Tag: privacy

A Year After Supreme Court Aadhaar Verdict, It’s Business As Usual

Source: huffingtonpost.in In the run-up to the Supreme Court judgement on the constitutional validity of Aadhaar, exactly a year ago, there had already been many news reports that outlined the many problems with Aadhaar, such as multiple starvation deaths, problems with biometric verification, Aadhaar cards being bought and sold, and a frightening number of data leaks from a huge number of government departments. However, the court still ruled on

Apps on mobiles expand ‘privacy’ debate exponentially

Source – indiatimes.com In deciding the constitutional status of ‘right to privacy‘, nine judges of our Supreme Courtface a maze that has tested the best minds around the world since 1890, when Harvard Law Review published an article titled ‘The Right to Privacy‘ by Warren & Brandeis (later Justice Brandeis). Thirty-eight years after coauthoring the article, Justice Brandeis gave