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- Data protection and privacy have become increasingly important in the age of digitalization and the internet. The right to privacy has been the subject of debate and jurisprudence for a long time, with new privacy concerns always arising as a result of technological innovations.
- The ruling of a nine-judge panel in Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India, which led to the declaration of the right to privacy as a basic right, was a watershed moment in 2017. Following that, the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, was tabled in the Lok Sabha in 2019, with the goal of protecting individuals’ personal data.
- According to reports, the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, is considering putting non-personal data protection in the Bill’s scope. The Committee’s report is likely to be delivered to Parliament during the Winter Session of 2021. The 2019 Bill is expected to be introduced to Parliament in the near future in a fresh draught.
- Concerns about privacy have recently resurfaced as reports claimed that the Pegasus programme was being used to spy on hundreds of people throughout the world, including many in India. While ordering an impartial investigation into the accusations, the Supreme Court of India underlined that surveillance violates an individual’s right to privacy. One of the most pressing issues raised here was where an individual’s right to privacy fits into the greater picture of national security.
- Social media is now widely regarded as one of the most serious dangers to personal privacy. Recent actions by social media behemoths have brought these challenges to light. With the changing of Facebook’s name to “Meta,” the concept of a shared virtual space called the “Metaverse” has risen to the fore, which is supposed to operate in tandem with the actual world. For such a world to function, massive volumes of data would be required, raising concerns about users’ personal data and privacy rights.
- WhatsApp’s new privacy policy was released earlier this year, raising worries about social media firms’ capacity to acquire and misuse user data under the guise of consent, even when consumers have no real choice.
- The goal of this blog series is to examine the legal and legislative environment that surrounds the right to privacy and the legality of surveillance. Submissions from legal practitioners, academics, students, and members of the legal community are all welcomed.
Sub Themes
- Privacy and data protection in a pandemic
- Benefits vs harms of processing medical and health data
- The proportionality test: treading the line between national security and the individual right to privacy
- Privacy and AI
- Data for good and the commodification of individual data
- Social Media and Privacy
- Need for reform in the laws regulating surveillance in India
- The growth of biometric data collection and surveillance
- Comparative Analysis with international standard
Submission Requirements
- All contributions must be written in Garamond with a font size of 12 and a spacing of 1.5.
- Manuscripts must provide hyperlinks to important legal sources and other information, such as any laws, treaties, or other legal writings cited.
- Only legal or trustworthy/respected news sources may be linked. Only primary sources will be linked in the sources. Authors may be compelled to make re-corrections as a result of hyper-linking to secondary sources.
- Endnotes can only be used to cite relevant legal sources that aren’t available online. The endnotes should be written in Garamond with a font size of 10 and single spacing. The Chicago Style must be used for all endnotes. Please use endnotes only if they are absolutely necessary to aid in the review process.
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- Each post has a word limit of 1500-1800 words (exclusive of endnotes). Articles that surpass the word limit may be accepted at the Board’s discretion. They will be published in two sections if they are accepted.
- Authors must include a 100-150 word abstract as well as keywords that capture the spirit of their contribution. The abstract must be provided in the same document as the article in order to be considered for publication on the blog.
- Only.doc/.docx formatted entries should be submitted.
- After the CIS Peer Review procedure, the entries that are chosen will be published on the RSRR website. After further comprehensive input with the writers and copy editing by CIS, some of the entries selected through the Peer Review process will be cross-posted on the CIS website. Authors whose posts are chosen for publishing on the CIS website will also get a 5,000 INR honorarium.
- The Board will respond to the papers it has chosen within 21 days of their submission. In the event that the Board does not respond within 21 days, the article will be considered rejected.
- The authors of each published blog will receive e-certificates from RSRR and CIS.
- Co-authorship is allowed up to a maximum of two people.
- The accuracy of the facts, opinions, or viewpoints stated in the submitted Manuscript is solely the responsibility of the author(s).
- Plagiarism is not tolerated in any form. The University Grants Commission (Promotion of Academic Integrity and Plagiarism Prevention in Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2018, are followed by RSRR.
- RGNUL Student Research Review retains the copyright to all blog posts published on the RSRR website. All blog postings published on the CIS website will remain the property of RSRR and the author. The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) Licence will apply to the same.
- The author is the only owner of all moral rights (s).
- Manuscripts that do not follow the following requirements will be rejected.
- Procedure for Submitting
- All contributions must be made through the link provided at the bottom of this page. Any submission made in a method other than the one indicated, even by mail, will be ignored.
Deadline for Submissions
- The deadline for this Series’ applications is January 15, 2022.
- There will be no fees at any level of the process, including registration, blog processing, and publication.
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