About the Book Information Technology Act 2000 is the primary law in India dealing with cybercrime and electronic-commerce, The Information Technology Act-2000 and IT Amendment Act-2008 provides ways to deal with cybercrimes. Objective of this book is to create awareness and an understanding towards the cyber crimes and to familiarize the students with the application of cyber laws in general. This book is for all the users who intend to sail safe in the cyber space. The content also provides the insight about protecting user's identity and data. The two important aspects of IT Act are legal recognition of electronic records and offences and punishments are widely covered in the book. It also contains select 'Cyber Laws Case Studies', and Prevention from Cyber Crimes'. About the Author Dr. Sushila Madan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi. She has been teaching for more than 25 years. Moreover, she takes classes at post graduate level in Delhi University She got her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Delhi University, has also done M.Tech in Software Systems from BITS-PILANL To Her credit there are number of research articles which have appeared in leading journals, some of which have been presented in conferences and included in conference proceedings, leading national level magazines, and in-house journals of corporate sector. Dr. Madan is the author of several text books namely, "E-commerce". "Fundamentals of Computer and Information System", "Computer Applications in Business". "Students Guide to Information Technology", "Management Information and Control Systems", and "Computer and Information System". She is also a member of the Computer Society of India