The question (15 marks)
An employee of a payment company, engaged under a contract of service which obliges her to keep customer records confidential, copies those records to her personal device before resigning and sells them to a competitor. Using a password obtained from those records, a purchaser then poses as the company's officer and induces a customer to transfer money to him. Advise the company and the customer on the civil and criminal consequences under the Information Technology Act, 2000, the investigating agency and the classification of the offences. (15 marks)
Unit IV (offences under the IT Act) with Unit III (civil wrongs); pack ch. 03, sections 1, 4, 7 and 8.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 3 · Cyber Offences, Data Protection and the Limits of the Criminal Law of Cyber Law.
Authorities you will need
- Information Technology Act
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