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1. What is Cybercrime? A.  Cybercrime refers to all the activities done with criminal intent in cyberspace. Because of the anonymous nature of the internet, miscreants engage in a variety of criminal activities. The field of cybercrime is just emerging and new forms of criminal activities in cyberspace are coming to the forefront with each passing day. 2. Do we have an exhaustive definition of Cybercrime? A.  No, unfortunately we don’t have an exhaustive definition of cybercrime. However, any online activity which basically offends human sensibilities can be regarded as a cybercrime. 3. What are the various categories of Cybercrimes? A.  Cybercrimes can be basically divided into three major categories − Cybercrimes against persons, Cybercrimes against property, and Cybercrimes against Government. 4. Tell us more about Cybercrimes against persons. A.  Cybercrimes committed against persons include various crimes like transmission of child pornography, harassment usin

The following table shows the offence and penalties against all the mentioned sections of the I.T. Act − Section Offence Punishment Bailability and Congizability 65 Tampering with Computer Source Code Imprisonment up to 3 years or fine up to Rs 2 lakhs Offence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC. 66 Computer Related Offences Imprisonment up to 3 years or fine up to Rs 5 lakhs Offence is Bailable, Cognizable and 66-A Sending offensive messages through Communication service, etc... Imprisonment up to 3 years and fine Offence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC 66-B Dishonestly receiving stolen computer resource or communication device Imprisonment up to 3 years and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh Offence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC 66-C Identity Theft Imprisonment of either description up to 3 years and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh Offence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC 66-D Cheating by Personation by using c

Sales Quota Any kind of sales figures given to any particular person or region or distributor is called Sales Quota. It can be measured either in terms money or the stock of goods sold. It is particularly an amount of target sales that is assessed on daily or monthly basis. To assess the performance of an individual sales person, his/her ability is looked to meet the given target. Types of Sales Quotas : This can include many things from cold calling, Marketing emails, advertisements, invitation to executives for events and many more things. It’s always in the interest of the sales team as to how they should get the stuff out. 1. Sales volume quota : This always includes sales in monetary terms or units sold for a specific period of time. This type of sales quotas is always set for a given year. The sales teams are then assigned their yearly quotas to be accomplished. These quotas are set in the areas mentioned below: (i). Product line (ii). Product range (iii). Branch

The various offences and the punishment provided for them are contained in Chapters IX and XI of the Act. These offences are briefly stated as follows:— 1.  Unauthorized Access (Section 43): The section lays down that any person who accesses or secures access to a computer, computer system or computer network without permission of the owner or any person in charge of such computer, computer system or computer network, shall be liable to pay damages by way of compensation not exceeding one crore rupees to the person who is so affected. The term “access” as defined in Section 2(1)(a) of the I.T. Act, means “gaining entry into, instructing or communicating with the logical, arithmetical or monetary function resources of a computer, computer system or computer network.” The following acts have been construed to fall within the purview of the term ‘access’ as contemplated by the Act:— (a) Unlawfully switching over a computer; (b) Using a software program installed on a compute