Information Technology (IT) Act of 2000

Introduction

• The Information Technology (IT) Act of 2000 was passed in the budget session of parliament and endorsed by President K.R. Narayanan in 2000. It went through an additional conclusion by India’s minister of Information Technology, Pramod Mahajan
• The IT Act, 2000 is spread across 13 chapters and 4 schedules (2 of which have been omitted). The act provides legal recognition of authenticating the electronic records by digital and electronic signatures, lays down provisions for e-governance and e-records. It provides procedures to secure electronic signatures. It then goes on to mention the penalties, compensation, and the kind of adjudicating system that will be followed if any discrepancy arises under this act. The act further lays down the provisions of constituting an appellate tribunal and the kinds of offences that this act has the authority to look into. It also has other miscellaneous provisions
• The Information Technology Act, 2000, serves as a useful illustration of the dearth of dynamism in digital rule-making in India. Though it forms the legislative bedrock of the country’s online edifice, it has only been significantly amended once in 2008
•  In 2008, augmentations extended the meaning of “specialised gadgets” to incorporate cell phones and  to reflect current use; validating electronic signatures and contracts; making the owner of a given IP address responsible for content accessed or distributed through it
• The most controversial change in this act involves section 66A. It makes “hostile messages” illicit and considers the proprietors of servers liable for the substance. That implies assuming an IP address with explicit pictures is followed to servers, a person can be expected to take responsibility for it regardless of whether individuals approve its entrance
• Punishments range from the detainment for a term which may extend to three years and with fine . Offences that happen in a corporate setting can bring about additional managerial punishments and regulatory observations that can demonstrate difficulty in working together

Necessities of IT Act 2000 

• The IT Act 2000 applies to organisations that work together in India. The Act extends to the whole of India and except as otherwise provided, it applies to any offence or contravention thereunder committed outside India by any person. Further, Section 1(2) when reading along Section 75 says that the Act extends to persons outside India who commit offences under this act, provided that the nature of the offence involves a computer or a computer-based network situated in India. If such an offence is committed, then, irrespective of the person’s nationality, such a person is liable to be punished under this act
• The demonstration covers the activity of any kind including on the web trades and electronic records
• If your only connection with India is having customers there, you are not held to the IT Act. The only way that can occur is if you run a service or sell a product and also maintain servers there
• For instance, Instagram is a well-known social site in India with many individuals partaking in that web-based media application. Be that as it may, Instagram is a U.S. organisation and needn’t bother with approaches following the IT Act. In any case, Snapdeal, an internet shopping source in India, is an Indian organisation that goes through with exchanges in India. It is held to the specifications in the IT Act and that has tended to in its Privacy Policy Page

The Information Technology (Amendment) 2008 Act: 

• The Information Technology (Amendment) 2008 Act has been bantered since it was passed by the Indian Parliament in December 2008, about a month after the fear monger assaults in Mumbai
• Certain areas like Section 69 which gives power to the Indian government for capture, checking, decoding and impeding electronic information traffic have gone under significant analysis
• The Act has given the Indian government the force of observation, checking and hindering information traffic. The new powers under the correction act will more often than not provide the Indian government a surface and shade of being an observer state
• India has the second-largest number of web clients on the planet after China, an expected 462.12 million. Among them, 258.27 million were probably going to be informal community clients in the country

Conclusion 

 The Government of India had passed the Information  Technology Act 2000.To summarise, the new Indian IT Act attempts to catch a few viewpoints managing individual information protection, Blackhat hacking and digital illegal intimidation. Be that as it may, a solid and directed execution instrument is needed to moderate prospects of the Act’s abuse. It applies to organisations that work together in India. This incorporates substances, enrolled in India, re-appropriate there and keep up with servers inside the nation’s lines. The demonstration covers the activity of any kind including on the web trades and electronic records. It is said that the Information Technology Act, 2000 has been adequately able to handle the challenges which are posed by rapidly changing internet and information.