Equity & Privacy- A Delicate Balance

In this article, the author Isabel Roy aims to critique the concept of privacy against a feminist background. In Indian society, privacy, discretion, and personal space are notions that are supposedly borrowed from Western ideologies. The paper argues that though privacy embraces autonomy and non-interference, the nature of privacy caters to the experiences and margins created for and by a specific gender group and has a disproportionate effect on the rest of the population. It also explores the idea of gender equity to be inculcated within the concept of privacy as an appropriate solution. Continue reading Equity & Privacy- A Delicate Balance

Breaching Proportionality, Tearing Constitutionality: The Privacy Concerns of the Criminal Identification Act, 2022

The authors in this article have analyzed the privacy concerns of the recently enacted Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022 by examining the said legislation by subjecting it to the “proportionality test” further drawing a comparison with the laws of the European Union and the United Kingdom. Continue reading Breaching Proportionality, Tearing Constitutionality: The Privacy Concerns of the Criminal Identification Act, 2022

A Watchful Eye at Work: Evolving Workplaces and Emerging Employee Privacy Concerns (Part-2)

In the second part of this series, the authors examine the necessity of various surveillance measures that have been introduced in recent times and look at various domestic and international legislations to propose a robust and right-based framework to safeguard employees’ privacy.
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A Watchful Eye at Work: Evolving Workplaces and Emerging Employee Privacy Concerns (Part-1)

In the first part of this series, the authors analyse the transformation that workplaces and employee monitoring practices have undergone in light of increasing digitisation, remote work and the COVID-19 pandemic. They highlight how monitoring employees’ performance at work borders on surveillance and intrudes upon employees’ privacy in disproportionate and unjustified ways. Continue reading A Watchful Eye at Work: Evolving Workplaces and Emerging Employee Privacy Concerns (Part-1)