Unit - 5 Lesson - 2 Information Technology Act 2000- provisions related to offences, secure electronic records, digital signatures, penalties and adjudication
E-Commerce . Unit - 5 Lesson - 2 Information Technology Act 2000- provisions related to offences, secure electronic records, digital signatures, penalties and adjudication Introduction : Information Technology Act, 2000 is the first Cyber Law in India. Based on resolution adopted by United Nations on 30th January 1997 regarding the Model Law on Electronic Commerce. The Act received the assent of the President of India on 09/06/2000(6th June, 2000). Important Definitions : 'Access', with the grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means gaining entry into, instructing or communicating with the logical, arithmetical or memory function resources of a computer, computer system or computer network. ' Addressee ' means a person who is intended by the originator to receive the electronic record but does not include any intermediary. ‘ Private key ’ means the key of a key pair used to verify a digital signature and listed in the Digital Signature Certificate; ‘ Pu