The Supreme Court of India is setting up a nine judge bench to consider whether the right to privacy is a fundamental right under the Indian Constitution. This move is a result of multiple legal challenges to Aadhaar, the Indian national biometric identity database, which the Government of India is currently operating without any meaningful privacy protections.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re pleased to see the Indian Supreme Court take this important step forward in considering the privacy implications of Aadhaar. At a time when the Government of India is increasingly making Aadhaar mandatory for everything from getting food rations, to accessing healthcare, to logging into a wifi hotspot, a strong framework protecting privacy is critical. Indians have been waiting for years for a Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court to take up these Aadhaar cases, and we hope the Right to Privacy will not be in question for much longer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"