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Section 43 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 makes a person liable to PAY COMPENSATION for which of the following acts done without the permission of the owner of a computer, computer system or computer network?
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A.
1. Section 43 of the IT Act catalogues ten classes of wrongful acts attracting civil liability to pay compensation.
2. The Lesson 17 enumeration covers: (a) unauthorised access; (b) downloading/copying/extracting data; (c) introducing computer contaminant/virus; (d) damaging the system; (e) disrupting; (f) denial of access; (g) providing assistance to facilitate access in contravention; (h) charging services to another's account; (i) destroying/altering information; (j) stealing source code.
3. All are conditioned on absence of permission from the owner or person in charge.
4. The other three options describe AUTHORISED activities, which by definition fall outside Section 43.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive Paper 1 (Jurisprudence, Interpretation & General Laws) — Lesson 17: Information Technology Act, 2000, pp. 407-419._
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