A Comparison of Cyber-Crime Definitions in India and the United States
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2011
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-123-2.ch003
Abstract
Unlike traditional crimes, it is difficult to define legal jurisdiction and authority for prosecuting cyber crimes. This issue is further complicated by differences in definitions of cyber crime in different countries. This chapter motivates the issue with an example of the ILOVEYOU virus and compares the legal provisions to combat cyber-crime in the US and India. The authors find that there are significant differences between India and the US in definitions of cybercrimes. It appears that in the United States, it is a crime to access information that has been declared to be confidential. In India, criminality requires dissemination of the information obtained without authorization. Another notable difference between the prosecutions of cybercrimes in the two countries relates to obscenity and decency laws.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
A Comparison of Cyber-Crime Definitions in India and the United States, in H. Maheshwari, H. S. Hyman & M. Agrawal (Eds.), Cyber Security, Cyber Crime and Cyber Forensics: Applications and Perspectives, p. 33-45
Scholar Commons Citation
Maheshwari, Himanshu; Hyman, H. S.; and Agrawal, Manish, "A Comparison of Cyber-Crime Definitions in India and the United States" (2011). School of Information Systems and Management Faculty Publications. 20.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/qmb_facpub/20
