Cyber law involves legal issues and actions involving the computer,softwares, and internet. Cyber crime has the potential for affecting the lives of millions of Internet and computer users. It may be that someone created a false profile of one on www.facebook.com, young girls unwittingly getting caught in the web of e-pornography, embezzlement of funds through e-commerce, or even your own e-mail password being hacked—anybody can be a victim of cyber crimes.
There are three kinds of cyber crimes: Cyber crime against people, which involves harassment, stalking and social networking crimes; cyber crime against property in the form of hacking, damage to computer source code or spreading virus in computer and crime against nations in the form of cyber war. It is against such crimes that a cyber lawyer’s services are invariably required .
A statistics-check reveals that in India, some 142 cases of cyber crimes were registered under IT Act, 2000 during 2006 and a total of 311 cases were registered under IPC sections in 2006 (as per the report of National Crime Records Bureau). But these figures are merely the tip of the iceberg as typically people hesitate to get a formal complaint registered. Moreover, India has seen only two cyber crime convictions in the last 12 years.
Even though in its nascent stages, cyber law has tremendous scope and prospects in India. With almost 42 million Internet users in India, companies taking to digital storage and dissemination of data, increasing popularity of e-banking, e-commerce, e-ticketing and even e-governance, there will undoubtedly be a need for good cyber lawyers in the future.
To become a cyber lawyer, all you need is to be a qualified lawyer, and earn a diploma in cyber law. Although there are no UGC-approved institutes providing courses in cyber law, there are private institutes like Asian School of Cyber Law, Mumbai, Indian Law Institute, Delhi, NALSAR, Hyderabad, and Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Allahabad, offering cyber law courses.
Although you don’t need to be an IT specialist, a bit of technological bent of mind and a knack for the cyber world will only add a cherry to the cake.
As a cyber lawyer has to inevitably deal with criminal law, intellectual property law, commercial and civil law in his cyber law cases, it is best to have an in-depth knowledge of these laws apart from cyber laws to give his practice a real edge.
Though the IT Act 2000 seems adequate enough, yet, keeping pace with the changes in a forever-in-flux field like information technology may prove to be an onerous task. The laws do need to catch up to give more teeth to cyber lawyers. Also, you need to be forever updated about the changes.
Some experts also feel that we need to concentrate more upon training the law enforcement agents and police departments.
All cyber crimes transcend territorial boundaries. Hidden behind the veil of anonymity, a cyber criminal could do his work sitting right next to you, without you even realising it. The task of a cyber lawyer is not only to suggest a legal cure but also to his/her prepare clients to prevent such things from happening.
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