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The rapid emergence of big data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) has fundamentally reshaped the way societies function, offering transformative benefits in healthcare, finance, governance, and beyond. Yet these same technologies pose grave risks to civil liberties, particularly the right to privacy and the principle of non-discrimination--cornerstones of universal human rights. Concerns about mass surveillance, algorithmic bias, and profiling have escalated, prompting calls for robust legislation and ethical frameworks. While certain jurisdictions (e.g., the European Union with its General Data Protection Regulation) have taken decisive steps to protect digital privacy, many countries lag behind, creating a patchwork of protections globally. Simultaneously, human rights treaties such as the ICCPR do not explicitly address AI-driven analytics or algorithmic decision-making, leaving interpretive gaps in enforcement. This article explores algorithmic accountability in relation to privacy rights through the lens of human rights law, analyzing both national legislative efforts (e.g., data protection acts, AI oversight bodies) and emerging global standards (soft-law guidelines, regional court jurisprudence). Employing a mixed-methods approach--encompassing doctrinal legal analysis, ethical theory, and comparative case studies--it highlights the tension between national sovereignty and transnational obligations, especially in fields like predictive policing, social welfare algorithms, and corporate data monetization. The discussion culminates in policy recommendations for bridging the gap between technological innovation and rights-based safeguards, advocating stronger international treaties or AI-specific protocols, enhanced judicial activism, and multi-stakeholder collaboration to ensure algorithmic systems remain transparent, fair, and accountable. Ultimately, embedding privacy and due process into algorithmic governance is essential for upholding human dignity in the digital age, preserving the moral and legal commitments at the heart of contemporary human rights law.