Provides legal recognition for electronic transactions and digital signatures, and lays down cyber-offences.
Where a body corporate possessing sensitive personal data is negligent in implementing reasonable security practices and a person suffers wrongful loss, the body corporate shall be liable to pay damages.
Whoever does any act referred to in section 43, dishonestly or fraudulently, shall be punishable with imprisonment up to three years or fine up to ₹5,00,000 or both.
The Central Government may, in the interest of sovereignty, defence, security of the State or public order, block access to any information through any computer resource.
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