Information Technology Law

Unit I — Introduction (4-5 classes) [Part A - The Information Technology Act, 2000]

Information Technology; cyberspace; internet, e-mail and world wide web; e-commerce · Interface of information technology and law; current challenges - mobiles, cyber security, cloud computing and data privacy, misuse of social media, cyber crimes · Purpose and Object of the IT Act, 2000; applicability (s.1(4)); overriding effect (s.81); Definitions

• Introduction to Cyber Crimes

Unit II — Legal Recognition and Authentication of Electronic Records (6-7 classes)

UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce, and e-signatures · Legal Recognition under IT Act (ss. 4-5); Authentication of records (s.3) - Digital signature; electronic signatures (ss. 2(1)(ta) and 3A); secured electronic record (s.14); presumptions and proof under BSA · Public key infrastructure and Hierarchy (ss. 17-26); Role of certifying authorities, Electronic signature certificates, suspension and revocation (ss. 35-42)

• Proof of electronic evidences
• Definitions under Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008- S.2

Unit III — Civil Liabilities (6-7 classes)

Unit V — Intermediary Liability (4 classes)

Unit VI — Cyber Security (4 classes)

Unit VII — E-Contracts (4 classes) [Part B - Applicability of Other Laws on E-Commerce]

Kinds of Contracts - email, web contracts, Standard form contracts · Formation of E-contracts - application of The Contract Act, 1872 viz a viz ss. 10A, 11-13 IT Act · United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contract 2005