Impact of Social and Cultural Changes on Right to Privacy in India with Special Reference to Autonomy in Decision Making

Abstract

Privacy has become one of the major concern and requirement especially newlinetoday wherewe are living in a digitalized world and majority of people are newlineoccupied mostly by their work schedules or other aspects. The concept of newlineprivacy might differ from one personto another. Some consider it as a right newlinewhile some others consider it to be a privilegeavailable only to the elite class. newlineIt means temporary withdrawal of the person from thesociety by physical or newlinepsychological means. Though the concept of privacy is dividedinto certain newlinecategories: newlinea) Privacy against Media newlineb) Privacy against the governmental surveillance newlinec) Informational privacy newlined) Privacy as to autonomy in decision making of right to privacy. newline This research focuses on decision making as an integral aspect of right to privacy newline The case of has been a landmark judgment in recognizing newline decisional autonomy as a notion of right to privacy. newlineDecision autonomy refers to freedom of an individual to make choices relating newlineto himor her, family, home, marriage, procreation, intimacies etc. It means right newlineof the person to choose whom to marry, how to dress, to eat, reproduction, newlineright to terminate pregnancy, faith, to decide to work and choosing the nature newlineof work, to what extent todisclose his personal information etc. The rationale newlinefor study is to draw the recognitionand protection of decisional autonomy as newlinean essential ingredient of privacy in India while also comparing the newlinerecognition and protection of the aspect in other nations i.e.U.S.A, U.K and newlineCanada newline