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The new IT rules do not pass the test of proportionality to justify breaching a user’s privacy, legal experts have said after the government on Wednesday argued that privacy was not an absolute right.
“The government’s assertion that traceability constitutes a reasonable restriction to the right to privacy fails the necessity and proportionality test, laid down by the Indian Supreme Court in the Puttaswamy judgment, to assess whether a restriction to the right to privacy is reasonable,” said digital rights organisation Access Now.
On Tuesday, WhatsApp filed a legal challenge against the Indian government as it took issue with a provision in
