Don’t Let Governments Break Encryption
WASHINGTON, DC/BARCELONA – Imagine that some strange man wants a picture of your child. If it were the year 1750, he might commission an artist, who would then knock on…
Right To Privacy
Will Your Encrypted Messages Remain Private in Europe?
BRUSSELS – In recent years, civil-society organizations and industry players have joined forces to protect encrypted messaging from government intrusion. In an age of surveillance, notes the former Council of…
Facebook, Cambridge Analytica And Surveillance Capitalism
Whether it creeps into politics, marketing, or simple profiling, the nature of surveillance as totality has been affirmed by certain events this decade. The Edward Snowden disclosures of 2013 demonstrated…
The Great Face-saving U-Turn On Privacy
On 22 July 2015, the Attorney General (AG) Shri Mukul Rohatgi representing the Union of India (Centre, hereinafter) argued before a 3-Judge Bench (Justices J.Chelameshwar, S.A.Bobde & C.Nagappan) considering…
Right To Privacy Judgement: A Tight Slap To The Government
A full nine judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court have a landmark judgement that makes Privacy a Fundamental Right in India. Honestly, I feel overwhelmed by this judgement.…
Right To Privacy: Judgement Highlights And Full Judgement
In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court today said that privacy is a constitutional right. Nine judges were unanimous in their finding. The verdict on the right to privacy today…
Supreme Court Decides That Right To Privacy Is An Intrinsic Part Of Right To Life And Personal Liberty
Supreme Court of India has once again come to rescue the citizens of India by declaring that right to privacy is a fundamental right. This is a big jolt to…
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