{"id":1509,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-the-importance-of-personal-data-protection-in-the-context-upsc-psir-2019-3805\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:25:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:55:06","slug":"discuss-the-importance-of-personal-data-protection-in-the-context-upsc-psir-2019-3805","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-the-importance-of-personal-data-protection-in-the-context-upsc-psir-2019-3805\/","title":{"rendered":"Discuss the importance of personal data protection in the context of human rights."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> data protection seen as technical\/commercial <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> actually a defence of privacy <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> UDHR + <i>Puttaswamy<\/i> into Article 21<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> privacy a recognised right <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> in a data-driven world exercised through control of personal data <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> protect data to protect the right<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>data-driven world, data shapes choices\/elections (Cambridge Analytica) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> control of data = control of choices <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> surveillance curbs free expression (Snowden\/NSA, China) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> profiling + breaches enable discrimination (race\/sex\/religion, Equifax) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> rights above market\/profit (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Dworkin<\/b> \u2014 \u201crights are trumps\u201d) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> GDPR + DPDP Act 2023 give legal form<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>developing countries lack comprehensive law <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> citizens exposed to multinational exploitation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> right recognised in principle, unevenly realised<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> data protection and rights organically linked <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> strong law a prerequisite for rights in digital globalisation<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> privacy the gateway to freedom, dignity, equality <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> without data protection these rights turn insecure<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[37],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[80],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1509","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-37","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-contemporary-global-concerns","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4921,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1509\/revisions\/4921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1509"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1509"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1509"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}