FACIAL RECOGNITION: A DANGER TO ‘RIGHT TO PRIVACY’ IN INDIA
The people of India have successfully fought a long legal battle for the recognition of ‘right to Privacy’ as a fundamental right. The primordial objective of the ‘Right to Privacy’ is to establish a fearless and free society. Though this right has been given valuable recognition by the Apex Court in the landmark ruling of Retd. Justice. K. Puttswamy v. Union of India (2017) under the notion of ‘Right to life & personal liberty’ enshrined under Article-21 of the Indian Constitution; however this battle has yet to meet its final milestone due constant expansion of ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT), and ‘Information, Communication & Technology’ (ICT). The present generation enjoys the era of life-changing technology such as facial recognition and artificial intelligence irrespective of knowing its imminent danger. Recently, a new biometric technology of ‘facial recognition’ has been introduced by the various social networking platforms and Smartphone manufacturing corporations. F