Cyber Law, AI & Digital Rights

Invoke your Right to Erasure under Section 12 of the DPDP Act, 2023. For non-consensual intimate imagery, the IT Rules, 2021 mandate takedown within 24 hours of a user complaint.

Call 1930 within the 'Golden Hour' (ideally 24 hours), file an online cybercrime complaint, and report the unauthorised transaction to your bank within 3 working days for zero liability.

Report to the platform (takedown within 24-36 hours under the IT Rules), lodge an FIR, and file on the cybercrime portal under BNS Sections 319/336/356 and IT Act Section 66D.

Yes, on company-owned devices or networks — but only if clearly disclosed in your IT policy. Covert monitoring or monitoring personal devices is restricted by the DPDPA, 2023.

Block your mobile banking immediately, dial 1930, lodge a cybercrime FIR, and sue the telecom operator for deficiency of service under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.

Under the DPDP Act, 2023, you can demand notification of the breach, request erasure of data, and complain to the Data Protection Board of India with penalties up to ₹250 crore.

Call 1930 immediately, report on the cybercrime portal within the 'Golden Hour', file an FIR, and pursue the bank for a zero-liability refund under RBI rules if you report within 3 working days.

Skill-based games are legal nationwide; games of chance (gambling) are banned in most states. Real-money fantasy sports and rummy are legal as skill games; betting and casinos remain restricted.

File on the cybercrime portal, call 1930, lodge an FIR under BNS Sections 318/319 and IT Act Section 66D, and complain to FIU-IND if the exchange isn't compliant.

Cyber defamation is actionable under Section 356 BNS, 2023 (criminal defamation) and tort law (civil defamation). File cybercrime complaint, issue takedown notice under IT Rules 2021, send legal notice, and pursue civil damages or criminal proceedings. Average compensation ranges from ₹50,000 to ₹50 lakh+.

Act within hours: report to platform via emergency channels, secure remaining accounts, file complaint at cybercrime.gov.in or call 1930, register FIR under Sections 66/66C/66D IT Act and Sections 318/319 BNS, freeze financial accounts, and engage cyber lawyer. Speed determines recovery success.

Generally NO, unless admin actively participates, encourages, fails to act after notice, or has actual knowledge of illegal content. Multiple High Courts (Madras, Bombay, Kerala, Allahabad) have held admins NOT vicariously liable absent knowledge or contribution. Best practice: clear rules, prompt action on flagged content, exit groups with illegal activity.

Under Section 12 of the DPDPA, 2023, you can ask any company or organisation that holds your personal data (based on your consent) to correct inaccurate or outdated data, or erase it entirely. Submit the request through the company's published grievance channel — every Data Fiduciary is required to publish one on its website or app. The company can refuse erasure only where it must legally retain the data (tax, RBI, SEBI, or other statutory retention rules) and must tell you the legal basis if it does.

There is no such thing as a 'digital arrest' in Indian law. No court, police force or agency arrests or interrogates anyone over a video call, and none demands money to 'verify' your accounts. If you are being pressured: stop, do not transfer money, call 1930 (National Cyber Crime Helpline) and file at cybercrime.gov.in, and tell your bank at once so it can try to hold the money. Speed matters most in the first hours. On 4 August 2026 the Supreme Court issued nationwide directions to speed up freezing and restoring defrauded money.