Right to privacy

Subject – Polity

Context – Parliamentary panel on data protection Bill suggests critical amendments for adoption in the winter session

Concept –

Right to privacy is protected as an intrinsic part of the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 and as a part of the freedoms guaranteed by Part III of the Constitution.
In Puttaswamy v. Union of India case, 2017, the Right to Privacy was declared a fundamental right by the Supreme Court.