Course details

Computer Crime 

  • Offences and scope of Computer Misuse Act
  • Using the Act to protect your company secrets
  • Other offences: Forgery, cheating, criminal intimidation, criminal breach of trust

Copyright Law

  • What it covers 
  • Permissible and illegal copying of software
  • Criminal and civil consequences of illegal copying
  • Methods to prevent copying

Patent Law

  • Scope of patentable matter
  • Extent of patent protection
  • Patentability of software and business methods implemented by software

Personal Data

  • Personal Data Protection Act: scope, responsibilities of companies, industry regulation, consequences of disobedience, challenging regulator’s decisions.
  • Privacy laws in Singapore
  • Defamation lawsuits
  • Risk of transferring incorrect data

Civil Remedies in relation to IT matters

  • Mareva Injunction
  • Anton Piller Orders
  • Temporary Injunctions 
  • Claims for damages and account of profits 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

IT managers, directors and managers of Infocomm companies, anyone involved in managing and exploiting IT resources

COURSE OBJECTIVE

This seminar introduces basic legal concepts relevant to the IT field including the new Personal Data Protection Act 

Updated on 08 November, 2015

About ITC School Of Laws

ITC has emerged to be the most successful private school in Singapore to offer preparatory courses for the Certificate in Higher Education (Common Law) and the Bachelor of Laws, LL.B from the University of London International Programme. Our students' excellent world-class results on the external law programmes every year are testament to this fact. With graduates who are currently involved in the legal arena, the corporate sector, government fields and many others, the ITC graduate is highly employable in both the local and international job sectors.

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