THE TECHNICAL AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVE OF CYBER STALKING

Abstract

Nowadays cyber crime is one of most concerning issues for all the developed and developing countries including India, This paper addresses the issue of Cyberstalking and internet harassment, and what legal remedies an internet user has when confronted with this form of behavior. The paper will commence with a discussion of on-line harassment including the way in which the internet facilitates this behavior. In this paper I had covered some type of cyber crime with the help of print and electronic media by quoting some current cases happened related to cyber crime. In next section , statistics of crime cases are discussed which were happened in last few years and compared crimes happened in past years and also discussed what type of crimes are on increase and decrease. On-line harassment is similar to real-world stalking in the way that it can be disturbing to the victim specially females. At the same time the unique environment of the internet creates "remoteness" on the part of the stalker, and provides a false sense of security arising from the apparent anonymity that is present on the internet. The paper will also discuss various approaches to the problem and demonstrate the various ways that current legislation and the common law can be used to deal with on-line harassment in our country. In addition the paper will provide some preventive measures for an internet user avoid with this crime.