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If you think that the internet is a big, free-wheeling world, think again. The Internet became such a favorite hangout place of unscrupulous individuals these days. And primarily because of this, lawmakers are beginning to put peace and order over the internet. They all thought that there must be
laws applied over the world wide web. Without these laws, the Internet would never be a safe place.
And when the Internet is reduced to a place deemed unsafe for any transactions, it will become such a sorry loss. People from all walks of life come and meet over the Internet, do some trading, make some money accepting work-at-home jobs, and a whole range of other things. If there were no watchdogs, there will be little chance that the Internet would thrive in the same way it is thriving right now.
The Cyber Law is the body of regulations used to settle legal issues over the Internet. The concerns included are privacy, freedom of expression, intellectual property rights, and jurisdiction. The whole point of creating the Cyber Law is to integrate the same legal system to the Internet that is being applied in the 'real' world by all countries across the globe.
However, the first issue when it comes to the application of the Cyber Law is jurisdiction. How can a law of a particular country apply to Internet users if they call come from different parts of the earth? This dilemma is resolved by applying at least three valid jurisdictions to the Cyber Law. The sovereignty and jurisdiction of Cyber Law lies first, on the laws of the nation or the state where the user lives. Second, on the laws of the nation or state where the web server that hosted the transactions is located. Second, on the laws of the nation or state where the business or seller that initiated the transaction is located.
A simple example is this: a person from the U.S. tried to make a transaction to somebody whose business is located in Australia. However, the web hosting server of the website where the transaction took place is located in France. Therefore, the laws of these three countries apply to the people involved. Cyber Law states that if the transaction infringes the laws of any of these three countries, the erring party is punishable.
The only difference between the real world and the Internet world is the method of identification. In the 'real' world, people have legal names and ID's to identify themselves. In the Internet world, however, people are usually covering their identities. They don't give their real names, physical address, and even gender for personal or security reasons. Therefore, over the Internet, name and address are not important, unless the website is all about money, banking, finances, and other related areas where accurate information of the user is required. In the Internet world, people are identified using their username instead of their real name and e-mail address instead of their physical address.
But even so, a person's real legal identity is not disregarded. It is just hidden away from view of other people who may use such sensitive information for personal gains. This is another method of regulating the Internet from unscrupulous individuals.
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