Privacy of citizens being compromised, says Kerala HC; directs Centre to make Data Protection Board functional in eight weeks
The Kerala High Court has ordered the Union government to make the Data Protection Board functional within eight weeks. The court emphasized the need to protect citizen privacy, particularly regarding data collection practices at airports.
Why it matters
This ruling reinforces the implementation of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act and sets a precedent for government accountability in data privacy.
The Kerala High Court has directed the Union government to make the Data Protection Board, constituted under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, functional within eight weeks.
The Division Bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice V.M. Syam Kumar issued the directive while disposing of a public interest litigation which sought to ensure that collection, storage, processing and transmission of sensitive personal data of passengers at airports across India is conducted in strict compliance with the provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025.
The court observed that the petitioner’s concerns could not be ignored as it was found that the privacy of citizens was being compromised.
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