An empirical study on Indian cybercrime laws for the protection of Senior Citizens of Indore City

The widespread use of computers has led to a rise in cybercrime. One of the most intricate problems in the cyber world is cybercrime. A computer can be considered an illegal tool or a target in cybercrime. The internet has advanced to enable the effortless exchange of data and information worldwide. The subject of this research is Indian cybercrime laws for the protection of Senior Citizens in Indore city. The research is explanatory in nature. The primary data is used in the paper. A self-structured questionnaire was circulated to the senior citizens of Indore city. The data collected was analysed through a purposive sampling technique in a Statistical Package for Social Sciences software package, and the statistical results were examined. 115 respondents were obtained from the survey. Correlation, ANOVA, regression and demographic analysis are utilised to analyse the collected data. The outcome of the study exposed that senior citizens of Indore have awareness of cyber laws, and they also faced some issues regarding cybercrime, and they also reported to the higher officials are some of the most significant issues identified. The paper concludes that the senior citizens have an awareness of cybercrime because Indore is a city which has a high literacy level, and they are ready to face the hurdles of cybercrime and report a complaint.