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Topic: Privacy

As SC extends Aadhaar-linking deadline, here’s what UIDAI CEO had said on protecting privacy

SC urged the govt to delay Aadhaar linking till it delivers a verdict. UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey had said he was happy that data security was part of the national agenda.

Everyone you give your data to needs to be accountable for it: lawyer Manasa Venkatraman

The lawyer and researcher said that even if data is given for the purpose of national security, agencies need to be held accountable for it. 

निराधार है यह ‘आधारोफोबिया’, सिर्फ ‘चीज और वाइन क्लास’ के लिए चिंता का विषय

अगर सरकार आप पर नजर रखना चाहे तो उसे 'आधार' को आधार बनाने की कोई जरूरत नहीं पड़ेगी. लेकिन गरीबों को अपने अधिकारों के लिए उसका सहारा लेने की जरूरत जरूर पड़ेगी.

Both critics and advocates of Aadhaar are oblivious to one simple fact

Both the critics and advocates of Aadhaar agree that the levers of govt ought to be harnessed to impose their particular agenda on to hapless citizens.

Talk Point: Should sex tapes of politicians influence election outcomes in India?

The emergence of Patidar leader Hardik Patel's private videos in the middle of a heated election campaign raises questions about just how much such scandals affect election outcomes.

Even after privacy verdict, India is easy game for internet monitoring

All the state has to demonstrate is an ongoing investigation for state security, defence and public order, to force open the data lying with intermediaries.

Apex court asks Maharashtra govt if Aadhaar is mandatory for college admissions

A 17-year-old was denied admission by St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai for not having Aadhaar, which is mandatory under a state law.

Privacy verdict presents big data as a reality we need to work with, not against.

It is difficult to say if the verdict places individual consent as a deal-breaker when used by private actors.

SC verdict on privacy may have impact on Section 377, marital rape

An array of issues will throw themselves open to the privacy test after the Supreme Court ruled the right to privacy as a fundamental right, experts said.

Privacy is a fundamental right, Supreme Court rules

The apex court also overruled two previous Constitution bench judgements that had held that right to privacy is not protected under the Constitution.

On Camera

Mass police resignations in Nepal signal deeper unrest. Internal govt running out of time

The on-ground observations remain pessimistic about the rise of a ‘Naya Nepal’ — a term that found prominence after the advent of democracy in the country in 2008 — following the abolishment of the monarchy.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.