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Jasvir Singh Gyani

THE LAST DIGITAL FOOTPRINT: RETHINKING THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND CONTROL OVER PERSONAL DATA IN THE DIGITAL AFTERLIFE AND RIGHTS IN THESE DIGITAL TIMES.

Death may end biological life, but it does not necessarily end informational existence. This study examines post-mortem privacy and control over personal data in the digital afterlife, analysing existing legal frameworks and their limitations. It argues for a coherent system that balances the autonomy and dignity of the deceased with the rights of living persons, legitimate preservation interests, and platform accountability.

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RENUKA DEVI A

THE LAST DIGITAL FOOTPRINT: RETHINKING THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND CONTROL OVER PERSONAL DATA IN THE DIGITAL AFTERLIFE AND RIGHTS IN THESE DIGITAL TIMES

Digital remains—social media, cloud storage, and emails—persist after death, but India lacks clear rules on control. This paper examines tensions between the deceased’s privacy, family wishes, and corporate policies, proposing a mixed framework treating digital assets as inheritable estate while preserving dignity through wills and digital executors.

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Twinkle Bunkar

Trade Openness and Economic Growth: Why Outcomes Differ Across Countries

Trade agreements are not automatic engines of growth. Their effectiveness depends on domestic complementary conditions—strong institutions, infrastructure, productive capacity, and inclusive policies. Without these, trade openness often produces limited and uneven benefits across countries, sectors, and income groups.

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Vidhi Sharma

Micro and Macro Plastic Contamination analysis and detection in water bodies

Micro- and macroplastic contamination is a growing aquatic environmental challenge. This review examines plastic sources, transport pathways, ecological impacts, plastisphere formation, and detection methods, highlighting methodological differences and the need for standardized monitoring and stronger pollution-control measures.

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Abinash Mohanty

The last digital footprint: Rethinking the right to privacy and control over personal data in the digital afterlife and rights in these digital times.

Digital identities persist beyond death, yet GDPR and India’s DPDPA protect only the living. This paper argues that effective post-mortem privacy governance demands an interdisciplinary framework uniting privacy law, succession law, and constitutional principles to safeguard human dignity.

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Roshini Nair

The Last Digital Footprint: Rethinking the Right to Privacy and Control over Personal Data in the Digital Afterlife

When a person dies, their physical belongings are settled — but their digital footprint lives on. This study examines post-mortem privacy, comparing how India, the European Union, and the United States handle the protection, ownership, and management of a deceased person’s personal data. It finds that current legal frameworks offer only limited safeguards and calls for a more balanced approach that honors the dignity, privacy, and wishes of the deceased alongside evolving technology.

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Akshita Raghunathan

POST-MORTEM RIGHTS IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL RESURRECTION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

In the AI-driven world, afterlife resurrection and grief tech have created a vacuum for governance on matters of digital assets, regulation, and inheritance. While India has taken an important step forward with the DPDP Act, 2023, it still lags behind in comparison with other jurisdictions like the United States (RUFADAA), the European Union (GDPR), and China (Chinese Civil Code). But even then, globally there is a governance void when it comes to post-mortem rights with regard to digital resurrection.

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Sharvari Joshi

Digital Remains, Postmortem Privacy and the Commercial Exploitation of a Deceased Person’s Likeness: A Comparative Analysis of Emerging Legal Frameworks in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

This study examine the emerging legal concerns surrounding Digital Remains, postmortem privacy and AI-enabled commercial exploitation of deceased persons’ identities. It analyses gaps in Indian law, considers competitive international approaches and proposes legal safeguards to protect dignity, privacy, consent and personality rights after death.

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