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About the Book Dr. Fatima's book, Cybercrimes, is an embracing guide to the transient regime of cybercrimes. The present book (i) highlights the novel problems faced by the legal world in this cyber age; (ii) identifies criminal infractions online; (iii) explores the legal issues and measures for the arraignment of cyber criminals; and (iv) analyses the legal complexities associated with the presence of foreign elements in a global cybercrimes scenario. The book comprehensively studies and explains the cyber legislations of, and judicial trends in India alongwith that of the UK and US. Further, it elaborates the unprecedented challenges faced by the legal fraternity, respecting jurisdictional and identity issues. The book also discusses the contributions of UN, European Union, G8 countries, the Council for Europe Convention, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to tackle them. In many new areas, it suggests a suitable legal framework to combat cybercrimes in India. Inclusion of several national and international cases, articles, journals, and cybercrime statistics and graphs, makes the book an immensely useful reference. It covers current topics and challenges, such as, SMS-spoofing, hacking by Trojan Horse, Logic Bomb; threat to privacy by Cookies, Web bug, Veri-Chip, WoZNet Chip, spyware, and adware; and liability of intermediaries, ISPs, corporations and employers for violation of privacy, obscenity, theft and fraud, etc. Electronic signatures and the threats their misuse poses to the law enforcers have also been discussed. The book covers the following key statutes, among others: Indian Criminal Procedural Code, 1973 Evidence Act, 1872 Indian Penal Code, 1860 Information Technology Act, 2000, as amended by the Information Technology Act, 2008 UK Computer Misuse Act, 1990 Forgery and Counterfeiting Act, 1981 Obscene Publications Act,1959 Police and Criminal Evidence Act, 1984 Regulation of Investigatory Power Act, 2000 US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 1986 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 1998 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 1986 The book will prove to be of immense use to the LL.B. and LL.M. students, legal fraternity, law-enforcers, academicians, researchers, and those preparing for competitive examinations.
