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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000 AND RIGHT TO PRIVACY (LLB Semester Exam Style – Easy Language – Full Detailed Analysis) 1. Introduction The Right to Privacy in India is now a fundamental right under Article 21. In the modern world, most privacy violations happen online , so the Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act) plays a very important role. The IT Act does not directly say “Right to Privacy”, but it protects privacy through different provisions related to data, communication, obscene content, surveillance and misuse of personal information. Thus, the IT Act is India’s first proper digital privacy protection law . 2. Constitutional Background of Privacy The Supreme Court has repeatedly protected privacy. The most important case is: K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India (2017) A 9-Judge Bench held that Right to Privacy is a fundamental right under Article 21. This includes: bodily privacy informational privacy privacy in communication choice and autonomy ...