Right to privacy not absolute in a developing economy like India: Government: The Union Government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the right to privacy was a fundamental right but not all its facets will be covered under it. Attorney General KK Venugopal told a nine-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar,…
Four states back right to privacy in Supreme Court: New Delhi: Four states and one Union territory—Karnataka, Punjab, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh and Puducherry—on Wednesday backed the constitutionality of the right to privacy. Kapil Sibal, counsel for the states, told the Supreme Court that with the advent of technology, which is pervasive in nature, the state…
Information is gold and it can be robbed and stolen: When Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched his digital economy initiatives—besides making payments convenient, your money also became more vulnerable to cyber attacks. According to KPMG India’s Crime Survey 2015, financial services and insurance sector was the favourite target for cyber-attacks followed by pharmaceuticals and chemicals.…
Lack of privacy laws is an invitation for everyone into our private lives: Contemporary discussions on privacy must pay homage to Samuel Warren’s and Louis Brandel’s article in the 1890 Harvard Law Review, The Right to Privacy. This writing essentially injected the idea of privacy rights into public discourse, pioneering a debate that continues unfettered today.…
India’s top court to decide if right to privacy is a basic right: India’s Supreme Court will hear more arguments on Thursday to determine whether individual privacy is a fundamental right protected by the Indian constitution, in a ruling legal scholars say will have far-reaching consequences. Read More
There is negligible data security in India, say experts: While the nation is debating whether the right to privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution, cyber experts claim there is ‘negligible’ data security in the country and most sensitive data are facing the threat of invasion with crucial information in telecom, banking and online…
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,…
Data protection and privacy: choices before India: How do we uphold data privacy in a “smart” world dominated by the Internet of Things (IoT), sensors, algorithms and apps? Can individuals have a meaningful degree of control over the vast amount of personally identifiable information (PII) generated and transacted across platforms in cyber space? Read More
Indians Call For More Stringent Data Protection Laws: The government is India is facing calls to establish better cybersecurity laws to protect consumers’ data after fears have crept up that Reliance Jio, the telecom startup in India, suffered a major data leak. According to a report in Reuters announcing the news, Jio denied the data leak took place, saying…
The right to Privacy is not Fundamental Right: But these cases set a precedent for India: The government’s move to make Aadhar mandatory for all citizens has once again triggered a debate around Right to Privacy. Critics have argued that making Aadhar mandatory will lead to breach in confidentiality of data collected through Aadhar. Read…