DATA PROTECTION in legal research must comply with:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A.
1. DATA PROTECTION in legal research has multiple legal and ethical dimensions:
2. (i) INDIAN LAW: Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 (effective 2024) — consent, purpose limitation, data minimization, accuracy, storage limitation;
3. (ii) EUROPEAN LAW: GDPR 2018 — applies extra-territorially if researching EU data subjects;
4. (iii) INSTITUTIONAL: Ethical Review Board (IRB) requirements;
5. (iv) PRINCIPLES:
6. (a) INFORMED CONSENT;
7. (b) ANONYMISATION;
8. (c) DATA MINIMIZATION;
9. (d) SECURE STORAGE (encryption, access controls);
10. (e) RETENTION AND DESTRUCTION policies;
11. (f) BREACH NOTIFICATION procedures;
12. (v) SPECIAL CATEGORIES: health data, children data, marginalised communities need extra protections.
13. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Legal Research Methodology + Jurisprudence — Data Protection law for research; Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023; GDPR_
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