Tag: Right to Privacy

The Best of No Worlds: The Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023

Before the commencement of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, data protection was a concern of a patchwork of other laws including the Information Technology Act. The entire point of introducing a singular separate organic body of law regarding data protection was to reduce the unconsented digital footprint remaining after a person goes offline so as to protect that data from all hands, regardless of the owner of the hands and their purpose. Not only does the Act provide no provision for the automatic deletion of personal data, but it also detaches the state from any such obligation as well.

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The DPDP Act: Need for an Objective Legislation instead of a Vague Notion of ‘Balancing Rights and Public Interest’

The authors, in this article, delve into the speculations about the DPDP Act and analyze the areas of concern to the depth of interpreting expressions used in the statutes  with respect to Privacy, Right to Information and its balance National Security. They also discusses possible solutions by drawing cues from other legislations.

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Constitutionality of Tracking Web Searches Vis-A-Vis Right to Privacy: An Analysis

The piece anatomizes and critiques the recent steps implemented by the Uttar Pradesh Police to curb the use or watching of pornography by implementing mechanisms which include tracking web-searches as well as storing private data. The author has analyzed these steps in light of Constitutional provisions and former judicial precedents to highlight that not only are these measures unconstitutional, but also go beyond the scope of permissible State action in stymieing individual autonomy of citizens.

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