Cyber Law Guru

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Sl No	Q/A	FAQ-4 (Cyber Crime issues)
1	Question	What is classified as a "Cyber Crime"
	Answer	Cyber Crimes are often defined as offences where a computer is either a target or tool of the Offence. Here we are speaking of offences both under a specific Cyber Crime legislation such as ITA 2008 or Computer Abuse Act etc as well as general crime laws such as IPC or any other law. A slightly different way of defining the Crime is to substitute the word "Computer" in the above definition with "an electronic document" or "Binary Expressions". No definition will be completely satisfactory. It is better to understand that Crimes in Cyber Space created by binary expressions may be called Cyber Crimes. It may include crimes against devices that generate, store or transmit binary expressions. (We use the term binary expression here as synonymous with Electronic Documents'
2	Question	What are Cyber Crime Police Stations?
	Answer	In India some States have created specialized police stations to investigate Cyber Crimes and tried to post trained personnel there to handle the complexities of technology crimes. This was more relevant when ITA 2000 required police officers of the rank of DSP and above only to investigate the offences under ITA 2000. However when we consider all crimes including those under other laws such as IPC committed with a Computer or Mobile as "Cyber Crime" and also since ITA 2008 makes the Inspector of Police the lowest ranked police official who can investigate the offences under ITA 2008, need to have specialized Cyber Crime Police Stations have become less and in some cases counter productive. However until an effecive Police training programme ensures availability of trained police officers in all Police Stations, the relevance of Cyber Crime Police Stations may continue.
3	Question	What Should I do when I am a victim of a Cyber Crime?
		If you recognize that you are a victim of Cyber Crime, contact the nearest Police Station in your area of residence and make a complaint. Take the assistance of experts to understand what evidences need to be quickly secured for the complaint to be sustained. Visit www.ceac.in for some more information on evidence.

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