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blog:rti-act-vs-privacy-how-the-2023-amendment-redefined-personal-information-and-sparked-a-transparency-crisis [2025/03/04 03:34] – Shrawanblog:rti-act-vs-privacy-how-the-2023-amendment-redefined-personal-information-and-sparked-a-transparency-crisis [2026/04/20 18:14] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 Going forward, it will be essential to monitor how this amendment is implemented in practice and its impact on information access. Possible approaches to addressing concerns could include introducing new legislative amendments that restore some form of public interest override, developing administrative guidelines that interpret "personal information" narrowly, or judicial interpretations that balance privacy and transparency rights in accordance with constitutional principles. The tension between data protection and information access will likely remain a critical area of debate in India's evolving democratic framework. Going forward, it will be essential to monitor how this amendment is implemented in practice and its impact on information access. Possible approaches to addressing concerns could include introducing new legislative amendments that restore some form of public interest override, developing administrative guidelines that interpret "personal information" narrowly, or judicial interpretations that balance privacy and transparency rights in accordance with constitutional principles. The tension between data protection and information access will likely remain a critical area of debate in India's evolving democratic framework.
  
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