UK And US Laws Affecting Digital Technologies

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Introduction
High interest in science has led to the development of technology, which makes human life comfortable, but the crimes that use it have also become diverse, and the method has also developed. As a result, it has created new laws that did not exist and problems that must be addressed properly for various crimes. This report provides an area of UK and US law affecting digital technologies.

Cybercrime
Cybercrime is defined as some criminal activity committed in cyber space such as internet and some criminal activity using digital device such as mobile, laptop. As technology grows exponentially, a lot of people now depend to progress technology for their living and work. However, it causes so much more various cybercrimes. Many criminals …show more content…

At first, a traditional type of cybercrime includes cyber sexual violence, cyber stalking, cyber defamation etc. This type of cybercrimes can be punished according to the existing criminal law. Next, a new type of cybercrime which includes hacking, virus distribution and spam mail became newly punishable upon the enactment of special laws. A new type of cybercrime is distinguished from the traditional types of cybercrimes. Because, sometimes it can be viewed as not directly infringing any legal interest protectable under the existing criminal law. Most types of cybercrime, especially new types of cybercrime, are not subject to punishment due to insufficient cybercrime law. Therefore, it is necessary to examine the possibility of punishment for this type of cybercrime, and punishment may be a punitive requirement. For the reason, each country is revising its existing criminal law and adding new cybercrime …show more content…

[2] The UK government have implemented a new five-year plan from 2016 to 2021. In order to achieve better results, the UK government plans to continue to support market forces with more active interventions and investments, enhancing cyber security standards throughout the UK. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) was created to strengthen the UK's cybersecurity environment, share knowledge, address vulnerabilities, and provide leadership in key national cyber security issues. 'Cyber security' in the UK means protecting the information system (hardware, software and related infrastructure), data and services it provides from unauthorized access or harm, and responds