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VOL. 7, ISSUE 6 (2021)
Privacy is a cultural issue in India: Can it be handled only by enacting a data protection law
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Prashant Mali
Abstract
The scope of privacy within a regulatory framework is a tension between privacy's determination as a societal value and its scope under a regulatory regime. A lot of the work on privacy is focused on people's psychological and socio-psychological perspectives. So far, cultural variables influencing privacy have received little attention. As this paper will demonstrate in the context of the culture of privacy in a varied society like India, which has traditionally and culturally been implicitly at odds with privacy, cultural effect on privacy is an important factor to consider. This paper examines privacy as a construct through the viewpoint of a cultural phenomenon and the several forms it might take. It discusses the evolution of privacy in the Indian cultural context and aims to address one key question: Is India's culture a barrier to privacy, and can enacting a Data Protection law fix the problem?
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Pages:101-105
How to cite this article:
Prashant Mali "Privacy is a cultural issue in India: Can it be handled only by enacting a data protection law ". International Journal of Law, Vol 7, Issue 6, 2021, Pages 101-105
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