Data Prtivacy and data protection in cyber space

Paper Code: 
CLC 232
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To create an understanding in the students regarding data privacy and data protection in cyberspace and the security measures to be taken to safeguard oneself against cybercrime.

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Privacy

Privacy : Concept, meaning & scope, right to privacy, principles, privacy as legal right, challenges

12.00
Unit II: 
National Legal framework for protecting privacy

National Legal framework for protecting privacy : Supreme Court on right to privacy, right to privacy v/s freedom of press, reasonable restriction  

12.00
Unit III: 
Position of privacy under different laws:

Position of privacy under different laws: IT Act, 2000, freedom of information Act, IPC, Easement Act, IPR Act and Specific relief act.

12.00
Unit IV: 
Security in Cyberspace

Security in Cyberspace : Meaning, concept,  challenges. Security Audit in business – policy, importance, standards and procedures

12.00
Unit V: 
Data Protection

Data Protection : Meaning of data, need for regulation, Data protection position in India , legal approaches to protection , data protection & employee privacy. 

Essential Readings: 
  • Maheshwari&Maheshwari: Principle of Mercantile Law, National Publishing Trust
  • Rohini Aggarwal: Mercantile & Commercial Law, Taxmann.
  • Eframi Turban, Jae Lee, David King, K. Michale Chung, Electronic Commerce, Pearson Education.
  • Agarwal, K.N. and Deeksha Agarwal ,Business on the net, Macmillan, New Delhi
  • Gulshan Kapoor: Business Law, New Age International Pvt Ltd Publishers

 

References: 
  • Agarwal, K.N. and Deeksha Agarwal ,Business on the net, Macmillan, New Delhi
  • Gulshan Kapoor: Business Law, New Age International Pvt Ltd Publishers
Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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