New Canadian Federal legislation soon – Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020

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Through the proposed Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020 (DCIA), the Government of Canada intends to establish a new privacy law for the private sector, the Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA). If passed, the DCIA would significantly increase protections to Canadians’ personal information by giving Canadians more control and greater transparency when companies handle their personal …

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Hacking – Section 43 and Section 66 of the IT Act, 2000

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43. Penalty and compensation for damage to computer, computer system, etc. If any person without permission of the owner or any other person who is incharge of a computer, computer system or computer network, or computer resource — accesses or secures access to such computer, computer system or computer network;  downloads, copies or extracts any data, …

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Stalking – Section 354D IPC

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OFFENCE (1) Any man who— follows a woman and contacts, or attempts to contact such woman to foster personal interaction repeatedly despite a clear indication of disinterest by such woman; or monitors the use by a woman of the internet, email or any other form of electronic communication,commits the offence of stalking; EXCEPTION Provided that …

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Sending obscene material – Section 67, IT Act 2000 and Section 509 IPC

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Section 66A, IT Act – this section was struck down in 2015 in the landmark case of Shreya Singhal v. Union of India. Section 67, IT Act- “Whoever publishes or transmits or causes to be published or transmitted in the electronic form, any material which is lascivious or appeals to the prurient interest or if …

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