Context: Recently Bombay High Court’s order of removing Right to Information (RTI) activists (Mr Gokhale) contact details from website raises questions privacy of citizens’ address.
Arguments against Individual’s address as public data:
Individual Address as a piece of information:
Conclusion: Questions such as privacy, which involve fundamental rights, must be dealt with not just on the basis of the consequences that may follow from the disclosure of their addresses but also first principles of the law.