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RIGHT TO PRIVACY: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES (PART II) Aditya Sethi, 4th Year, BA.LLB (Hons.), School of Law, Christ University Editorial Note: In continuation of the previous blog post, the author continues his observations relating to the various issues and challenges which exist in relation to the operationalisation of   the right to privacy. The earlier part is available  here. Data Protection And Interaction with Right to Privacy In light of the Puttaswamy decision, safeguarding personal information collected by the State and private agencies for governance becomes the foremost consideration. Justice Chandrachud observed that‘ informational control empowers the individual to use privacy as a shield to retain personal control over information pertaining to the person . ’ [1] Justice Nariman reflected that the ‘ idea of privacy reflects to a person’s mind ’ and ‘ any unauthorized dissemination of material that is present to him’ may cause infringement of this right. ’

RIGHT TO PRIVACY: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES (PART I) Aditya Sethi, 4th Year, BA.LLB (Hons.), School of Law, Christ University Editorial Note: In this blog post, the author seeks to outline the various facets which require consideration in relation to the broader question of application of the right to privacy in the Indian context. There is a sacred realm of privacy for every man and woman where he makes his choices and decisions – a realm of his own essential rights and liberties into which, the law, generally speaking, must not intrude.                                                                         Geoffrey Fisher Introduction The concept of privacy postulates the reservation of a private space for the individual which enables to assert and control the human element which is inseparable from the personality of the individual. The zone of privacy enables the realization of the full value of life and liberty intertwined with the entitlement of human dignity wh