{"id":4171,"date":"2026-09-30T04:33:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T04:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingmakersiasacademy.com\/current-affairs\/?p=4171"},"modified":"2026-10-01T04:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T04:36:43","slug":"digital-surveillance-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingmakersiasacademy.com\/current-affairs\/digital-surveillance-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Surveillance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SYLLABUS: Governance<\/b><\/p>\n

General Studies \u2013 : II <\/b>Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n

IN NEWS:<\/b> Surveillance is not the only privacy issue<\/span><\/p>\n

QUESTION: <\/b>The proliferation of facial recognition, biometric databases and AI-enabled surveillance has created new challenges for the constitutional right to privacy. Discuss<\/span><\/p>\n

ANSWER: <\/b>The deployment of Automated Facial Recognition Systems (AFRS), centralized biometric databases, and AI-enabled predictive policing has transformed law enforcement and welfare governance. However, this unchecked expansion poses severe constitutional challenges to the <\/span>Right to Privacy<\/b>, recognized as an intrinsic facet of the Right to Life under <\/span>Article 21<\/b> in <\/span>K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India (2017)<\/i><\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

I. Key Constitutional Challenges to Privacy<\/b><\/h4>\n
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  1. Threat to Informational Privacy & Personal Autonomy<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n