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Cyberlaws
& digital safety.
Most crime now arrives through a screen. The scams built to panic you, the data law built to protect you, and the one number — 1930 — that can freeze the money before it's gone.
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1930
National cyber-fraud
helpline — save it now
helpline — save it now
2000IT Act enacted
2023DPDP Act passed
₹250crMax data penalty
72hrGrievance takedown
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- Cyberlaws
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- What a 'digital arrest' really is
- The golden hour — call 1930
- Freezing the mule account
- Reporting on cybercrime.gov.in
- Consent & notice under DPDP
- Right to correction & erasure
- Consent Manager & withdrawal
- Penalties up to ₹250 crore
- Sextortion & blackmail
- Deepfakes & morphing
- Emergency takedown (IT Rules)
- Zero FIR — file anywhere
- Phishing & OTP scams
- UPI & QR-code fraud
- Unauthorised transaction — zero liability
- Freezing & recovering the money
- Loan-app harassment
- Illegal loan apps & the RBI list
- Recovery-agent limits
- Contact-list shaming & data misuse
- Reporting a predatory app
- The grievance-officer route (72 hrs)
- Doxxing & online defamation
- Right to be forgotten
- Content-takedown escalation
- Cyberstalking as an offence
- Preserving digital evidence
- Filing the complaint
- Women's helpline — 1091 / 181
- Identity theft & fake profiles
- SIM-swap fraud
- Aadhaar Lock & mAadhaar
- Securing your accounts (2FA)
- harassment.
- The cooling-off period
- A loan taken in your name
- AI voice-clone scams
- If the victim is a minor (POCSO)
- Children's data & parental consent
- Data breach — your right to be told
- Investment & 'task' job scams
- Card & net-banking fraud
- Identity theft
- theft
- Public Wi-Fi & device safety
- Credit freeze & CIBIL alerts
- Fake reviews & impersonation pages
- Revenge content & NCII
- Cyberstalking
- Workplace harassment & POSH online
- Protecting children from cyberbullying
- Fake notices, summons & warrants
- The FedEx / courier-parcel scam
