Right To Privacy In The Digital Age
- IJLLR Journal
- Dec 28, 2025
- 1 min read
Mudita Sharma, Gautam Buddha University
ABSTRACT
The Right to Privacy has been developing as an inseparable part of human dignity and autonomy, which has acquired a new meaning in the age of the digital realm. As the number of data-driven technologies increases exponentially, privacy is a precarious and disputed right and every day individuals create, transfer, and store personal information on the internet. Pervasive surveillance, data mining and algorithmic profiling are some of the defining features of digital era, and have eliminated the distinction between the personal and the political life. The use of advanced systems to gather individual data in the pretext of security and convenience is growing by governments and corporations at the cost of informational self-determination of citizens. The landmark lawyer John Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.). v. Privacy was identified as a fundamental right by the union of India under art. 21 in the Indian constitution reinforcing its constitutionality in the wake of technological difficulties. Nonetheless, this is not true because the lack of holistic data protection laws and the emergence of digital authoritarianism still pose threats to the privacy rights of people around the world. The appropriate balance between innovation, national security and individual freedoms is the only way of providing proper protection of privacy. Privacy identification and implementation in the virtual environment are not just a legal requirement but a moral obligation that is necessary in protecting the democracy and human rights in the era of information.
Keywords: Privacy Rights, Data Protection, Digital Surveillance, Fundamental Rights, Information Technology Law.
