Discuss the importance of personal data protection in the context of human rights.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Route 1 data protection seen as technical/commercial → actually a defence of privacy → UDHR + Puttaswamy into Article 21
Route 2 privacy a recognised right → in a data-driven world exercised through control of personal data → protect data to protect the right
data-driven world, data shapes choices/elections (Cambridge Analytica) → control of data = control of choices → surveillance curbs free expression (Snowden/NSA, China) → profiling + breaches enable discrimination (race/sex/religion, Equifax) → rights above market/profit (Dworkin — “rights are trumps”) → GDPR + DPDP Act 2023 give legal form
developing countries lack comprehensive law → citizens exposed to multinational exploitation → right recognised in principle, unevenly realised
Route 1 data protection and rights organically linked → strong law a prerequisite for rights in digital globalisation
Route 2 privacy the gateway to freedom, dignity, equality → without data protection these rights turn insecure
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
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