right to privacy

(noun)

the right of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves and thereby reveal themselves selectively

Related Terms

Examples of right to privacy in the following topics:

  • The Right to Privacy

    • Wade, which invoked the right to privacy to protect a woman's right to an abortion.
    • The article is widely regarded as the first publication in the United States to advocate a right to privacy, articulating that right primarily as a right to be left alone.
    • The First Amendment protects the right to free assembly, broadening privacy rights.
    • Wade, which invoked the right to privacy in order to protect a woman's right to an abortion.
    • Examine the historical roots of the right to privacy as a legal concept

  • Individualism

    • Individualism is a philosophy that stresses the value and rights of the individual vis-a-vis society and government.
    • Individualism, sometimes closely associated with certain variants of anarchism or liberalism, typically takes it for granted that individuals know best and that public authority or society has no right to interfere in a person's decision-making process, unless a very compelling need to do so arises (and maybe not even in those circumstances).
    • This type of argument can occur in policy debates regarding regulation of industries, as well as in relation to personal choice of lifestyle.
    • Civil liberties are rights and freedoms that provide an individual specific rights such as the freedom from slavery and forced labor, freedom from torture and death, the right to liberty and security, right to a fair trial, the right to defend one's self, the right to own and bear arms, the right to privacy, freedom of conscience, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and association, and the right to marry and have a family.
    • Civil libertarianism is not a complete ideology; rather, it is a collection of views on the specific issues of civil liberties and civil rights.

  • The Rights of the Accused

    • The rights of the accused include the right to a fair trial; due process; and the right to privacy.
    • The rights of the accused, include the right to a fair trial; due process; the right to seek redress or a legal remedy; and rights of participation in civil society and politics such as freedom of association, the right to assemble, the right to petition, the right of self-defense, and the right to vote.
    • First-generation rights include, among other things, freedom of speech, the right to a fair trial, freedom of religion and voting rights.
    • The theory of three generations of human rights considers this group of rights to be "first-generation rights", and the theory of negative and positive rights considers them to be generally negative rights.
    • Civil rights are considered to be natural rights.

  • Privacy Rights and Abortion

    • Abortion rights are can be determined by state courts and the Supreme Court and still continues to be a highly debated right for women.
    • Roe established that the right of personal privacy includes the abortion decision, but that this right is not unqualified, and must be considered against important state interests in regulation.
    • Instead adopting the standard of undue burden for evaluating state abortion restrictions, but reemphasized the right to abortion as grounded in the general sense of liberty and privacy protected under the constitution: "Constitutional protection of the woman's decision to terminate her pregnancy derives from the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
    • The law banned intact dilation and extraction, which opponents of abortion rights referred to as "partial-birth abortion," and stipulated that anyone breaking the law would get a prison sentence up to 2.5 years.
    • Identify the legal court cases that established abortion as a right to privacy and discuss the recent cases and policies that have challenged individuals' legal right to abortion

  • Roving Wiretaps

    • The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) brought many legal cases challenging the constitutionality of the bill, asserting that it violates Americans' right to free speech and privacy.
    • It is allowed under amendments made to Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (the Wiretap Statute) in 1988 by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and was later expanded by section 604 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999.
    • The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) brought many legal cases challenging the constitutionality of the bill, asserting that it violates Americans' right to free speech and privacy.
    • More unfettered power for an administration that has no respect for the privacy of the citizenry that elected it?
    • Retroactive immunity set the terrible precedent that breaking the law is permissible and companies need not worry about the privacy of their customers, Feingold said.

  • Privacy Rights and the Right to Die

    • There is a wide range of public opinion about the right-to-die movement in the United States, yet It is only legal in a few states.
    • Euthanasia requires the physician or another third party to administer the medication, whereas PAD requires the patient to self-administer the medication and to determine whether and when to do this.
    • Attempts to legalize PAD resulted in ballot initiatives and "legislation bills" in the United States in the last 20 years, as follows.
    • There is a wide range of public opinion about euthanasia and the right-to-die movement in the United States, which reflects their religious and cultural diversity.
    • Two doctors must confirm a diagnosis of terminal illness with no more than six months to live.

  • Privacy Rights and Sexuality

    • Rights to sexuality allow people in the United States to express sexual orientation without discrimination.
    • The right to sexuality incorporates the right to express one's sexuality, and to be free from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.
    • It specifically refers to the protection of the rights of people of diverse sexual orientations, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people (although it is equally applicable to heterosexuality).
    • The right to sexuality, and to freedom from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, is based on the universality of human rights belonging to every person by virtue of being human.
    • The right to sexuality does not exist explicitly in international human rights law; rather, it is found in a number of international human rights instruments including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

  • Privacy Rights and National Security

    • National security practices impact privacy rights for the well-being and domestic security of the United States.
    • In the United States, the controversial USA Patriot Act has raised two main questions - to what extent should individual rights and freedoms be restricted and can the restriction of civil rights for the sake of national security be justified?
    • The measures adopted to maintain national security in the face of threats to society has led to ongoing dialectic, particularly in liberal democracies, on the appropriate scale and role of authority in matters of civil and human rights.
    • Although national security measures are imposed to protect society as a whole, many such measures will restrict the rights and freedoms of all individuals in society.
    • In the United States, the politically controversial USA Patriot Act and other government action has raised two main questions - to what extent should individual rights and freedoms be restricted and can the restriction of civil rights for the sake of national security be justified?

  • The Fourth Amendment and Search and Seizure

    • Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights guarding against unreasonable searches and seizures.
    • The Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights ([fig:9477]]) guarding against unreasonable searches and seizures, as well as requiring any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause.
    • When an individual does not possess a "reasonable expectation of privacy" that society is willing to acknowledge in a particular piece of property, any interference by the government with regard to that property is not considered a search subject to the Fourth Amendment, and a warrant is never required.
    • While that does not mean that the person has no reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents of that envelope, courts have held that one does not possess a reasonable expectation of privacy that society is willing to acknowledge in the contents of garbage left outside the curtilage of a home.
    • 175th anniversary of the Bill of Rights commemorated on 1966 US postage stamp Plate block of four.

  • The First and Fourth Amendments and Issues of Terrorism and Security

    • Issues on privacy created new grounds for citizens to battle the constitutionality of security policies enacted after September 11th.
    • The Bill of Rights originally only restricted the federal government in the matter.
    • The Fourth Amendment applies to governmental searches and seizures.
    • The Bill of Rights originally only restricted the federal government in these matters.
    • Privacy is clearly not a reasonable expectation in the many countries where governments openly intercept electronic communications, and is of dubious reasonability in countries against which the United States is waging war.