[IRPCoalition] Fwd: India-Right to Privacy

[anita]

Here is our piece that takes quick stock of the judgement from a tech
perspective


Acknowledging theprogressive stances of the judgement, we take a closer
look atthe future issues for governance and law.


http://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/concretising-the-right-to-privacy-in-digital-times-a-technological-reading-of-the-sc-judgement-3971767.html

anita


On Thursday 24 August 2017 04:18 PM, Marianne Franklin wrote:
> Dear all
> This time with initial mail, and the judgement attached.
>
> A decision that resonates with Article 8 of the IRPC Charter (inter
> alia)
> http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IRPC_english_4thedition-1.pdf
>
>
>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net [mailto:bestbits-
>>> request at lists.bestbits.net] On Behalf Of Mishi Choudhary
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 11:03 PM
>>> To: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net; Forum at Justnetcoalition. Org
>>> Subject: [bestbits] India-Right to Privacy
>>>
>>> For those who may be interested,
>>>
>>> The Indian Supreme Court holds that Right to Privacy is a Fundamental
>>> Right on  a judgment pronounced on August 24, 2017.
>>>
>>> In a historic judgment,  the 9 judge bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court
>>> has unanimously held that Right to Privacy is a fundamental right.  This
>>> judgment was pronounced in a reference made to the 9 judge bench in a
>>> batch of Writ Petitions challenging the Aadhaar scheme.
>>>
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