Category: Aadhar–Pan

Why does each app need access to your contacts/SMS—the new law must lay down rules on how much data can be collected/used and also fix

India needs laws on privacy and data protection. The chances of data breaches taking place from some node with lax security or the other of

Data protection is not a substitute for a right to privacy but the two are interlinked India is proud of its status as an IT

By Pawan Goyal Ever since GoI mandated linking Aadhaar to PAN (Permanent Account Number), there has been much debate about how the Unique Identification (UID)

In the Supreme Court nine-judge bench hearing on the constitutional status of right to privacy, senior advocate CA Sundaram appearing for the Maharashtra government asserted

Voicing concern over possible misuse of personal information in public domain, the Supreme Court today said that protection of the concept of privacy in the

The Supreme Court continued to subject the debate on constitutional status for the right to privacy to close scrutiny, saying economic rights of citizens and

By Sanjay Hegde & Pranjal Kishore Soon after the Supreme Court‘s return from its summer vacation, the Chief Justice of India constituted a bench of

Though two Constitution benches have, in the past, ruled that the right to privacy is not a fundamental right, it was always odd that the

The ongoing hearing before a nine-member bench of the Supreme Court on the right to privacy should focus more on the conditions that would warrant

The privacy concerns are valid, and largely centre on the imminent possibility of profiling citizens across government departments. “The right to privacy will, therefore, necessarily,