Do Social Media Networks Guarantee Privacy Rights? (Paper)

  • Bhakti Parekh, SLS Hyderabad
  • December 24, 2020

Content :

Privacy, a concept eluding a universally accepted definition, is something which is important to everybody is some way or the other. Privacy is one of those concepts which is understood and perceived in different ways depending on various factors which include the scenario, socio-cultural context, historical context as well as personal preferences. Now whether such a right is guaranteed or not is of considerable debate. Through this paper, an attempt has been made to understand and analyse the concept of privacy. The analysis has also been conducted about the concept of privacy in the context of today’s digital age. The aim of the paper is to analyse existing literature and to understand the research gap that exists on the concept of privacy. An attempt has been made to answer the question of whether social media networks guarantee the right of privacy or not.