{"id":25485108,"date":"2021-09-13T19:22:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T13:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/?p=25485108"},"modified":"2021-09-13T19:22:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T13:52:56","slug":"information-technology-act-2000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/information-technology-act-2000\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Technology Act, 2000 &#8211; GK Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e07d05a6196\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e07d05a6196\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/information-technology-act-2000\/#Structure_of_IT_Act2000\" >Structure of IT Act,2000<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/information-technology-act-2000\/#Objectives_of_Information_Technology_Act_2000\" >Objectives of Information Technology Act, 2000<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/information-technology-act-2000\/#Important_Sections\" >Important Sections<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/information-technology-act-2000\/#Overview_of_Information_Technology_Act\" >Overview of Information Technology Act<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Information Technology Act, 2000 is a very important topic to be covered for all competitive exams, especially for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/kerala-psc-degree-level-plus-two-level\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kerala PSC Plus Two Level Mains Exam 2021<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The examination for recruitment of posts like Fireman(Trainee)\/ Firewoman(Trainee), Civil Police Officer, BEAT Forest Officer, Civil Excise Officer have questions of 2 marks from the topic, Information Technology Act, 2000.\u00a0 This 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The information technology Act was published on 9 May 2000 and commenced on 17 October 2000.\u00a0 Pramod Mahajan, former minister of Communications and Information Technology introduced this act and it was enacted by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/parliamentary-system-in-india\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parliament of India<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This Act was later amended in 2008 with some additions. The amendment was mainly aimed at validating electronic signatures and contracts and enforcing cybersecurity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This amendment has made clear about the responsibility of a particular IP address owner for every activity happening through the same. This also enabled corporations and institutions for effective cybersecurity practices and being responsible for online actions, thereby, people and institutions became more aware of the cybersecurity and malpractices. In this tech- world, knowledge about this act is very relevant and helpful.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Structure_of_IT_Act2000\"><\/span><strong>Structure of IT Act,2000<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Information Technology Act has 94 sectors, 13 chapters. And four schedules. Each chapter contains separate topics which are of high importance, ranging from preliminary to miscellaneous topics. Basic awareness about all the chapters and its contents will be useful for all the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/simple-study-hacks-to-prepare-for-competitive-exams\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">competitive exams<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>No<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Chapter<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preliminary<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital Signature and Electronic Signature<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electronic Governance<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attribution, Acknowledgement and despatch of Electronic Records<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Secure Electronic Records and Seure Electronic Signature<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regulation of certifying authorities<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electronic signature certificates<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duties of subscribers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Penalties, Compensation and Adjudication<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Appellate Tribunal<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offences<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intermediaries not to be liable in certain cases<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12 A<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examiner of Electronic Evidence<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miscellaneous<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Objectives_of_Information_Technology_Act_2000\"><\/span><strong>Objectives of Information Technology Act, 2000<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To provide legal framework for electronic governance by giving recognition to electronic records and signature<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To conduct audit of documents,etc maintained in electronic form<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To issue certificates, appointment orders etc in electronic form, thereby having record of every government activities\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To penalise for failure of protection of data or failure to furnish information, return etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To define cybercrimes and penalties for practice of cybersecurity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To penalise for using technology for false purposes or with the intention of harming an individual\/ organisation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To punish for sending offensive messages through communication service, identity theft, violation of privacy etc<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To prevent hacking of personal information and official information<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Important_Sections\"><\/span><strong>Important Sections<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The chapter 10 of the Information Technology Act 2000, OFFENCES is very important for the Kerala Plus Two level Mains Examination 2021. As per the syllabus released by the Kerala PSC, there will be questions of 2 marks from the IT Act,2000. To crack the exam with high scores, this section is unavoidable. It would be wise to learn all the sections included in the 10th chapter of offenses, which will most probably be asked in the examination.<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Section 43<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Penalty and Compensation for damage to computer, computer system, etc.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Section 43A<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compensation for failure to protect data<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Section 65<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tampering with computer source documents<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Section 66<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Computer related offences<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Section 66B<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Punishment for dishonestly receiving stolen computer resource or communication device<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Section 66C<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Punishment for identity theft.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Section 66D<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Punishment for cheating by personation by using computer resources<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Section 66E<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Punishment for violation of privacy.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Section 66F<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Punishment for cyber terrorism<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Section 67<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Section 67A<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Punishment for publishing or transmitting material containing sexually explicit act, etc in electronic form<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Section 67B<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Punishment for publishing or transmitting material depicting children in sexually explicit act, etc in electronic form<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Section 72 .<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Penalty for breach of confidentiality and privacy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Section 77B<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offences with 3 years imprisonment to be bailable<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Overview_of_Information_Technology_Act\"><\/span><strong>Overview of Information Technology Act<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In short, the Information Technology Act is a law dealing with cyber crimes and electronic commerce, which ensures cybersecurity. The Act ensures that all the government records and documents to be secured, transactions and e-commerce to be safe and eradicates all forms of cyber crimes. The Act has had a tremendous impact on all the cyber areas and people and organisations have become aware of their liability and responsibility for all the activity they are doing in the online electronic medium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learning and knowing about such a useful act will be very much useful not just for the competitive exam aspirants, but also for all citizens of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Never stop Learning!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.sng.link\/Bcofz\/0x3b\/ow4f\"><b>Keep learning with Entri for your dream career<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Information Technology Act, 2000 is a very important topic to be covered for all competitive exams, especially for the Kerala PSC Plus Two Level Mains Exam 2021. 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