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TypeBare Act JurisdictionDelhi Government

The Information Technology Act, 2000 Section 72

Penalty for Breach of confidentiality and privacy

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The Information Technology Act, 2000 Section 72 is part of The Information Technology Act, 2000 - Penalty for Breach of confidentiality and privacy. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Save as otherwise provided in this Act or any other law for the time being in force, if any person who, in pursuance of any of the powers conferred under this Act, rules or regulations made thereunder, has secured access to any electronic record, book, register, correspondence, information, document or other material without the consent of the person concerned discloses such electronic record, book, register, correspondence, information, document or other material to any other person shall be 1[liable to penalty which may extend to five lakh rupees[.


1. Subs. by Act 18 of 2023, s. 2 and Schedule, for certain world (w.e.f. 30-11-2023).

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Section Section 72 of the The Information Technology Act, 2000 (Penalty for Breach of confidentiality and privacy) is reproduced on this page as part of the The Information Technology Act, 2000. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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