In the times of digital age, information asymmetry has become so skewed that it has eroded the very spirit of democracy by limiting the unbiased communication of ideas.
Context
In the times of digital age, information asymmetry has become so skewed that it has eroded the very spirit of democracy by limiting the unbiased communication of ideas.
Background
Analysis
The Changing Nature of Information
Segregating the Data
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The Blurry Line between the Public and Private Sphere
What’s take of India’s courts?
How private firms are exploiting the election process?
Isn’t “privacy” a fundamental right?
Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India
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Principle data protection legislation in India
What’s worsening the situation?
Assessing the impacts:
What needs to be done?
The need for constitutional entrenchment
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Conclusion
A country like India—with low levels of access to credit, insurance, and other financial services—may potentially make very different trade-offs between the need for such access on the one hand and the need for informational privacy on the other. Therefore, a law sanctioning collection of data and requiring the government to follow crucial data protection and surveillance principles is the need of the hour.
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