5 Online Crimes You May Commit Unknowingly
#3 Forex trades: lately many websites for trading in foreign exchange have popped up and many hook up on to such sites to make quick buck. Joshi says “The RBI allows you to trade, provided the rupee is involved (pair of rupee and another currency). You are not permitted to trade in the pair of two foreign currencies,” so, while dollar-rupee, euro-rupee and GBP-rupee are allowed, dollar-euro and euro-GBP are not permitted. And Joshi adds “Making money is easy on these sites. Just register, give your credit card details and the gains you earn are directly put on the card itself. Since, you are not aware of foreign exchange rules, you break the law unknowingly.” So, beware the next time you trade in Forex online.
#4 Downloading: Downloading of copyrighted or pirated material—literature, film, music or software—is a common offence. “Downloading of pirated versions of software is an offence under sections 43 and 66 of Information Technology Act, and you could be sentenced with three years of imprisonment,” says Duggal. In fact, even using someone else’s user ID and password, or sending confidential material from your employer to your personal ID without authorization is also an offence.
