喀拉拉高等法院以侵犯隐私为由,阻止CM办公室使用个人数据传递政治信息。 Kerala High Court stops CM's office from using personal data for political WhatsApp messages, citing privacy violations.

喀拉拉高等法院于2026年2月24日停止了首席部长办公室的“WhatsApp”运动,该运动向近500 000名政府雇员、司法官员和计划受益人发送个人信息,指出可能侵犯第21条和2023年《数字个人数据保护法》规定的隐私权。 The Kerala High Court on February 24, 2026, halted a WhatsApp campaign by the Chief Minister’s Office that sent personalized messages to nearly 500,000 government employees, judicial officers, and scheme beneficiaries, citing potential violations of privacy under Article 21 and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. 法院询问CMO如何在没有法律授权的情况下通过喀拉拉邦信息技术团从STPARK门户网站——一个工资和行政职能系统——获取个人数据。 The court questioned how the CMO accessed personal data from the SPARK portal—a system for payroll and administrative functions—via the Kerala State IT Mission without legal authority. 这项运动在2026年议会选举之前推动政府取得成就,使人们对未经授权将公共数据用于政治目的表示关切。 The campaign, promoting government achievements ahead of the 2026 assembly elections, raised concerns over unauthorized use of public data for political purposes. 法院要求作出解释,并命令政府停止进一步传播,直至核实数据使用的合法性。 The court demanded an explanation and ordered the government to cease further dissemination until the legality of the data use is verified.