Information act 2000

1. INFORMATION ACT 2000
Presented by,
Asha. A. S
B.Ed Social Science
SNTC, Nedunganda

3. Concerns the law of information technology,
including computing and the internet it is related to
legal information and governs the digital
dissemination of both information and software ,
information security and electronic commerce
aspects and it has been described as ‘paper laws’ for
a ‘paperless environment’.
It raises specific issues or intellectual property in
computing and online, contract law, privacy, freedom
of expression an jurisdiction.
CYBER LAW

4. The IT Act 2000 is an act of Indian Parliament
notified on 17 October 2000.
It is the primary law in India dealing with cyber
crime and electronic commerce.
The original act contained 94 sections, divided
into 13 chapters and 4 schedules.
INFORMATION AND
TECHNOLOGY ACT
2000

5. Objectives of the IT Act
To provide legal recognition for transactions:-
Carried out by means of electronic data interchange, and
other means of electronic communication, commonly
referred to as "electronic commerce“
To facilitate electronic filing of documents with
government agencies and e-payments
To amend the Indian penal code, Indian evidence
act,1872, the banker’s books evidence act 1891,reserve bank
of India act,1934
Aims to provide for the legal framework so that legal
sanctity is accorded to all electronic records and other
activities carried out by electronic means.

6. IT Act 2000 Objectives
Legal recognition for e-commerce
Digital signatures and regulatory regime
Electronic documents at par with paper
documents
E-Governance
Electronic filing of documents
Amend certain acts
Define civil wrongs, offences, punishments
Investigation, adjudication
Appellate regime

7. It was made in 22 December 2008 without
any debate in Loksabha
Introduced section 66a which penalized
sending of offensive messages.
It introduced section 69, which gave
authorities the power of interruption or
monitoring or decryption of any information
through any computer resource
Introduced provisions addressing child porn
and cyber terrorism
AMENDMENTS