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principle of data minimization: that processing must
also be adequate, relevant, and limited to what is
necessary; and
principle of accuracy: that data must be accurate and,
where necessary, kept up to date
principle of storage limitation: that data is to be kept in a
form that permits identification of data subjects for no
longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the
personal data are processed;
principle of integrity and confidentiality: that data
processing must be secure; and
principle of accountability: data controller is to be held
responsible.
XII.
BECAUSE, therefore, it is respectfully submitted that in
the twenty years
since the judgment
in
PUCL
Wiretapping, there has been an evolution both in the
understanding of the nature of harms caused by
surveillance in the digital age, as well as a clearer
understanding of the contours of the proportionality
standard, and how this standard interacts with the specific
manner in which surveillance infringes upon privacy and
other fundamental rights. It is respectfully submitted – as
demonstrated below – that Section 69 of the IT Act and
the IT Rules do not comply with this standard.
XIII.
BECAUSE the judgment in PUCL Wiretapping (supra),
as is evident from a reading of Paragraphs 17 and 30
thereof, based its standards and guidelines upon existing
jurisprudence dealing with what constitutes “just, fair, and
reasonable” procedure established by law, which is the
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