Paper-Thin Safeguards and Mass Surveillance in India

National Law School of India Review 26 (2014): 105.

10 Pages Posted: 9 Jun 2015 Last revised: 13 Aug 2015

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Chinmayi Arun

Yale Law School; Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society

Date Written: January 3, 2015

Abstract

This paper examines the right to privacy and surveillance in India, in an effort to highlight more clearly the problems that are likely to emerge with mass surveillance of communication by the Indian Government. It does this by teasing out Indian privacy rights jurisprudence and the concerns underpinning it, by considering its utility in the context of mass surveillance and then explaining the kind of harm that might result if mass surveillance continues unchecked.

Keywords: surveillance, privacy, mass-surveillance, human rights, constitutional law, right to privacy, phone-tapping

Suggested Citation

Arun, Chinmayi, Paper-Thin Safeguards and Mass Surveillance in India (January 3, 2015). National Law School of India Review 26 (2014): 105., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2615958

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