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The privacy right seeks to protect a person's private as well as his family affairs and confidentiality. In the case of Application Software [Apps], privacy rights shield the secrecy of communication and other emerging rights taking within its ambit the use of personal information and data in the process. The data protection rights jealously guard the rights of individuals in the matter of personal data processing. Normally emerging data protection rights do not apply if the subject matter dealt with is not personal. It clearly, deals with an area narrower than privacy rights. It is confined only to individual rights. We find a dearth of effective deliberations in International law about Application Software. No effective steps are taken to improve international privacy rights in this ever-widening area. The right to privacy visualised in Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as Article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights do not address such emerging issues adequately. Regrettably, the norms of International Laws in this respect appear to have failed to address the development in the area, particularly in respect of Application Software. Existing laws in different countries encompass only regional privacy issues giving scant attention to emerging international issues, especially in the case of enforcement of rights. The International Application Software developers, breach privacy laws with impunity. No control mechanism has evolved to mitigate the situation. This study highlights some salient features of privacy rights and seeks remedial measures.