Criminal Law Measures to Protect Computer Data

Abstract

This documentary research study has 3 objectives. (1) to study characteristics and types of the computer data as the material of action, and the manner by which the data is hacked. (2) to analyze legal provisions and obstacles in the enforcement of criminal law related to the protection of computer data from hacking, and (3) to recommend amendment of the criminal law measures to protect the computer data. The result of this study are found that : (1) characteristics and types of computer data are data, statements, or sets of instructions contained in a computer system, the output of which may be processed by a computer system including electronic data, according to the Law of Electronic Transactions, whereas “computer hacking” means to illegally copy data from other computers by unauthorized access, or to legally access but illegally copy the data, or simply by e.g. viewing the computer or smartphone on-screen information for illegal intent .(2) For obstacles, there is no criminal offense to protect the computer data from either hacking or data copying, and (3) Recommend for amending, the Computer Crime Act B.E. 2550 to designating offence related to illegal copying of other people’s computer data as well as offence related to illegal importing of a third party’s computer data aforementioned