What if the Company commits an offence under the Information technology Act?

Where a person committing a contravention of any of the provisions of the Information Technology Act or of any rule, direction or order made thereunder is a company, every person who, at the time the contravention was committed, was in charge of, and was responsible to, the company for the…

What if the service provider/website etc disclosure the information in breach of lawful contract?

Any person including an intermediary who, while providing services under the terms of lawful contract, has secured access to any material containing personal information about another person, with the intent to cause or knowing that he is likely to cause wrongful loss or wrongful gain discloses, without the consent of…

What is the offence of Hacking and its punishable?

Hacking is basically an act of accessing the computer system of other without any authority from the concerned. In the process the hacker use the weakness of the system and or computer algorithm, trick, program, virus for stealing, modifying, downloading information from other system. And its punishable with imprisonment and…

What if a person sends threatening messages by e-mail or any social networking site and or social platform?

Whoever threatens another with any injury to his person, reputation or property, or to the person or reputation of any one in whom that person is interested, with intent to cause alarm to that person, or to cause that person to do any act which he is not legally bound…

What is the Punishment for publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act, etc., in electronic form?

Whoever publishes or transmits or causes to be published or transmitted in the electronic form any material which contains sexually explicit act or conduct shall be punished on first conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years and with fine which may extend…

What is the Punishment for violation of privacy?

Whoever, intentionally or knowingly captures, publishes or transmits the image of a private area of any person without his or her consent, under circumstances violating the privacy of that person, shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to three years or with fine not exceeding two lakh rupees, or…

What is Tampering with computer source documents and its Punishment?

Whoever knowingly or intentionally conceals, destroys, or alters or intentionally or knowingly causes another to conceal, destroy, or alter any computer source code used for a computer, computer programme, computer system or computer network, when the computer source code is required to be kept or maintained by law for the…

What if a person send offensive messages through electronic mode using mobile, computer and or any electronic communication device?

Any person who sends, by means of a computer resource or a communication device:- Any information that is grossly offensive or has menacing character, or Any information which he knows to be false, but for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience, danger, obstruction, insult, injury, criminal intimidation, enmity, hatred or…