Right to privacy: SC judgment also makes case for regulating data storage

Says dangers to privacy originate not only from state but also email, search, social media services

A nine-judge Bench of the Supreme Court on August 24 held that the Right to Privacy is a fundamental right for all citizens. In their order, the judges also highlighted the need for a regulation to protect the privacy of data, especially in the age of ‘big data’, when state as well as non-state actors have so much information about people.

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The past decade has seen the initiation of numerous government programmes like Aadhaar and Natgrid. Due to the increased collection of citizen’s information by the government, concerns have been raised on their impact on citizens’ privacy. The road map