Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Specific legal Instrument on Information Infrastructure

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Communication and Multimedia Act
Purpose: to promote national policy objectives for the communications and multimedia industry which is establishing a licensing and regulatory framework in support of national policy for the communications and multimedia industry. The Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 is based on the basic principles of transparency and clarity; more competition and less regulation; flexibility; bias towards generic rules; regulatory forbearance; emphasis on process rather than content; administrative and sector transparency; and industry self-regulation.

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Computer Crimes Act
Purposes: a person secures access to any program or data held in a computer if, by causing a computer to perform any function, he alters or erases the program or data. Copying and moving the data to any storage medium other than that in which it is held or to a different location in the storage medium in which it is held. This will causes it to be output from the computer in which it is held whether by having it displayed or in any other manner. The explanation of this Act is basically about the misuse of internet for an inappropriate reason. Computer Crimes such as hacking, obtaining private organization data, creating a threat to the government is all classified under cyber terrorism.

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Digital Signature Act
http://www.parlimen.gov.my/actindexbi/pdf/ACT-562.pdf

Purpose: This Act is to manifest approval of a certificate while knowing or having notice of its content or to apply to a licensed certification authority for a certificate, without revoking the application by delivering notice of the revocation to the licensed certification authority, and obtaining a signed, written receipt from the licensed certification authority, if the licensed certification authority subsequently issues a certificate based on the application. A digital signature is an electronic means of authenticating an online identity. A digital signature can: Authenticate the identity of the sender of a message or signer of a document. Encrypt the message so that it can only be read by the intended recipient. Be used to ensure that the original content of the message is unchanged. The message can be attributable to the sender and be automatically time-stamped.

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BNM Minimum Guidelines in Internet Banking in Malaysia
http://www.bnm.gov.my/files/publication/ar/en/2004/cp05_002_whitebox.pdf
Purpose: Further initiatives were undertaken to strengthen the safety and soundness of the financial system and promote competition and efficiency in the banking industry. In addition, measures were implemented to ensure continuous access to financing as well as to enhance consumer protection and confidence in the banking sector. There are loads of Minimum Guidelines in BNM such as cheques, investment, insurance and Takaful and Shariah. This Guideline has enabled us to use internet banking with more confidence and it has minimized our task because we don’t need to go bank. All the banks in Malaysia have to fulfill the objectives and security which is set by the BNM so that they can minimize internet fraud.

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Content Code
http://www.asialaw.com/Article/2097604/Search/Results/New-guidance-on-comparative-advertising.html?Keywords=Content+Code
Purpose: The Content Code adopted by the Communications and Multimedia Content Forum (CMCF) of Malaysia sets out best practices for online standards and broadcast content. The Code generally allows comparative advertising in advertisements with other advertisers or products in the interests of competition subject to the following conditions;
(a) Principles of fair competition are respected, without consumers likely being misled
(b) Comparisons shall not confer an artificial advantage upon the advertiser or misleadingly suggest a better bargain; and
(c) Comparisons shall be based on substantiated facts and shall be the same for all products compared, so that like is compared with like.

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Electronic Commerce Act 2006
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24227541/Cyber-Law
Purpose: This is an Act to provide for legal recognition of electronic messages in commercial transactions. The use of the electronic messages to fulfill legal requirements and to enable facilitates commercial transactions through the use of electronic means and other matters connected therewith. E-commerce is a new way of conduction, managing and executing business transactions using modern means of information technology. It refers to all forms of transactions relation to commercial activities, including both organizations and individuals that are based upon the processing and transmission of digitized data, including text sound and visual image.
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