Line Between Personal Privacy And The Greater Good

Since the 9/11 attacks, concerns about the fine line between safety and privacy have arisen. It all began after the Patriot Act was enacted by the government to protect the safety of our country. One of its most controversial sections is section 215 which allows access to records and other tangible items under FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act). Many Americans argue its right for the government to have access to certain personal information for the safety of the country. Others allege this goes against the fourth amendment of the constitution which states people are protected from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. However, it does not protect against all searches and seizures, but only those that are thought unreasonable under the law.

Is anyone’s private information contained in their cell phone actually private? Are appointments, bank information, conversations, the user’s location or other sensitive personal information truly confidential? Is there a Big Brother watching? There is no definitive answer to any of these questions. From the beginning of time to now, privacy has become more and more scarce. Through new developments in technology, it is hard to believe that someone is not watching your move at any given moment. The government’s job is to keep Americans safe, but where is the line drawn? Where is the difference between having a reasonable doubt and accessing information solely because these government officials have the power to do so? The government has infringed upon the rights of the American people when it comes to this topic.

Faculty should not be allowed to search through students’ cell phones. This letter was written to help faculty understand the consequences that could happen to them or the school if then try to overstep their boundaries. I would like to thank you all for reading this letter and I hope you learn to find a better solution. I propose that instead of searching a student’s phone you could call the parents and tell them about the situation, I am sure they would be happy to help you solve the

Defining National Security VS Personal Privacy is a matter of looking at the basic nature of each. From research collected there is a consensus that we need balance. Too much of one hurts the other and vise versa. There are a couple of articles that range from Civil Liberties to the birth of public right to know that support the overall claim. Talks about the effects of censorship in different situations like war and peace will help prove that a balance needs to be forged. The problem here isn’t the definition of personal vs national security, but the survival of each in light of each other. There is history in our nation

Should school officials and police officers be allowed to search through students phones? School officials and police officers should be allowed to search students phones. School officials and police officers need to be able to check students phones, so they can keep everyone safe. Some people think that school officials shouldn’t be able to search students phones, instead it should be the parents problem.

In school systems today safety is the top priority that they spend most of their time enforcing rules for this specific reason. After hearing about the Columbine school shooting I can only imagine the pain their parents felt while receiving the news. If the students had access to their cell phones could this have turned out differently? Dr. Stroka talks in a school safety video that you have to put a face on school safety and most people have forgotten what that’s about (Ken Trump). If students have access to phones it betters the chance of getting help right away in life threatening

The topic of this paper is privacy. It will talk about the ethical and legal reasons for maintain privacy. The audience for this paper is high school level teachers in a school with one-to-one devices for every student.

After school one day in early 2011, 12 year old Riley Stratton took to Facebook to vent her frustrations stating that she hated a hall monitor at her school that she felt was being mean to her. Not only was the post published after school hours and not done on or with school property, but it was also published to Riley’s private Facebook page with access limited only to those in her friends list. Unfortunately for Riley, even with the increased security setting, a screenshot of her post was given to her principal at Minnewaska Area Middle School. Mr. Falk and other school officials deemed Riley’s behavior to be rude and discourteous and her post to be a form of bullying. As punishment, Riley was given detention and was also forced to write

I, Savannah Parmelee believe an individual's right to privacy should be protected if they do not violate the law to a certain degree therefore, I plan to seek out evidence during my research that supports this controlling idea. I am greatly concerned about this topic due to the people’s privacy not being fully protected for both terrorist and by the government.In the video “Impact of drones on privacy rights” on “CBS This Morning” claims that “Lakota, N.D., is the first known site where a drone was used domestically to help arrest a U.S. citizen.” What the quote is saying is that drones helped arrest a U.S. citizen. The incident in the video proves that drones can help see illegal activities happening and can try to stop

Officials shouldn’t look through your phone , because it’s a violation of privacy. For example, when a teachers look through students phones it makes students lose trust in their teacher.In the article Freedom Comes First, it claims that “There should be a level of trust between a teacher and a student.”This shows students to trust teachers and the things they say, or do.In addition, officials have no rights to look at any other device not owned by them or their company. Like in the article Freedom Comes First, it states

At certain measures it is ok, for example if the person is using a school computer, the school should have that kind of authority. “Kids need to be free to say something without feeling like the school is watching them 27/7 (qtd. in Wallace). What a student does on their phone off school hours should not concern the school in any way. Even if there is bullying involved, the school shouldn’t be allowed to browse the student’s account. Think about it, if you tell the students that the school has all kind of access to their social media accounts, they most likely wouldn’t bully online anymore. With that being said, the school would have access to all kinds of personal information yet there would be nothing to prevent. “School officials had violated students’ free speech rights when two girls were suspended from extracurricular activites for posting pictures of themselves with phallic-shaped lollipops” (Wallace). The students were suspended from events at school even though everything they were accused of happened outside of school. I believe that the school shouldn’t have had the right to eliminate them from activities for something that they should have never found out

Officials, should be able to search private information or devices to protect community’s. Officials shouldn’t be able to go through devices or private information. Protection of a community is more important than your device privacy.

This policy exists to stop students from cyberbullying each other or another person via their phone or equivalent. I found through surveying students that a majority haven’t had their phones confiscated but to agree that teachers have a little too much power to just take a student’s phone, and agree that, if provided with a warrant, would act more like an adult. I propose that Broken Arrow High School amend their electronic search policy by requiring a warrant before they search a student’s electronic device. For example, if a teacher has substantial evidence that a student has been cyberbullying, they go to the police and get a warrant to search/seize that student’s phone so that the student can both have legal rights and adult consequences for wrongdoing. The current policy states that “school administration shall have the authority to detain and search, or authorize the search of any student… upon reasonable suspicion that the student is misusing a wireless communication device (“baschools.org).” The policy should be modified to say “school administration shall have the authority to detain and search, or authorize the search of any student… upon reasonable evidence that the student is misusing a wireless communication device and shall be provided beforehand with a warrant of search.” Instead of spreading the message that teachers can disregard an amendment of the constitution, with these slight revisions, Broken Arrow High School will be positively impacted by giving students more of a legal stance in

Student searches are a tactic used by schools around the country and by every school that has ever existed even though they are unconstitutional. Schools have been violating student’s right to privacy for decades, but it’s ok because it is in the name of greater safety. In the case of New Jersey v. T.L.O. “The Court concluded that searches by school officials are governed

Privacy is a fundamental right and most governments around the world have tried to protect the privacy rights of their citizens. A person has the right to determine what kind of information is taken about them and the purpose of that information. This helps to protect people