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Q.State any four reasons why cyber law is needed.

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Cyber law was created to bring the digital world under a clear legal framework. Any four of the following reasons are acceptable, explained briefly:

  1. Legal recognition of electronic records — so that contracts, invoices, and filings made electronically have the same legal validity as paper documents and can be used as evidence.
  2. Legal recognition of electronic/digital signatures — so that a record can be reliably authenticated online without a handwritten signature.
  3. To deal with new cyber crimes — hacking, virus attacks, identity theft, and online obscenity had no clear place in older law; cyber law names these offences and fixes penalties.
  4. To handle the borderless, fast, anonymous medium — an online offence can cross cities and countries in seconds, which physical-world law could not address.
  5. To protect privacy and sensitive data — placing a duty on those who hold personal data to safeguard it and to compensate victims of careless handling.
  6. To build trust in the digital economy — people transact online only if the law protects them, which is essential for e-commerce, e-banking, and e-governance.
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Any four of: legal recognition of electronic records; legal recognition of electronic/digital signatures; defining and punishing new cyber crimes; managing the borderless/anonymous nature of the medium; protecting privacy and sensitive data; and building trust in e-commerce and e-governance.

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