CYBERCRIME AND SENIOR CITIZENS IN INDIA - A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LEGAL FRAMEWORKS WITHIN CYBERSPACE GLOBALLY

Abstract

Cyber space regulation is that arena which is growing very rapidly, due to multidisciplinary approach in tackling innovation, technological updation, persistent cybercrimes emerging from interactions within cyberspace. This doctrinal paper is a critical study and analysis of challenges faced by stakeholders, jurisprudence of crimes committed within cyberspace, effect on vulnerable group ‘senior citizens’ as potential victims since emergence of Information Communication Technology. Aimed to study international treaties, national policies of QUAD members, statutes, community help programs, emerging new theories of cyberspace jurisprudence, adopted by netizens, challenges that are being faced by all the stakeholders to influence cyberspace, socio economic legal disabilities within a sections of society, principles or prepositions thus found, important facets of cybercrime comprehensively to contribute in the development of Cyber Security legislations and Regulatory Framework of India, for a secure safe cyberspace as severity of the issues, challenges in cyber victimization against senior’s can permeate legal gaps as previous research efforts have largely revolved around women and children, while neglecting them. Victimization in cyberspace is pushing seniors further away from use of technology confidently so as to kick off original plans for equalitarianism as envisioned in our constitution.