent sides to propose own compromise in
congressional session and are given tight deadline,
according to condition of anonymity
Necessary after a federal appeals court; manufacturer
of file-sharing software of liability committed by
customers was cleared

11. REFERENCES
Teacher’s handouts
The Malaysian Cyber Laws
Internet
*www.fountaindale.lib.il.us/information/databases/governmentDB
.htm
*www.silicon.com/management/government/0,39024852,110027
86,00.htm
*http://www.asianlaws.org/consultancy/setting_up.htm
*http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/66510/Malaysian_Gov_t_L
ooking_to_Quiet_Bloggers
*http://www.asianlaws.org/cyberlaw/newsletter/issues/cl_nl_49.h
tm
*www.jagat.com.my/Cyberlawseries/consultancy.htm

12. CONCLUSION
Future Cyber Laws must recognizes the people development
component-crucial for a K-Economy.
The existing Cyber Laws created the necessary impact… but
constant review is necessary.
Technology innovations
# Business innovations
# “Criminal” innovations
# Globalization
An exclusive legislative process may shorten review cycle.
Malaysian Government envisions to reinvent governance activities
through e-Government projects and applications.
Several test-beds are already in place to provide ICT which
enabled solutions such as e-judiciary, e-passport and tele-
healthcare.
Such e-applications inevitably come with legal impediments that
would slow down the reinvention process unless they are properly
addressed and solved.