{"id":202525,"date":"2022-08-29T18:38:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T13:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=202525"},"modified":"2022-08-29T18:38:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T13:08:20","slug":"privacy-protection-has-been-far-too-long-to-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/privacy-protection-has-been-far-too-long-to-wait\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Protection has been far too long to wait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong>Privacy Protection has been far too long to wait<\/strong><strong>\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0published in\u00a0<strong>The Live Mint<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>29<sup>th<\/sup> August 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 Fundamental Rights <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance:\u00a0Privacy and issues associated with it <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>News: This article discusses the issues associated with the facial recognition system <\/strong>and the efforts taken by the Supreme Court to address privacy issues.<\/p>\n<p>The Internet Freedom Foundation filed a series of Right To Information (RTI) appeals to ask for details on facial recognition technology being used in our public spaces.<\/p>\n<p>The reply to RTI shows that 124 such systems are currently in use across India. Many such closed-circuit cameras are deployed at airports, railway stations, and public thoroughfares.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the issues with Facial Recognition Technology and similar systems?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This facial recognition is being done in the absence of data protection laws.<\/p>\n<p>The consent of citizens is also not taken before using this system.<\/p>\n<p>All around the world, there is discomfort over the use of facial recognition system because it is unreliable and there is a threat of misuse of this system.<\/p>\n<p>Some cities in the US have banned its use, and there are similar demands in the EU.<\/p>\n<p>It is against the SC ruling in the <strong>Puttaswamy case<\/strong>, which upheld the right to privacy as a fundamental right.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the other similar concerns?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A recent circular issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India has created confusion among the public. The circular recommended citizens to not give out photocopies of Aadhar cards.<\/p>\n<p>SC panel report on the use of Pegasus spyware by the Government was kept private and remained inconclusive. There was also a lack of clarity over allegations of military-grade spyware used against Indian journalists, politicians, judges, etc.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers in India are letting people as well Constitution down by not putting invasive surveillance tech to the test of our right to privacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cPrivacy Protection has been far too long to wait\u201d\u00a0published in\u00a0The Live Mint\u00a0on\u00a029th August 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 Fundamental Rights Relevance:\u00a0Privacy and issues associated with it News: This article discusses the issues associated with the facial recognition system and the efforts taken by the Supreme Court to address&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/privacy-protection-has-been-far-too-long-to-wait\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Privacy Protection has been far too long to wait<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10308,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10501],"class_list":["post-202525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-live-mint","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700787265,"cached_date":1704815295},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}