The Hindu Business Line : Cabinet okays IT Act amendment

However, amidst growing concerns within as well as outside the country, with regard to issues such as data protection laws and privacy law, amendments have been proposed to address some of these challenges.

Further, with rising cases of e-commerce frauds on auction sites, phishing and other multimedia offences, security practices have been proposed.

In order to avoid the redundancy of provisions in the Act that comes with constant technology changes, it is being considered that IT laws should be technologically neutral in line with the recommendations made by UNCTRIL (United Nations Commissions on International Trade Law) Model Law on Electronic Signature.

It is believed that it would promote the development of alternative technologies for authentication of electronic record and would not warrant legislative changes each time a new technology is evolved.

Welcoming the amendment, industry body Nasscom said the amendment would further strengthen the Indian IT Act 2000 and hoped that it would lead to better handling of cyber crime by the enforcement authorities.

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