What is CyberLaw ?

Because of existence of CyberCrime in cyber world, governments have to come out rules and laws to enforce CyberCrime. So it is called CyberLaw.

**CyberLaw can be defined as a term that summarize the legal issues related to use of communicative, transactional, and distributive aspects of networked information devices and technologies.

 In Malaysia, there is a few CyberLaws. For more details about the cyberlaws, please refer this web site NITC CyberLaw. Below listed the CyberLaws of Malaysia.

1. Digital Signature Act 1997 (Purpose: provides licensing and regulation of Certification Authorities (CA))

2. Computer Crime Act 1997 (Purpose: prohibits users to enter into computers and computer systems without authorization,  prohibits users to damage or alter data/information in computers or computer systems by planting viruses or other means, prohibits users to give passwords to people who are not authorized to receive it)

3. Telemedicine Act 1997 (Purpose: provides registered doctor may practise "telemedicine" but other healthcare providers like a medical assistant, nurse or midwife must first obtain a license to do so)

4. The Copyright Ammendment Act 1997 (Purpose: amends the Copyright Act 1987 to extend copyright law to the new and converged multimedia environment)

5. The Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (Purpose: provides for a restructuring of the converged ICT industry)

6. The Eletronic Government Activities Act 2007 (Purpose: to facilitate the electronic delivery of government services to the public)

7. Personal Data Protection Bill 2009 (Purpose: to protect the privacy of the individual and ensure that people who collect data on individuals use that data only for the purpose specified during collection)

New CyberLaw will be added from time to time to suit the CyberCrime