Section 72 Penalty for Breach of confidentiality and privacy
- Chapter
- XI · Offences
- Amendments
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Save as otherwise provided in this Act or any other lawDefined in section 2(y): law includes any Act of Parliament or of a State Legislature, Ordinances promulgated by the President or a Governor, as the case may be, Regulations made by the President under article 240, Bills enacted as President's Act under sub clause (a) of clause (1) of article 357 of the Constitution and includes rules, regu... for the time being in force, if any person who, in pursuance of any of the powers conferred under this Act, rules or regulations made thereunder, has secured accessDefined in section 2(a): access with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions means gaining entry into, instructing or communicating with the logical, arithmetical, or memory function resources of a computer, computer system or computer network to any electronic recordDefined in section 2(t): electronic record means data, record or data generated, image or sound stored, received or sent in an electronic form or micro film or computer generated micro fiche; 3[(ta) electronic signature means authentication of any electronic record by a subscriber by means of the electronic technique specified in the Second..., book, register, correspondence, informationDefined in section 2(v): information includes 6[data, message, text,] images, sound, voice, codes, computer programmes, software and data bases or micro film or computer generated micro fiche; 7[(w) intermediary, with respect to any particular electronic records, means any person who on behalf of another person receives, stores or transmits..., document or other material without the consent of the person concerned discloses such electronic recordDefined in section 2(t): electronic record means data, record or data generated, image or sound stored, received or sent in an electronic form or micro film or computer generated micro fiche; 3[(ta) electronic signature means authentication of any electronic record by a subscriber by means of the electronic technique specified in the Second..., book, register, correspondence, informationDefined in section 2(v): information includes 6[data, message, text,] images, sound, voice, codes, computer programmes, software and data bases or micro film or computer generated micro fiche; 7[(w) intermediary, with respect to any particular electronic records, means any person who on behalf of another person receives, stores or transmits..., document or other material to any other person shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees, or with bothSubstituted by Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023, s. 2 and Schedule, dated 11th August, 2023, with effect from 30 November 2023liable to penalty which may extend to five lakh rupees.