Is the evolution of technology destroying our privacy? ... Many of the critics and consumer advocated believe that the black box is an invasion of our privacy. ... The article "Drones: From bombing terrorists to destroying your rights to privacy" by Tammy Bruce focuses on yet another product of technology that keeps violating our privacy. ... The act of invading our privacy through drones are encouraged because there is isn't any law that prohibits drones hobbyist entering into people's private house and space. ... In both cases, people private life is getting stolen and t...

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This new law will only point us in a direction of a communist country. ... The slightest possibility of discrimination and loss of privacy should have told the lawmakers in this country that this was wrong. Discrimination is the worst thing to come out of this law. ... This new law takes that right away just on stupid suspicions. ... Another basis for this law to be recalled is lack of privacy. ...

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Although privacy is considered a right under the law of the United States, it is a different case when it comes to raising children. In this case, privacy is a privilege that should be earned when children behave correctly. ... Some might argue that if parents invade teens' privacy when they are young that will make them think it's alright for the government to invade their privacy later when they are older which isn't true. ...

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Connecticut (1965), the Court ruled that the Connecticut law stating that no contraceptive may be used against them. ... Several of those cases have had the decision based on the "right to privacy." ... Wade, had a decision that was based at least partially on the "right to privacy." Whether it is written or implied by the courts, one thing is for sure, due to the ninth and fourteenth amendments, there is no way, that a state or national law will ever take away our so called "Right to Privacy." A Right To Privacy: Sure, why not!...

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Naturally, employee monitoring has brought about a debate regarding privacy issues in the workplace. ... Although e-mail is growing at such a rapid pace in the workplace, the laws addressing employee privacy rights are not moving at the same pace. ... Since there are no clear consistent laws addressing employee privacy rights, employers are left to their own company policies. ... This action by the employer will guard it against the uncertainties of the future state of the law, while also putting the employee on notice that the e-mail communications are to be used for valid business purpos...

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Ferdico, a former Assistant Attorney General in the State of Maine stated, "The FBI acknowledged it improperly accessed Americans' [sic] telephone records, credit reports, and Internet traffic in 2006, the fourth straight year of privacy abuses . . . . " Safety and privacy pose controversial opinions when law manipulates either, but the Patriot Act definitely crosses the privacy line. ... No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without d...

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Patriot Act: For Protection or an Invasion of Privacy? The Patriot Act is a 342 page law that was written and passed, by a 98-1 vote in the U.S. Senate, and then signed into law within seven weeks of September 11th. ... On October 26, 2001, President Bush signed the USA Patriot Act (USAPA) into law. ... That may be one of the most vital aspects in the law. ...

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Recently the Bush administration has proposed a plan to rewrite surveillance laws depriving provisions so that reasonable persons can be presumed to know when they are breaking the law. ... Congress seems to be forgetting that numerous laws like Due Process and the Fourth Amendment protect civilians. ... That is why so many find it necessary to protect the people's rights and not allow the government to deprive them of what truly makes America free; our privacy. ... The smart cards, wire tapping, any device relaying information if implemented, would be the end of privacy. ... These su...

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In addition, the right to privacy is an important issue. ... However, the federal Constitution does not contain an explicit guarantee of privacy. ... It is also what prevents governments and their agents from invading citizens' privacy. ... Basically, Lawrence and Garner believe the anti-sodomy law is a discriminatory standard since, according to the law, certain kinds of sex acts were immoral for homosexuals but not for heterosexuals. ... Thus, since anti-sodomy laws like Texas" single out homosexuals, they are denied equal treatment under the law. ...

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During a checkpoint, law enforcement officers are stopping every driver at checkpoint. ... Retrieved from http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/checkpoint_laws.html. 3. Law enforcement officers are allowed to use drug dogs without reasonable suspicion at check points and road blocks. ... However, the law enforcement officers are not allowed to detain you indefinitely until the dogs arrive. ... United States Supreme Court has recognized that the dignity and privacy interests of the person being searched at the border will on occasion demand some level of suspicion in the case of highly int...

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Recently, while looking through some Newsday archives , I was horrified to have found an article stating that Congress and President Bush just passed a partial abortion ban law. The law bans abortion after the second trimester during the pregnancy and also bans partial-abortion. ... Although some oppose abortion for being used as a form of birth control, abortion should remain legal because it is a woman's choice and protects the privacy of an individual. ...

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The court held that a woman's right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy protected by the Fourteenth Amendment... The right to privacy was not meant to be the main idea of the case, but was brought up with the abortion concept. ... This case had much impact on governmental law. This case demonstrated to show that every person has the right to privacy. ... It just said people have the right to privacy and if some woman wants an abortion see can have one. ...

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With new issues including one's right to protect their DNA, America is only getting closer to martial law. ... Secondly, the new PATRIOT Act took away a company's right to privacy. ... This is the enacting law to allow ECHELON and the Total Information Awareness Network to break down any and all walls of privacy. ... Next, the privacy of every American citizen has been taken away. ... Privacy will never be the same. ...

