India’s top court considers whether privacy is a right

India’s top court considers whether privacy is a right: India’s Supreme Court began hearing submissions Wednesday to determine whether Indians have a constitutional right to privacy in a challenge to the government’s massive biometric database, which critics argue violates that right. A group of plaintiffs brought the case to protest against the government’s Aadhaar programme, which has recorded the fingerprints and iris scans of more than one billion Indians. Read More