"Cyber Evidence is transient and is here now and gone next
moment. Then how do we preserve and present it to a court of law when a
Cyber document becomes relevant?.."
..is a doubt that is bothering a lot of people in India ever
since the ITA-2000 proclaimed that Electronic Documents and paper Documents
are equal in the eyes of law. The ITA-2000 also defined the process of digital
signing of electronic documents which would help in the preservation of
Electronic documents.
But how long can Indians wait for the Certifying
Authorities to become active and start their business of providing Digital
Certificates to Indians?. Even after nearly two years since the Act was
notified, except for one company announcing its intentions, Digital
Certificates for individuals in India from a Certifying Authority licensed by
the Controller has remained a dream.
In the mean time, if electronic documents are to be
presented in the Courts, it has to pass through a series of Certifying
procedures, some of which are not easy to accomplish.
Instead of lamenting on the helpless situation for the
Indian Cyber Law Compliant Netizen, naavi.org has come up with a service called "Cyber Evidence
Archival Center". This center will enable public to archive various types
of Electronic documents such as E-Mail sent, E-Mail Received and Web Pages
seen, and obtain certified copies which can be produced as evidence in a court
of law.
The service will be finetuned to accommodate online
payments in due course. Until then, the payment system will require the
registrant to walk upto the nearest post office to TMO the payment. But even
then, it would be a service that will fill a long standing need for the Cyber
Citizens of India.
We hope the availability of this service will enable public
to register Cyber Crime cases with the Cyber crime cells being opened by
the Police in different states. It will also assist companies to get into
E-Contracting without waiting any longer for Certifying Authorities to be
ready.
For more information on the Service,
visit:
http://www.ceac4india.com/
or
http://www.cerc4india.com
Naavi
June 24, 2002
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