Privacy Issues in Cyberspace: An Indian Perspective

Abstract

Cyber privacy is controversial and as yet unresolved question in legal jurisprudence all around the world. In the new millennium, the present universe is encompassed by the power of new mantra namely ‘Information Technology’. The sempiternity of knowledge in the lap of ‘Information and Communication Technology Revolution’ has staggeringly brought the privacy of individuals into the forefront of the Jurisprudential consciousness. To what degree citizens of democratic nations would be willing to surrender their sensitive information is debatable. However, it is the responsibility of legal domain to prepare an adequate policy for the protection of privacy on the internet form cyber snooping, cyberstalking, corporate espionage, devasting cyber-attacks and website defacement. The computerization of society has important and possibly unsettling implications that invite a re-examination of the privacy in cyber world. This article has focused on the (i) Analysis of the novice modes of the tarnishing privacy in cyberspace in India and (ii) Legal control mechanism to combat commission of crimes.