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When was the IT Act passed?
Short answer. In 2000, and amended in 2008.
What did it make legally valid?
Electronic records and digital signatures.
IT Act, 2000
| Old laws were for paper |
| E-records became legal |
| Hacking got punishments |
Remember
| Passed 2000, amended 2008 |
Why did India need a special cyber law? Here is why. Old laws were made for paper. The IT Act made e-records and digital signatures legal. It also punished hacking. Remember. Passed in two thousand, amended in two thousand eight.
This clip is from the full lesson: The IT Act and Cyber Law in India — 7 minutes, with the tables, the quick answers and the whole lesson in text.
Useful for: CBSE Class 11 Computer Science (083), CBSE Class 11 Computer Science Essentials (083), CBSE Class 12 Informatics Practices (065), CBSE Class 11 Information Technology (802)
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