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IT ACT 2000 Scope and Impacts

The IT Act 2000 was India's first cyber law that aimed to address issues relating to digital mediums and discourage misuse. It provided legal recognition for electronic transactions and documents. The Act empowered government departments to accept digital filings and records. It also amended outdated laws to deal with cybercrimes. The scope of the Act included processing personal data automatically or intended for personal data systems, but excluded electronic attestation for trusts or property contracts/powers of attorney.

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IT ACT 2000 Scope and Impacts

The IT Act 2000 was India's first cyber law that aimed to address issues relating to digital mediums and discourage misuse. It provided legal recognition for electronic transactions and documents. The Act empowered government departments to accept digital filings and records. It also amended outdated laws to deal with cybercrimes. The scope of the Act included processing personal data automatically or intended for personal data systems, but excluded electronic attestation for trusts or property contracts/powers of attorney.

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IT ACT 2000: Scope and Impacts

Digital information, communications, computers (in the form of PC,


Notebook, Mobile Phones etc.), software - the constituents of the
information age - have entered in our life voluntarily or secretly. Now,
information technology has become an invaluable manager, touching every
sphere of life i.e. social linkages via email, Facebook, sms; Finances -
spreadsheets online/internet banking, financial markets; Education - critical
analysis, easy access to information via internet; Medical science and many
more. This exponential growth of IT sector has seen rise of issues
concerning security and privacy of electronically transmitted and stored
information.
With extensive use of information available through computer resources,
India was not adequately equipped to deal with cyber security concerns till
the year 2000. With a view to maintain reasonable standard of security and
privacy, a number of steps have been taken through various legislations. It
was only in the year 2000 that an effort was made to address concerns
regarding digital medium when IT Act saw light of the day in the country. In
this first cyber law of its kind, various issues relating to e-documents were
addressed so as to discourage misuse of digital medium and punishment for
various offenses prescribed.
Information technology is one of the important law relating to Indian cyber
laws. In May 2000, both the houses of the Indian Parliament passed the
Information Technology Bill. The Bill received assent of the President in
June 2000 and came to be known as the Information Technology Act, 2000.
Cyber laws are contained in the IT Act, 2000.This act is helpful to promote
business with the help of internet.
It contains set of rules and regulations which apply on any electronic
business transaction. It is “An 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” which involve the use of alternatives to paper-based methods of
communication and storage of information, to facilitate electronic filing of
documents with the Government agencies and further to amend the Indian
Penal Code, the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, the Bankers' Books Evidence
Act, 1891 and the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and for matters
connected therewith or incidental thereto”.
IT Act, 2000 focuses on three main highlights:
a. Providing legal recognition to the transactions which are carried out
through electronic means or use of Internet.
b. Empowering the government departments to accept filing, creating and
retention of official documents in the digital format and
c. To amend outdated laws and provide ways to deal with cybercrimes.
Objectives of IT Act 2000:
The following are the objectives of IT Act 2000
a. To give legal recognition to any transaction which is done by
electronic way or use of internet.
b. To give legal recognition to digital signature for accepting any
agreement via computer.
c. To provide facility of filling documents online relating to school
admission or registration in employment exchange.
d. According to I.T. Act 2000, any company can store their data in
electronic storage.
e. To stop computer crime and protect privacy of internet users.
f. To give more power to IPC, RBI and Indian Evidence act for restricting
electronic crime.
g. To give legal recognition for keeping books of accounts by bankers and
other companies in electronic form.
Scope of IT Act: The act shall apply to
a. Processing of personal data or partly by automatic means, and
b. Other processing of personal data which form part of or are intended to form
part of personal data filing system.

This act shall not apply to the following:


a. Information technology Act 2000 is not applicable on the attestation for
creating trust via electronic way. Physical attestation is must.
b. A contract of sale of any immovable property.
c. Attestation for giving power of attorney of property is not possible via
electronic record.

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