Right to Privacy: Businesses will have to change and transform, says expert

This judgment has put the country, govt, business & future transformation on a well-defined runway

August 24, 2017, will count as another important day in the history of our 70-year-old democracy and nation — a day when privacy was firmly established as a fundamental right of every citizen under Article 21 and Part III of our Constitution.

There are many implications of this judgment, but mark my words, the full import will be seen over the coming years, as the relationship between citizen and state, citizen and corporates get redefined and recalibrated, to realise the vision of being not just the world’s largest democracy but also the most advanced democracy.

This judgment effectively creates for the first