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Their right, privacy, and freedom should not be violated for any reasons. ... They have in mind that they are promoting justice and freedom by instituting sharia (Muslim law). ... " However, they have surpassed far away their limits and created their own interpretation of the sharia law. ... Since the terrorist attack of the 11th of September in the US, the Muslim community's privacy has been violated. ... I consider this as a violation of their rights, specially their privacy and freedom. ...

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Right To Privacy In today's society cameras appear in all kinds of places such as ATM's, department stores, and streetlights. ... Total face recognition is the next step in the privacy issue. ... Our open records and freedom of information laws will also need to me amended to take into account governmentally organized CCTV campaigns. ... The majority of the public may never be willing to give up privacy, but increasing threat of terrorism within the U.S. has caused a need for protection. ... Yet, who will ultimately decide how much privacy can be sacrificed for protectio...

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No one ever had privacy from the party in Oceania. ... In the United States we are free to complete privacy within our homes and limited privacy in public places. ... Like Oceania there is still law enforcement monitoring citizens, but it's in a completely different level. ...

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Before the court's ruling, the majority of states prohibited the act of abortion, founded on the grounds of the pre-existing English common law, with the exception "with respect to an abortion procured or attempted by medical advice for the purpose of saving the life of the mother" (403). ... Blackmun incorporates substantial common patterns of criteria (i.e. logic, sensible reasoning, scientific reasoning), and nullifies any notion of personal belief and conviction to advocate women's abortion within the matters of legal precedent, medical considerations, the right to privacy, and ...

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To fully understand the topic of sports drug testing you must first look at the overall picture of just drug testing and how the United States and its laws view it. ... Second, test results are not made available to law enforcement officials, and, hence, cannot be grounds for criminal prosecution. ... In particular, the Constitution's protection of privacy is sufficient to throw the use of mandatory testing in doubt. The courts held that specific guarantees in the Bill of Rights protect privacy. For example the first amendment states that privacy is protected from governmental intrusion. ...

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According to the NSA, the President was breaking the nation's laws, and even though he knew these laws existed, he peacefully accepted his actions during the past four years after the publication. ... " Three issues are emerging from this unconstitutional abuse of power: an abuse in American's privacy, an inequality on how check and balances are distributed, how the rule of law is broken meaning that the Constitution is not being followed either, and how the abuse of power by a President can ruin years of progress in a country's democracy. ... Bush abused his citizen'...

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The courts opinion on the case was written by Justice Harry Blackmun, and stated the belief that the Texas abortion law was unconstitutional because it violated the fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which is the right to privacy. ... New York State is a State that has the fewest restrictions on abortion laws. ... There are also laws against administering self-abortions. ... Wade laws which put an out right ban on abortion. ... I believe strongly in the interpretation that abortion falls under the right of privacy. ...

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However, the PATRIOT Act, granted law enforcement and the government the ability to survey suspects and make sure we stay safe. ... If Law Enforcement had not been able to locate the victim, she would probably not be alive today, and there would be another criminal on the loose. ... People are very concerned with this one because they feel like their privacy is being violated. ... The next example is probably one of the most controversial topics in the privacy debate, internet use. ... The PATRIOT Act has allowed law enforcement to receive warrants that allow them to question anyone. ...

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Privacy is the main issue in question, many employees feel as though their rights have been violated with such intrusion in their everyday lives. ... Privacy is an issue that affects not only employees but also prospective employees. ... This could be considered an invasion of privacy but according to reports, no legal protection is available to job seekers denied employment because they refused to submit a credit report (Glasner, 2003). ... While worker privacy is clearly one of' the major issues in electronic monitoring, it does not seem a broad enough concept to fully encompass th...

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Ah yes, the friendly and "sociable" way of selling items to you over the phone that you will never need or use while wasting your time and completely invading your privacy. ... If they break this law, you have a cause of action to sue them for $500+ (USA) per call. Are telemarketers breaking the law? ... Does the law care? ... It is an invasion of privacy, morals and ethics, and a total waste of time. ...

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The first amendment was established to prohibit the government making any law respecting an establishment of religion. ... In conclusion, the freedom of speech is one of the most important laws in the amendment because without the first amendment, the US citizen could not be able to voice their opinion freely. ... The fourth amendment is representing of the government, in other word, respecting citizen privacy and properties. ... This is a serious matter because everyone who work for the law is under an oath or affirmation, this mean the office have to swear before the court that everything ...

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Many people might think that before the enactment of USPA the law-enforcement authority did not have appropriate tool, if any to combat terror. ... But it did give authorities a narrowly defined process for electronic surveillance to be used as last resort in serious criminal case, but the law enforcement authorities must show a "probable cause" before being granted the warrant. ... (www.fas.org), which congress felt was a hindrance to law enforcement. Below Title III, the next tier of privacy protection covers some of those matters, which the Supreme Court has described as beyond the re...

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