Information Technology Law or IT laws seek to expand the degree of legal protection afforded to business firm, individuals or to governmental agencies from the process of tampering, interference, any damages, and any unauthorized access to lawfully created data kept in computers, networks and computer systems etc.
Information Technology Law (or IT Law) is a set of legal enactments which legally governs the process and dissemination of information digitally. These legal enactments related to Information Technology (IT) cover a wide area of different aspects like computers, software, protection of computer software, computer networks, access and control of digitized information, personal data security, user privacy, data security, internet access and usage, internet banking and e-commerce activities etc. The intent behind the creation of Information technology laws is to regulate and prevent the proliferation of cyber crimes, hawking and any crimes related to computer and internet and other forms of unauthorized access to and use of computers, networks, computer systems, and digital data, computer data base etc.
The cluster of Information Technology laws enacted by the Congress and the various States of the US govern the use of the internet and the computer in a manner not infringing the IP rights, privacy rights and general protections rights guaranteed under the law. Some of the protection guaranteed under the IT laws relate to the use of the internet by the children, prohibition of identity theft, spyware prevention, P2P hacking, computer system hacking, personal data protection, online copyright infringement, online defamation etc.
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