No individual and organization can be said to be free from the influence of social media and the internet as we live in the age of digitization and globalization. The number of issues pertaining to online frauds, data theft, secrecy of personal information, and online security have gone up.

Indian laws have by and large failed to keep up with the challenges faced in a continually changing online world. The major enactment dealing with online issues has been codified in the Information Technology Act 2000 and some changes have been made to the Indian Penal Code as well as to the Indian Evidence act to deal with these issues.