The Cyber Society of India (CySi), a set-up for netizens in the city, has taken up the task of assisting Internet cafes and web publishers in checking cyber crime.

It will help comply with the provisions of IT Act 2000 through the CyLawCom Audit and the Certification programme, announced N.A. Vijayashankar, secretary of CySi, at a press meet here Thursday.

"Trained cyber law auditors would undertake assessment of Internet cafes, advise their owners on how to comply with existing laws of the land and upon complying with certain standards expected of them, such cafes would be endorsed by CySi, as Certified E-Bridge Centre," Vijayashankar said.

"If such a system is adopted widely in Tamil Nadu, we may not need any legislation," Vijayashankar said adding voluntary compliance was the best way to check crimes through cyber cafes.

The CySi secretary said that a similar type of certification programme would also be undertaken for web publishers, bloggers and e-groups.

Indo-Asian News Service