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2 Army Majors, Extramarital Affair And Court's "Burden Of Fidelity" Remark
Upholding the right to privacy in an alleged extramarital affair case involving two senior Army officers, a Delhi court has rejected a request seeking CCTV footage from a hotel.
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Probe Agency Can't Peep Into Private Life Of Accused On Bail: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday held that bail conditions allowing an investigating agency to continuously track the movements of an accused violate the right to privacy guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution.
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Marriage Does Not Eclipse Right To Privacy, Says Karnataka High Court
Marriage does not do away with the procedural rights of a person to divulge his personal information, a Division Bench of the High Court has said.
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Man Recorded Wife's Phone Calls Without Permission. What Court Said
The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that recording the mobile phone conversation of a person without her knowledge amounts to the violation of the right to privacy under Article 21 and set aside a family court's order.
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Rajya Sabha Passes Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 with a voice vote following a walkout by opposition members over the Manipur issue. The Lok Sabha passed the Bill on Monday.
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Man's Claim To Right To Privacy Over Adultery Rejected In Divorce Case
It will not be in public interest for the court to come to the aid of a married man, who indulged in alleged sexual relationships outside the wedlock, on the premise of right to privacy, the Delhi High Court said on Wednesday.
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Forcing DNA Test Infringes Personal Liberty, Right To Privacy: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Friday said DNA test is not to be directed as a matter of routine but only in deserving cases as forcing an unwilling party to undergo a DNA test infringes the personal liberty and right to privacy of an individual.
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Court Declines To Stay Release Of Film On Sushant Singh Rajput's Life
The Delhi High Court today declined to stay the release of the movie ''Nyay: The Justice'', reportedly based on late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's life, in cinema halls and on OTT platforms.
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Right To Privacy Not Absolute, Says Government On WhatsApp's Lawsuit
"No fundamental right, including right to privacy, is absolute": Government on WhatsApp's lawsuit against new digital rules
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WhatsApp's New Policy Violates Right To Privacy: Plea In Delhi High Court
An advocate has moved the Delhi High Court seeking direction for an injunction against WhatsApp's new privacy policy with immediate effect, stressing that the messaging app's updated policy violates Right to Privacy.
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Terrorists, Corrupt Have No Right To Privacy: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today that terrorists and corrupt people have "no right to privacy" and such persons should not be allowed to abuse the system.
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US Agency Error Exposes 2.3 Million Disaster Survivors To Fraud: Report
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) exposed 2.3 million disaster survivors to possible identity theft and fraud by improperly sharing sensitive personal information with an outside company, according to an internal government watchdog.
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Serial Hacker Returns, Puts Up 26 Million Users' Personal Data For Sale
The hacker, who earlier stole and posted personal data of close to 843 million users of various popular websites on a Dark Web marketplace, has now put up the fourth set of nearly 26 million hacked databases for sale.
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Government Defends Snooping, Citing Grave Threat to Security
Government pointed out that the threat to the country from terrorism, radicalisation, cross border terrorism, organised crime, drug cartels could not be "understated or ignored".
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Government's 'Big Brother' Order And A Massive Political Row: 10 Points
The Delhi police, CBI, Intelligence Bureau and National Investigation Agency are among 10 central agencies that have sweeping powers to intercept and monitor data in computers and even seize devices. "It's only going to prove to over 1 billion Indians what an insecure dictator you really are," tweeted Congress president Rahul Gandhi, as the opposit...
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2 Army Majors, Extramarital Affair And Court's "Burden Of Fidelity" Remark
Upholding the right to privacy in an alleged extramarital affair case involving two senior Army officers, a Delhi court has rejected a request seeking CCTV footage from a hotel.
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Probe Agency Can't Peep Into Private Life Of Accused On Bail: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday held that bail conditions allowing an investigating agency to continuously track the movements of an accused violate the right to privacy guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution.
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Marriage Does Not Eclipse Right To Privacy, Says Karnataka High Court
Marriage does not do away with the procedural rights of a person to divulge his personal information, a Division Bench of the High Court has said.
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Man Recorded Wife's Phone Calls Without Permission. What Court Said
The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that recording the mobile phone conversation of a person without her knowledge amounts to the violation of the right to privacy under Article 21 and set aside a family court's order.
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Rajya Sabha Passes Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 with a voice vote following a walkout by opposition members over the Manipur issue. The Lok Sabha passed the Bill on Monday.
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Man's Claim To Right To Privacy Over Adultery Rejected In Divorce Case
It will not be in public interest for the court to come to the aid of a married man, who indulged in alleged sexual relationships outside the wedlock, on the premise of right to privacy, the Delhi High Court said on Wednesday.
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Forcing DNA Test Infringes Personal Liberty, Right To Privacy: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Friday said DNA test is not to be directed as a matter of routine but only in deserving cases as forcing an unwilling party to undergo a DNA test infringes the personal liberty and right to privacy of an individual.
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Court Declines To Stay Release Of Film On Sushant Singh Rajput's Life
The Delhi High Court today declined to stay the release of the movie ''Nyay: The Justice'', reportedly based on late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's life, in cinema halls and on OTT platforms.
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Right To Privacy Not Absolute, Says Government On WhatsApp's Lawsuit
"No fundamental right, including right to privacy, is absolute": Government on WhatsApp's lawsuit against new digital rules
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WhatsApp's New Policy Violates Right To Privacy: Plea In Delhi High Court
An advocate has moved the Delhi High Court seeking direction for an injunction against WhatsApp's new privacy policy with immediate effect, stressing that the messaging app's updated policy violates Right to Privacy.
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Terrorists, Corrupt Have No Right To Privacy: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today that terrorists and corrupt people have "no right to privacy" and such persons should not be allowed to abuse the system.
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US Agency Error Exposes 2.3 Million Disaster Survivors To Fraud: Report
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) exposed 2.3 million disaster survivors to possible identity theft and fraud by improperly sharing sensitive personal information with an outside company, according to an internal government watchdog.
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Serial Hacker Returns, Puts Up 26 Million Users' Personal Data For Sale
The hacker, who earlier stole and posted personal data of close to 843 million users of various popular websites on a Dark Web marketplace, has now put up the fourth set of nearly 26 million hacked databases for sale.
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Government Defends Snooping, Citing Grave Threat to Security
Government pointed out that the threat to the country from terrorism, radicalisation, cross border terrorism, organised crime, drug cartels could not be "understated or ignored".
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Government's 'Big Brother' Order And A Massive Political Row: 10 Points
The Delhi police, CBI, Intelligence Bureau and National Investigation Agency are among 10 central agencies that have sweeping powers to intercept and monitor data in computers and even seize devices. "It's only going to prove to over 1 billion Indians what an insecure dictator you really are," tweeted Congress president Rahul Gandhi, as the opposit...
