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Informational privacy

The dimension of the right to privacy, articulated in Justice Chandrachud's Puttaswamy 2017 opinion, that grants individuals the right to control information about themselves and to prevent the State from using collected data for purposes beyond the original collection rationale.

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Consent imbalanceDPDP Act s.17(2) exemptionsProportionality test (Puttaswamy)Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (UK)Puttaswamy 2017R (Bridges) v. Chief Constable of South Wales Police (2020)S and Marper v. UK (2008)Section 57 (Aadhaar Act, struck down)UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India)

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