Right of Privacy
The right to privacy is not mentioned explicitly anywhere in the Constitution. However, a right to privacy is thought to be inherent in the Fourth Amendment's limits on search and seizure and the Fifth Amendment's protection against self-incrimination.
English author George Orwell's 1949 novel 1984 envisions a society dominated by a totalitarian government, known as "Big Brother," that monitors peoples' every move through television-like screens in homes, offices, and businesses.
More than fifty-five years later, however, some privacy rights advocates argue that the world depicted in 1984 has come…>> (read more)
Right of Privacy Points of View
5 Companies Use Computer Spyware to Steal Personal Data
6 Companies Use Personal Information to Help Customers
7 Corporate Security Depends on the Monitoring of Workers
8 Federal Law Violates Medical Privacy
9 Federal Law Protects Medical Privacy
10 Right to Privacy Is Destroyed by Video Cameras in Public Places
11 Facial Recognition Technology Represents a Threat to Privacy
12 Physical Characteristic Recognition Technology Can Be Used to Preserve Privacy Rights
13 Government May Use New Data-Mining Technology to Breach Privacy Rights
14 Government Is Designing Data-Mining Technology That Will Protect Privacy Rights
15 Patriot Act Gives the FBI Unchecked Power to Spy on Ordinary Citizens
16 Fears of Patriot Act Privacy Violations Are Overblown
17 Widespread Use of Social Security Numbers Abets Identity Theft
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Right of Privacy in the News
Byline: Bob Egelko; Chronicle Staff Writer
A federal appeals court strengthened privacy rights Wednesday for workers who send text messages from devices supplied by their employer, ruling…>> (read more)
Byline: Elizabeth Fernandez; Chronicle Staff Writer
Privacy rights advocates are celebrating the defeat of proposed legislation that would have allowed California pharmacies to share patients' drug records…>> (read more)
Byline: Ellen Lee
Canadian group accuses Facebook of invading privacy
Facebook collects sensitive information about its users and shares it without their permission, doesn't alert…>> (read more)
