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All of these approaches have their own 1. Creating a suitable climate thereby
merits and demerits and we shall not go Inducing Self Compliance by the
into those details here. Society.
Establishing a Suitable framework 2. Regular monitoring of the scenario for
There is a dire need for the emergence of reliable feedback.
a well-defined framework of Cyber 3. Offering Openness and Flexibility to
Laws, which should be able to do the accept and incorporate necessary
following: modifications at
1) Create and implement a minimum set appropriate times.
of guiding rules of conduct that would 4. Distinctly establishing the Authority-
facilitate efficient Communications and Responsibility guidelines for the
reliable Commerce through the use of Implementing Agency.
Electronic medium. In order to be effective, it has to be
2) Define, punish and prevent wrongful ensured that the Law is Simple, fair and
actions that attack the electronic medium full of clarity. Failing this, the law may
or harm others. One of the greatest be misused to harass individuals
concerns of the field of Cyber Laws has resulting in its defiance. The
been the absence (or rather delay) of a implementing agency will then be
well-defined and comprehensive compelled to take corrective actions to
framework of law across the globe. ensure implementation. This whole
Today’s Internet was born in the early process may result in spread of
1960's while the initial efforts for its corruption and polluting of the overall
regulation could only surface in the late sentiments in society making the job of
1990’s. This problem has been further law implementing agencies more
aggravated by the steep rise in usage of difficult.
Internet in the recent years all over the
world and that too in the absence of any
appropriate legal framework. Surely, the
Cyber Law scenario is globally more Cyber Legislations Worldwide
complicated than traditional laws owing To meet the challenge posed by new
to the reason that the range of activities kinds of crime made possible by
which are to be governed by these laws computer technology including
are largely technology driven, an area telecommunication, many countries have
which is dynamically changing and is also reviewed their respective domestic
beyond anyone’s control. However criminal laws so as to prevent computer
enactment of these laws pose related crimes. Some of these countries
opportunities for nations to carve model are USA, Austria, Denmark, France
Cyber Societies for the future thereby Germany, Greece, Finland, Italy,
taking a lead in becoming Global IT Turkey, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia,
Powers. Canada, India, Japan, Spain, Portugal,
Effective Implementation of any law is UK, Malaysia and Singapore.
as critical an exercise as its enactment. A However, no country has fully resolved
law all the issues such as legal, enforcement
implementing agency has to focus on the and prevention of crime. The legislations
following major areas to be effective: enacted by different countries cover only
few of the classified computer- related