Can the police check your phone and WhatsApp? Know your rights

Описание: Should you hand over your mobile phone to the police if you’re stopped on the road? Can the cops look at your WhatsApp chats? TNM’s Sanyukta Dharmadhikari tells you your rights. #Hyderabad #HyderabadPolice #WhatsApp #HyderabadSearches

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In October 2021, Hyderabad police officials were seen stopping people on the road and checking people’s phones. They say what they wanted to do was ‘check their chats for words like weed and ganja,’ and that it was part of their larger clampdown on trade of drugs in the state. But this step has been criticised, and rightly so. Experts say that not only is this illegal, it is a violation of a citizen’s right to privacy. So what can you, as a citizen do, when you find that your right to privacy, guaranteed under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, is violated? We spoke to lawyer Krishnesh Bapat of the Internet Freedom Foundation, which has helped draft a legal notice to the Hyderabad police commissioner, pointing out that what they did is illegal and amounts to an abuse of power by the police.

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