It also regulates and protects the sensitive data stored by social media and other electronic intermediaries. A live example of such an enforcement agency is Cyber Crime Police Station, Bangalore, [36] India's first exclusive Cyber Crime enforcement agency. According to Section 1, the Act applies to the whole country, including the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The application of this Act also extends to extra-territorial jurisdiction, which means it applies to a person committing such an offence outside the country as well. If the source of the offence, i.e., a computer or any such device, lies in India, then the person will be punished according to the Act irrespective of his/her nationality. Australia – Electronic Transactions Act 1999 (Cth) (also note that there is State and Territory mirror legislation)

Wire Communication: Any communication containing the human voice that travels at some point across a wired medium such as radio, satellite or cable. Applicants who received a positive score (at least 51 points) for the motivation letter will be invited to take part in admission interview. A wide-ranging international approach will be adopted, with contributions sought from students in respect of their own jurisdictions. Challenge students for creative thinking on legal and non-legal (ethical, social, cultural, economic) approaches to the regulation of technology. Emerging Technologies and the Law: Forms and Analysis, by Richard Raysman, Peter Brown, Jeffrey D. Neuburger and William E. Bandon III. Law Journal Press, 2002–2008. ISBN 1-58852-107-9

Knowledge and skills are tested in practice throughout the year. ​We believe that a significant part of teaching in this programme should simulate real-life situations. Students gain access to 30 IT Law practitioners and IT specialists worldwide participating in the programme. As consultants, lecturers, or mentors, they synchronise legal education with the technical developments in the ICT sector. This is an exciting time to study the law and regulation of information technology. Recent years have seen an enormous expansion in e-commerce, and the development of new and increasingly participatory services on the internet, such as social media platforms. John Perry Barlow, quoted by Mitchell Kapor in the foreword to The Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet

Myers KS (Fall 2006). "Wikimmunity: Fitting the Communications Decency Act to Wikipedia". Harvard Journal of Law & Technology. 20: 163. SSRN 916529. All admitted students are required to present their original qualification certificates upon arrival (unless these were sent directly from the issuing institution). The authorities can suspend the certificate of digital signature for not more than 15 days. ( Section 37)Comprehensive and engaging, Information Technology Law takes an original and thought-provoking approach to examining this fast-moving area of law in context. Having successfully completed 120 credit points of courses within the LLM, you will be ready to move onto a single piece of independent and in-depth research. The 10,000 word dissertation allows you to focus on a preferred topic from within the options available in the programme. Title The programme is highly topical, exploring different strategies for regulating information technologies, considering how current strategies have emerged and changed since the early days of the Internet. New developments in technology are a key focus, as these force us to constantly review the very concept of ‘information technology’, how it shapes society and what appropriate regulatory responses look like. The Computer Misuse Act 1990 [17] enacted by the United Kingdom on 29 June 1990, and which came into force on 29 August 1990, is an example of one of the earliest such legal enactments. This Act was enacted with an express purpose of making "provision for securing computer material against unauthorized access or modification." Certain major provisions of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 relate to:

Your English language qualification must be no more than three and a half years old from the start date of the programme you are applying to study, unless you are using IELTS, TOEFL, Trinity ISE or PTE, in which case it must be no more than two years old. Degrees taught and assessed in English In various countries, areas of the computing and communication industries are regulated – often strictly – by governmental bodies. Studying, working, parenting and partnering were all achievable during global pandemic, because I felt so passionate about topics we engaged with and because I received fantastic support from the University, my fellow students and my family. In strict confidence, I went through an identity crisis more than once during my studies, questioning my purpose and what I wanted to do next. This was, however, a good thing as I felt more alive than ever. Norms: As in all other modes of social interaction, conduct is regulated by social norms and conventions in significant ways. While certain activities or kinds of conduct online may not be specifically prohibited by the code architecture of the Internet, or expressly prohibited by traditional governmental law, nevertheless these activities or conduct are regulated by the standards of the community in which the activity takes place, in this case internet "users". Just as certain patterns of conduct will cause an individual to be ostracized from our real world society, so too certain actions will be censored or self-regulated by the norms of whatever community one chooses to associate with on the internet. Your English language qualification must be no more than three and a half years old from the start date of the programme you are applying to study, unless you are usingIELTS, TOEFL, TrinityISEorPTE, in which case it must be no more than two years old.For more information see: Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act Other Legal enactments – examples [ edit ] United Kingdom [ edit ] To help answer the need to facilitate economic growth, the University of Ghana School of Law’s M.A./LL.M. IT Law programme adopts both top-down and bottom-up approaches to train public and private sector leadership and managerial staff with the objectives to:

Ensuring the Rule of Law' LSE Law Policy Briefing Papers: SPECIAL ISSUE: The Investigatory Powers Bill (12/2015) (with Bernard Keenan) In this case, 2 girls were arrested for posting comments online on the issue of shutdown in Mumbai after the death of a political leader of Shiv Sena. They were charged under Section 66A for posting the offensive comments in electronic form. As a result, the constitutional validity of the Section was challenged in the Supreme Court stating that it infringes upon Article 19 of the Constitution. Issue Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law is an important field of law for anyone who works or is thinking of working with technology and software, such as software developers, information technology professionals, inventors, and entrepreneurs. On the LL.M in Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law, you will take modules in which you will study the inter-relationships between law, science and technology. These modules cover the substantive, policy, and practical elements of IP and IT law within European and International contexts. This programme provides graduates with the knowledge and tools to meet the demands of our sophisticated knowledge economy. Career Opportunities Build and instill valuable employability skills that can be readily applied to a wide range of careers in the fields of IT Law and FIDIC in public and private sector projects;

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This course will investigate, through a range of legal disciplines and perspectives, the growing focus placed on, and value attached to, information by society, governments, businesses and individuals; concerns as to its control and misuse; and the impact of this on all stakeholder, particularly in the light of the opportunities and challenges of evolving - and converging - technologies. Transparency, Scrutiny and Responsiveness: Fashioning a Private Space within the Information Society' (2011) 82 The Political Quarterly 509 What are the bottom-up concepts of law, computer systems and technology trends that must be mastered for innovative participation in the creation of policy and regulatory structures; and the successful implementation of private and public sector IT projects; with contextual local and regional impacts on economic growth? the extent to which basic data, information and content is or should be protected by intellectual property or other information rights, particularly in the light of new means of creating, obtaining, recording, sharing and exploiting that information; The value of analogue educational tools in a digital educational environment' European Journal of Law and Technology (2015) 6 (1) pp.1-16