right to privacy

How to delete your digital footprint in 5 steps

November 01, 2025 9:10 am

Every click leaves a trace, but what if you could erase them all? From clearing Google activity to automating privacy and securing your connection, here's how to start fresh and stay private.

Eight years after the ‘Puttaswamy’ privacy verdict, data protection remains a distant dream

August 28, 2025 5:12 pm

The question is whether India will honour the constitutional mandate or allow industry to kill it through a thousand exemptions

Secretly recording your spouse’s conversation doesn’t protect ‘dignity’. Supreme Court must understand this

July 17, 2025 6:36 pm

Dignity cannot be a one-way street. It must be available to the person being mocked and the person being watched.

Knowledge Nugget: Why is Right To Information Act important for UPSC?

April 13, 2025 8:36 pm

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw dismissed concerns that certain provisions of the DPDP Act would render the RTI Act toothless. In light of this, learn about the RTI Act and go 'Beyond the Nugget' to know about the Right to Privacy.

Knowledge nugget of the day: Right to Privacy

November 07, 2024 11:03 am

Justice KS Puttaswamy, a former judge of the Karnataka High Court and the lead petitioner in the landmark 'right to privacy case,' passed away on October 28th. What is right to privacy? How did it shape the discourse of fundamental rights? Take a look. 

SC to examine acquitted man's 'right to be forgotten': What is the right, and how have courts ruled earlier?

July 30, 2024 11:58 am

India does not have a statutory framework that prescribes the right to be forgotten. The SC has now agreed to hear a case that will likely shape the contours of this right.

Tax searches not targeted: I-T dept to HC as lawyer alleges violation of rights

December 19, 2023 10:02 am

The police said the incident took place when they left their homes to play near the railway tracks on Sunday afternoon.

Digital Personal Data Protection Bill: Spectre of a Barbenheimer future

August 12, 2023 10:17 am

With the new data protection law and the proposed Digital India Act, governance in India is at an inflection point

Multiple factors to be considered on cross border data transfer: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

December 24, 2022 5:02 am

Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) bill proposes the right to seek information from data fiduciaries -- entities that collect data from users -- but empowers the government to exempt entities notified from sharing information with individuals.

Why draft data accessibility policy is dangerous

March 05, 2022 2:29 pm

Apar Gupta writes: It will allow government to enrich and sell data to private sector, will risk prioritising commercial interests over privacy

Right To Privacy Is A Fundamental Right, Says SC

June 22, 2020 6:55 pm