The ICT Act of Bangladesh does not define the Cyber law in any of the sections.
Monica Kilian – Cyber law is fast evolving into its own discipline, and “traditional” law firms are keen to enter the lucrative new legal area.
Cyber law is a generic term, which denotes all aspects, issues and the legal consequences on the Internet, the World Wide Web and cyber space.
Cyber law is a term first coined by Jonathan Rosenoer as the title for a service aimed at explaining legal issues to computer users. It derives from the term, Cybernetics. [Jonathan Rosenoer, CyberLaw: The Law of the Internet, (Springer Verlag 1996).]
Cyber Law is a rapidly evolving area of civil and criminal law as applicable to the use of computers, and activities performed and transactions conducted over internet and other networks.
This area of law also deals with the exchange of communications and information thereon, including related issues concerning such communications and information as the protection of intellectual property rights, freedom of speech, and public access to information.
In Bangladesh- Cyber Law includes rules and regulations established by Parliament, legislatures, courts, and international conventions to govern, prevent and resolve disputes that arise from the use of computers and the Internet.
ØCyber law (also referred to as Cyber law) describes the legal issues related to use of inter-networked information technology.
ØIt is less a distinct field of law in the way that property or contract are, as it is a domain covering many areas of law and regulation.
ØSome leading topics include intellectual property, privacy, freedom of expression, and jurisdiction.
ØThe area of law dealing with the use of computers and the Internet and the exchange of communications and information thereon, including related issues concerning such communications and information as the protection of intellectual property rights, freedom of speech, and public access to information.
ØCyberlaw is the area of law that deals with the Internet’s relationship to technological and electronic elements, including computers, software, hardware and information systems (IS).
ØCyberlaw is also known as Cyber Law or Internet Law.
ØCyberlaws prevent or reduce large scale damage from cybercriminal activities by protecting information access, privacy, communications, intellectual property (IP) and freedom of speech related to the use of the Internet, websites, email, computers, cell phones, software and hardware, such as data storage devices.
ØThe increase in Internet traffic has led to a higher proportion of legal issues worldwide. Because cyberlaws vary by jurisdiction and country, enforcement is challenging, and restitution ranges from fines to imprisonment.