• Dr Smita Sarmah

Right to privacy is one of the most prominent human rights of an individual which is violated very frequently due to misuse or ignorance. This right to privacy has, in the modern days, become an integral issue in the cyber space. In the recent times, most of the people have been increasingly making use of the cyber space to seclude themselves from their physical-social circle. There is a general belief that these people want to secure their privacy without interfering into another’s lives. But, in reality, it has turned to be a more serious threat of infringement of privacy of an individual in the cyber space. Therefore, it has become necessary to make people aware of the unforeseen dangers they might encounter in the physical as well as digital world which might violate their privacy. In the digital world, it has become easier to infringe privacy of a person. Hence, awareness is necessary to be acquainted with the remedies available against such violation in both the physical and the virtual world. This paper, therefore, wants to highlight the concept of digital privacy in the cyberspace and the different problems connected with the violation of that right.

Privacy, Cyberspace, Digital privacy, Infringement, Awareness, digitization.

"Right to Digital Privacy and Cyber Security in India – A Legal Assessment with reference to the District of Kamrup Metropolitan, Assam", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 9, page no.b298-b305, September-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2409135.pdf

"Right to Digital Privacy and Cyber Security in India – A Legal Assessment with reference to the District of Kamrup Metropolitan, Assam", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 9, page no. ppb298-b305, September-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2409135.pdf