Cyber Crime and Online Issues: blogs and guides
12 guides on cyber crime and online issues, written for people dealing with the problem now.
Lost Money in a UPI Fraud? Steps to Report and Recover It
What to do in the first hour after a UPI fraud, how the 1930 helpline freezes money, when the bank must refund you, and how held money is released.
Bank Account Frozen After a Cyber Complaint: How to Get It Unfrozen
Why banks freeze accounts after a cyber fraud complaint, how to find out who ordered it, and the steps to get the account or the extra money released.
Sextortion Calls and Video Blackmail: What to Do
Someone threatens to share a private video or morphed images unless you pay: why not to pay, what to save, where to report and how to get content removed.
Fake Profile or Impersonation Online: Takedown and Complaint
How to get a fake profile or impersonating account removed: the platform report, the grievance officer complaint under the IT Rules, the police complaint and, if needed, a court order.
Defamatory Posts Online: Takedown, Civil Suit and Criminal Complaint
What to do when someone posts false and damaging content about you online: platform takedown, grievance appeals, a civil suit with an injunction, and a criminal complaint.
Online Job and Investment Scams: Complaint and Recovery
How task-based job scams and fake trading or stock-tip schemes work, how to report them through 1930 and an FIR, and what recovery of the money really involves.
Hacked Email or Social Media Account: Legal Remedies
What to do when your email, WhatsApp, Instagram or Facebook account is hacked: recovery, securing your accounts, police complaint, IT Act offences and compensation.
Digital Arrest Scam Calls: How They Work and What to Do
There is no digital arrest in Indian law. How fake CBI, ED and police video calls work, what to do during one, and how to report the fraud.
DPDP Act 2023: What Businesses Must Do
What the DPDP Act 2023 and the DPDP Rules 2025 require of an Indian business, when each duty starts, and the steps to take before May 2027.
Electronic Evidence and the Section 63 BSA Certificate
How WhatsApp chats, emails, CCTV footage and call recordings are proved in Indian courts under Section 63 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, and how to prepare the certificate.
Accused in a Cyber Crime Case: Bail and Defence
What to do if you are named in a cyber crime FIR: which charges are bailable, arrest and notice rules, anticipatory and regular bail, your seized phone, and the defence.
Removing Intimate Images Shared Without Consent
How to get intimate images or videos shared without consent taken down fast in India: platform complaints, the two-hour rule, cybercrime.gov.in, police, courts and privacy.