Privacy

In the public interest

This article examines the concerns raised by the Prime Minister regarding RTI applications which have the potential to invade personal privacy. The article was originally published in the Indian Express on 18.10.2012. On a personal note I have been trying to trace the diary of auto…

Clarifying bad law

There is no other way to say this but the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 (“Privacy Rules) which were made by the Department of Information Technology are not a model piece of delegated legislation…

who takes the blame for a forged tap order ?

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Analysis of the Privacy Bill, 2011

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Update 18.08.2011 — PIB Release says, “The Government proposes to bring out a legislation that will provide…

The Fading Norm

It would seem natural and obvious to a user of social media that technology is changing the norm of privacy. Here the change is…