Certificate in Cyber Laws

In Association with

Cyber Law College

Prospectus

(Batch 2)

Certificate in Cyber Laws (India) from KLE Society's Law College, in association with Cyberlawcollege is a Course meant to provide an in-depth understanding of  Cyber Laws as applicable in India.

Who should take this Course?

This course is meant for  E-Commerce Professionals,  Law Students, Business Management Students and Legal professionals who would like to specialize in Cyber Laws. Engineers, Company Secretaries and Chartered Accountants  may also take the Course.

Entry Criteria:

The Course  is recommended for graduates in any discipline.  However considering the demand from the student community, the Course is made available for Under graduate students as well.

Before taking up the course, students are requested to study the Course contents and decide their own requirement and capability for timely completion of the course.

Management:

All correspondence should be addressed to  the Principal KLE Society's Law College Bangalore ,S. Nijalingappa College Campus, 2nd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore-560010, Karnataka, India. Tel.: 91-80-23324529

How the Course is Conducted:

-The Course will consist of fortnightly classes at the premises of the College.

- The Course is scheduled to begin in April 2006 and examination will be held in July 2006. A total of 48 hours of class room teaching is scheduled through fortnightly classes. Each fortnight classes will be conducted on two days for three hours each. Classes will normally be conducted on Saturdays and Sundays. The College reserves the right to schedule the classes on other days if found necessary.

-Appropriate Course material will be provided during the Course.

Course Contents:

The Course covers   the following topics: 

Course Contents

Lesson  Module No	Topic	Synopsis
Module 1	Basic Concepts of Technology and Law
Lesson 1	Understanding the Technology of Internet	Origin of Internet, How the Internet functions, Understanding TCP/IP, HTTP,Web hosting etc
Lesson 2	Scope of Cyber Laws	Nature of Cyber Space, Cyber Property, Cyber Personality, Cyber Transactions,
Lesson 3	Cyber Jurisprudence	Concepts of Historical, Analytical and Ethical Jurisprudence, Relationship between Meta Society Laws and Cyber Laws, How Cyber Laws need to be developed
Module 2	Law of Digital Contracts
Lesson 4	The Essence of Digital Contracts	Defining a Digital Contract, Formation of Digital Contracts, Special issues relating to Cyber contracts
Lesson 5	The System of Digital Signatures	Technology of Digital Signatures, Hash, Asymmetric Cryptography,
Lesson 6	The Role and Function of Certifying Authorities	Licensing of CAs, Roles and Responsibilities of CCA and CA
Lesson 7	The Science of Cryptography	The basis of PKI System
Module 3	Intellectual Property Issues in Cyber Space
Lesson 8	Domain Names and Related issues	Understanding the system of domain names, Different Perspectives, Cyber Squatting, UDRP
Lesson 9	Copyright in the Digital Media	Nature of Copyright, Fairuse and Infringment, Copyright issues in Digital Media, Hyperlinking, Caching, Framing etc.
Lesson 10	Patents in the Cyber World	Nature of Patent Rights, Procedure of Obtaining Patents, Difference between Copyright and Patents, Patenting of Business Methods.
Module 4	Rights of Netizens and E-Governance
Lesson 11	Privacy and Freedom  Issues in the Cyber World	Nature of Privacy Rights, Cyber Stalking, Use of Cookies, Privacy Invasion by Government, Employer, Freedom of Speech Vs Privacy Rights, Spam etc
Lesson 12	E-Governance	E-Government and E-governance,  Legal Issues in E-Governance
Lesson 13	Cyber Crimes and Cyber Laws	Types of Cyber Crimes and Legal Provisions regarding Cyber Crimes.
Module 5	Information Technology Act 2000
Lesson 14	Information Technology Act-2000-1 (Sec 1 to 13)	Section by Section analysis -Introduction, Definition and Scope
Lesson 15	Information Technology Act-2000-2 (Sec 14 to 42 and Certifying authority Rules)	Section by Section analysis-Secured Communication and Digital Signatures
Lesson 16	Information Technology Act-2000-3 (Sec 43 to 45 and Sec 65 to 78)	Section by Section analysis-Cyber Crimes
Lesson 17	Information Technology Act-2000-4(Sec 46 to Sec 64 and CRAT Rules)	Section by Section analysis-CRAT
Lesson 18	Information Technology Act-2000-5 (Sec 79 to 90)	Section by Section analysis-Miscellaneous Provisions
Lesson 19 (a)	Information Technology Act-2000-6 ( Sec 91-94)	Section by Section analysis-Amendments to other Acts
Chapter 19 (b)	Proposed Amendments to ITA-2000 and Case Studies	Analysis of the proposed amendments and a few Case studies
Module 6	International Scenario in Cyber Laws
Lesson 20	Data Protection Laws in EU and USA	OECD Principles of Data Protection, EU Data Protection Laws, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, USA, HIPAA,GLBA  etc
Lesson 21	Child Abuse Protection Laws in EU and USA	Children Online Privacy Protection Act, Communication Decency Act etc, EU Cyber Crime Treaty on Child Abuse, Pakistani E-crimes Act, etc
Lesson 22	Cyber Laws - the Malaysian Approach	Computer Crimes Act,  Computer Crimes Act, Amendment to the Copyright Act  Communications and Multimedia Act  Digital Signature Act
Module 7	Cyber Law Issues for Management
Lesson 23	Cyber Law Issues in E-Business Management	Cyber Law Risks in E-Business,
Lesson 24	Major issues in Cyber Evidence Management	Nature and Type of Cyber Evidence, Collection , Preservation and Presentation of Cyber Evidence
Lesson 25	Cyber Law Compliancy Audit	The Concept of CyLawCom, The CyLawCom Audit process
Module 8	Case Studies	Major National and International Cases
	Group Discussions and Tests

Examination and Certification

The examination will be conducted as per schedule to be announced by KLESLC and at centers to be determined.

The  examination is expected to be in the month of July 2006 and the likely centers are Bangalore, Chennai (To be confirmed) and Nagpur (To be Confirmed)

The examination will consist of 3 hour theory paper for 80 marks. 10 marks are reserved for internal assesment and 10 marks for Viva Voce.

Admission Procedure:

At the time of  registration,  prospective students have to make the payment of the Course fee along with the full particulars of the Student such as his/her Name, Address, Qualification etc. For detailed procedure of admission refer  application form enclosed.

Course Fee: The course fee would be RS 6000/- (Rupees Six Thousand Only)

Admissions for the first batch are scheduled to close in the last week of November. Contact Principal, KLE Society's Law College, Rajaji Nagar for further information.

External Students:

Students can register as "External Students" and appear for the examination without attending the classes conducted by the College. Such students will take the same examination as the campus students. However, External Students will not be attending the classes conducted by KLES Law College. On the other hand they would take the virtual course of Cyber Law College through e-mail.

Payment Procedure for External Students:

Payment of the fees for registration as “External Student” for the course  amounting to Rs 1000/- should be  made in Cash at the College premises or through Demand Draft payable to KLE Society's Law College, Bangalore. The fees for the virtual course amounting to Rs 3000/- or Rs 4500/- should be paid directly to Cyber Law College through a Cheque/DD favouring “Ujvala Consultants Pvt Ltd” drawn either on Chennai or Bangalore. The application form in either case has to be forwarded to “Ujvala Consultants Pvt Ltd, 11/10, R E Apartments, Unnamalai Ammal street, T Nagar, Chennai 600017”.

Recognition: 

KLE Society's Law College is a recognized Law College in Bangalore and part of a society which administers 5 law colleges in Karnataka. Details of KLE Society can be found on www.klesociety.org .