Privacy & data protection

Right to privacy	Refers to the concept that one's personal information is protected from public scrutiny
Issues	Global Surveillance Disclosure, 2013 Snowdown Revelation Under the pretext of combatting terrorists, controversial agencies such as the NSA, CIA, RAW, GCHQ, and others have engaged in mass global surveillance, undermining the right to privacy. Right to Privacy v/s National Security Governance Convenience for Public welfare and Right of Individuals Aadhaar Misuse for Political purpose DNA profilling
Current situation or Facts	Not a fundamental right (under article 21) Kharak Singh Case Safeguards included in CrPC Rajagopal Case : is a FR Puttoswamy Judgement, Right to Privacy is a Fundamental Right, under article 21
Forms	Narco 377 Apple Search and Seizure
Telephone Tapping (interception)	Authorised under Indian Telegraph Act. 1985 PUCL case : Unauthorised tapping is violate of article 21 Guideline laid Can be only for interest of sovereignty, security, integrity, friendly relation and public order Prevent incitement of offence Can only be authorised by home secretary for 2 months at a time
Collection of Biometric data	Government Not a FR
Private Companies has huge Data like Facebook,	Big Data Sale and purchase of Data Leak and hacking of Data : Yahoo
For	India is a signatory to International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which acknowledges it SC: Right to liberty and freedom of expression cannot survive without right to privacy Constituent assembly : also recognised well defined privacy law Section 8 of RTI prohibits disclosure of  information which serves no public purpose and amounts to invasion of privacy of third person
Justice A P shah Committee	A privacy law:  to protect privacy and personal Data Privacy Commissioner: at centre and State to protect and safeguard the interests of citizen Violation : only in National Security Triple test for privacy
Steps taken	Case by case it upheld like police, Doctors, interceptions of telephones Various safeguard and other mechanism Educate the users Data encryption standards Strict law and penalty for defaulter Internet rules and regulation
Threats	Is not from the government, but from the private institution Technology is changing e.g. Routes by Uber Call details of telecomm companies Just for free and convenience we leaks our inforamtion like free downland Collusion of government and private entities is the biggest threat Because they have all type of information Can technology be stoped ? Due to privacy Current disccussion are revolving around the AADhar only
SC 9 Judge Bench	Government Data Protection by Law no fundamental rights Supporter Interlinking the various Data including Social Media HIV+, illegal affair etc. will be surfaced Government can misuse the data by army, police Phone-tapping judgement was vey liberal and should not be repeated Surveillance will be difficult, personal data will not be public, will not be able to interlink data Future Technology is growing more and more like IoT, big data, hacking, AI, and R to Privacy cannnot be defined completely in today's circumsttances , and these technology will harm the privacy so there is need to R to Privacy
Supreme Court Judgement	Features R to Privacy is a fundamental right under article 21 Implication Government ISP Section 377 Aadhaar Must Pass Triple test: Should be backed by a statue. Should have a legitimate state interest Should have be balanced be test of proportionality

Data Protection committee

B N Srikrishnana commitee Multi-dimensional privacy Horizontal applicability to state and non-state entites Co-regulatory enforcement regime Conformity with the privacy principles Technological neutrality and interoperability with international stanndards