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Global Surveillance Index - Data Privacy in India

October 18 , 2019 1855 days 1002 0
  • UK-based Comparitech has assessed the privacy and state of surveillance in 47 countries and released the Global Surveillance Index.
  • Countries are ranked based on
    • Constitutional protection
    • Privacy enforcement,
    • Biometrics
    • Data sharing etc.
  • India is among the world’s top three surveillance states, according to Compritech's global survey.
  • It is next only to Russia and China when it comes to its surveillance framework and dubbed as a country with “systemic failure to maintain privacy safeguards”.
  • Among European Union nations, Ireland, France, Portugal, and Denmark are among the top four with adequate safeguards.

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