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Ok so, WTF just happened?
India’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that privacy is your fundamental right as an Indian citizen.
A bench of nine judges unanimously declared that Article 21 of the consitution includes a right to privacy.
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Erm. What is Article 21?
Article 21 of the Indian Constitution states: "No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to a procedure established by law."
It's the article that promises us a right to life!
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So what does this verdict mean?
It means that you have the right to not let the government or the state or anyone snoop on you or your data without your consent, simply because privacy is a very important part of your right to live freely and with personal liberty.
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Got it. Why were we fighting this case?
For more than two years, petitioners have challenged the constitutionality of Aadhaar in the Supreme Court on the ground that it violates people's privacy by forcing them to scan their fingerprints and irises and their personal details into a database that both the government and private companies can access.
The Indian government had argued against the petitioners by saying that privacy was an "elitist concept" and that Indians had "no absolute right" over their own bodies.
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