Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008
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Electronic signatures, data protection and intermediary duties reshape digital transactions, cyber offences, information controls and electronic evidence.
Electronic signatures replace the narrower digital-signature framework, with reliability, security, and prescribed authentication requirements supporting electronic records, certificates, and contracts. Bodies corporate handling sensitive personal data or information incur compensatory liability where negligent security practices cause wrongful loss or gain. Intermediaries receive conditional protection for third-party content when their role is limited, they observe due diligence, and they expeditiously remove or disable unlawful material upon actual knowledge or governmental notice. The framework also establishes cyber offences, information-retention duties, interception, blocking and traffic-data mechanisms, and recognition of electronic evidence.