Offences and Penalties

Understanding Offences and Penalties in Data Protection

Test your knowledge on the various offences and penalties related to data protection laws! This quiz covers critical components of the Information Technology Act, including identity management and data misuse.

Whether you are a student, educator, or professional, this quiz will help you understand:

Key offences related to identity information
Potential penalties for various infractions
Important definitions and concepts in data protection

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by GuardingData101

Given here are some offences. I. A person or company destroys, deletes or alters any information stored in any removable storage media or in the Central Identities Data Repository or diminishes its value or utility or affects it injuriously by any means ii. A person or company introduces or causes to be introduced any virus or other computer contaminant in the Central Identities Data Repositor iii. A person or company denies or causes a denial of access to any person who is authorised to access the Central Identities Data Repository iv. A person or company reveals any information in contravention of subsection (5) of Section 28 You need to find the offences that result in imprisonment for a term, which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to a fine which shall not be less than ten lakh rupees.

I. ii. iii. And iv.

Ii. And iii.

I., ii. And iii.

I. And iv.

Given here are some offences. I. A person or company not being authorised to collect identity information under the provisions of this Act, by words, conduct or demeanour pretends that he is authorised to do so ii. A person or company steals, conceals, destroys or alters or causes any person to steal, conceal, destroy or alter any computer source code used by the Authority with an intention to cause damage iii. A person or company impersonates or attempts to impersonate another person, whether dead or alive, real or imaginary, by providing any false demographic information iv. A person or company reveals any information in contravention of subsection (5) of section 28, or shares, uses or displays information in contravention of section 29 or assists any person in any of the aforementioned Acts You need to find the offences that result in imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with a fine

I. ii. iii. And iv.

I., ii. And iv.

I., ii. And iii.

I. And iii.

Whoever, not being authorised by the Authority, intentionally denies or causes a denial of access to any person who is authorised to access the Central Identities Data Repository shall be punishable: I. Imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years ii. Shall be liable to a fine which shall not be less than Rs. 1,00,000 iii. Imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years iv. Shall be liable to a fine which shall not be less than Rs. 30,000 Identify the correct punishments.

I. And ii.

Iii. And iv.

Ii. And iv.

I. And iv.

Whoever, being an enrolling agency or a requesting entity, fails to comply with the requirements of sub-section (2) of Section 3 or sub-section (3) of Section 8, shall be punishable. Given here are some punishments: I. Imprisonment for a term which may extend to 1 year ii. Fine which may extend to Rs. 25,000 iii. Imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 year iv. Fine which may extend to Rs. 10,000 Identify the correct punishments.

I. Or ii.

I. Or iv.

Ii. Or iii.

Iii. Or iv.

Whoever, not being authorised by the Authority, intentionally steals, conceals, destroys or alters or causes any person to steal, conceal, destroy or alter any computer source code used by the Authority with an intention to cause damage, shall be punishable. Given here are some punishments: I. Imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years ii. Shall be liable to a fine which shall not be less than Rs. 1,00,000 iii. Imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years iv. Shall be liable to a fine which shall not be less than Rs. 30,000 Identify the correct punishments. I. And ii. iii. And iv. ii. And iv. I. And iv

I. And ii.

Iii. And iv.

Ii. And iv.

I. And iv.

Whoever, not being authorised by the Authority, intentionally downloads, copies or extracts any data from the Central Identities Data Repository or stored in any removable storage medium shall be punishable. Given here are some punishments: I. Imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years ii. Shall be liable to a fine which shall not be less than Rs. 1,00,000 iii. Imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years iv. Shall be liable to a fine which shall not be less than Rs. 30,000 Identify the correct option.

I. And ii.

Iii. And iv.

Ii. And iv.

I. And iv.

During verification, it is discovered that a Photo of Photo (PoP) was used in the Aadhaar registration. Given here are some people: I. Operator ii. Supervisor iii. Registrar iv. Introducer Which of these people will be punishable for this offence?

I. Or ii.

I. Or iv.

Iii

Iii. Or iv.

An error was uncovered where enrolment with fake PoI/PoA was done by tampering UIDAI software. Given here are some people. I. Operator ii. Supervisor iii. Registrar iv. Introducer Which of these people will be punishable for this offence?

I. Or ii.

I. Or iv.

Iii

Iii. Or iv

Given here are some police ranks. I. Sub-Inspector of Police ii. Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police iii. Inspector of Police iv. Assistant Inspector of Police Identify the police rank that can investigate any offence under Information Technology Act, 2000

I. Or ii.

I. Or iv.

Iii

Iii. Or iv.

Whoever, being a requesting entity, uses the identity information of an individual in contravention of subsection (3) of Section 8, shall be punishable. Given here are some punishments. I. Imprisonment for a term which may extend to 1 year ii. Fine which may extend to Rs. 25,000 iii. Imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years iv. Fine which may extend to Rs. 10,000 Identify the correct option.

I. Or ii.

I. Or iv.

Ii. Or iii.

Iii. Or iv

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