{"id":36028,"date":"2018-11-01T13:11:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T07:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=36028"},"modified":"2018-11-01T13:11:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T07:41:57","slug":"protection-of-personal-data-a-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/protection-of-personal-data-a-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Protection of personal data a right\u2019:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/protection-of-personal-data-a-right\/article19328232.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Protection of personal data a right\u2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: (The Hindu)<\/span> (The 2016 case on protection of privacy)<\/p>\n<p><b>Context<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Petition held by students alleging that a Contract between Facebook and Whatsapp in 2016 was a violation of the citizens\u2019 right to privacy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The issue<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bench is hearing a petition filed by students led by Karmanya Singh Sareen.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are alleging that a contract entered into between Facebook and instant messaging platform WhatsApp includes photographs, messages and pictures shared by users on WhatsApp.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Right to Privacy: Constitution<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Constitution of India does not specifically guarantee a \u201cright to privacy\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, through various judgments over the years, Indian courts have interpreted the other rights in the Constitution as giving rise to a (limited) right to privacy primarily through Article 21, the right to life and liberty. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Restriction on Right to Privacy<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These restrictions have not been defined or elucidated anywhere and have been identified through the interpretation of various provisions and judgments of the Supreme Court of India:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The right to privacy can be restricted by procedure established by law and this procedure would have to be just, fair and reasonable.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reasonable restrictions can be imposed on the right to privacy in the interest of the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, public order, decency or morality, or in relation to contempt of court, defamation or incitement to an offence; (Article 19(2) of the Constitution of India, 1950).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The right to privacy can be restricted if there is an important countervailing interest which is superior to it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The right to privacy can be restricted if there is a compelling state interest to be served.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The protection available under the right to privacy may not be available to a person who voluntarily introduces him- or herself into controversy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protection of personal data a right\u2019: (The Hindu) (The 2016 case on protection of privacy) Context Petition held by students alleging that a Contract between Facebook and Whatsapp in 2016 was a violation of the citizens\u2019 right to privacy. The issue The Bench is hearing a petition filed by students led by Karmanya Singh Sareen.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/protection-of-personal-data-a-right\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Protection of personal data a right\u2019:<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704728540},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36028","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36028\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}