Privacy, What Is It?

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

Surveillance cameras are needed for public places in order to ensure safety of all individuals. The government, for the most part, is on Americans side and wants to ensure Americans protection. Safety in shopping centers, in traffic, and on the streets is a huge issue in America today. Despite what the majority of Americans believe, officers do care about the people in the cars and want to ensure their safety at all times. Privacy is not dead in America, people have violated the trust of others and as a result have lost complete privacy.

The government's involvement in the daily lives of Americans is a high contested issue--where do our rights end and invasions of our privacy begin? Though it may be true that the government should not control deeply personal decisions, such as the decision to marry or the freedom of a woman to control what is done to her body, there are times when decisive executive choices must be made without leaving the responsibility to the common people. This fact does not work against America’s goals of democracy and self-sufficiency, but rather proves that our government can support these goals by taking action to solve serious nationwide problems.

A government like that portrayed in 1984 does not gain that amount of power overnight. It is gained in small steps over a long period of time. The people underneath a government who are doing this just think, “Oh, the laws are not that bad,” or “It is for our own good.” With enough time, the laws become to control people instead of to protect them. In the United States, there is a constant battle between government power and the freedom of the citizens. In the past decade, the amount of people who regularly use the Internet has skyrocketed because of the services that are provided, such as social networking, email, banking, and the ability to pay bills online. To effectively use these services requires personal information to be entered. Much

With social media growing there seems to be a lack of privacy. Everyone posts where they are and what they are doing and then everyone that follows reads the post and knows that is happening like they are there in person. In “Should We Ditch the Idea of Privacy” by Don Tapscott mentions the author of Whole Earth Catalog, Stewart Brand, who said “I’d be totally happy if my personal DNA mapping was published” (Tapscott 118). It is mind blowing how open many people are on social media. By, metaphorically, releasing one’s DNA mapping anyone has complete access to creating a clone. Unless someone has a couple thousand dollars laying around ones DNA mapping is far fetch, however by posting the street one lives on, on a public site is just as bad.

Social Media is a current way in which people are using to interact with one another daily. Since the launch of various Social Networking Sites (SNS) its been a huge attraction in a new way to share information with others and correspond with interests of your choice in many different forms. Although social media sites allow users to share information with friends and other sites on the internet, many people are unaware of how their privacy is getting out. Now that the expansion of global connection through these social media networking sites are so highly present in todays society, giving us easy access to information, the lack of one's privacy is being diminished. Everyday peoples privacy rights are

Whenever I hear the word privacy, I think of a circle that one or a few people that is allowed in the circle. Which privacy does mean the condition or state of not being observed. To me, Privacy is a desireable thing due to the fact that there are people around that don't want others to enjoy life so they find as much toxic and corrupt information about that person to try and make things more complicated than it has to be. When you think about privacy online, it takes more to have a personal life because it becomes public information. The only privacy I have been able to find is between friends or by myself, which that’s in the shower and no one disturbs people in the shower unless it's an emergency, other than the bathroom I have no privacy.

Privacy is the freedom from interference. It is a state of being free from public attention, and being watched or disturbed by other individuals. Every individual deserves to have the right to privacy, but the question is to what extent and at what state is considered an invasion of privacy. Information privacy is the right to control over one’s personal information, how it is collected and used. Many believe that people have to relinquish their privacy for safety. Law enforcement officers, however, thinks that video surveillance does not identify or prevent crime. Several cities which had previously used the surveillance had to abandon them claiming that they are an unnecessary expense. Even the most powerful video cameras, for example, in the United Kingdom did not stop crime or enhance public safety (Strossen n.d).

Throughout time, privacy and security have been two heavily debated topics. There has always been a struggle to find middle ground between a private environment and a secure environment, but the dawn of technology and the Internet has made this struggle even more difficult. The Internet has drastically decreased the expectation of privacy of any and all individuals that have ever used it. Technology in general can pose a threat to an individual’s physical and virtual security. The Internet has also brought forth a sense of anonymity to those looking to conceal their true identities, some of which plan to commit horrific crimes. Privacy and security go hand in hand, however security is by far the most important.

It seems enchanting to live a celebrity life. Cameras flashing everywhere, reporters deeply interested in what they do and don't, and thousands or even millions of people around the world admiring their profession, lifestyles even physique. From a regular person point of view everything seems fantastic, but what about their point of view? Wouldn't they feel that their privacy its being overexposed to the public? Wouldn't they want a little space for themselves? Although their fame is what they desired, celebrities shouldn't have to pay a price by having details of their private lives exposed to the public. Everything should have a limit to a professional level.

Everyone has their own secret and private things covering around; we only show the world some part of our lives and characters. Sometimes you need time to think, do homework or time to be alone to realize what you love or what you need to do. People in the different nation has different thinking about lifestyle. When I came to the U.S, I am so surprised and should learn more about the privacy. Although Vietnamese people do not have and care about privacy too much, American custom about privacy is considered as a treasure and clearly show in the workplace and at home. And then, I believe that when I write some detail about the private , it will help you understand and know how the privacy is important.

Privacy can be best described as a reasonable expectation that as person may have in which you can be free from being observed. Privacy is a right that we usually all take for granted; it is a right that has become even more important as technological advances continue to make it easier for cyberactors to target both individuals and corporations alike. More and more our privacy is something that we should be trying to protect, but the reverse seems to be occurring as we create a wide spread and diverse online footprint. We create social media pages, shop online and use email to name a few of the ways that we make ourselves vulnerable.

This ever-present, Big Brother-like surveillance messes with people’s perceptions of their privacy. Naturally, when you are constantly being watched by someone or something, you perceive a loss of privacy. “People are concerned about privacy; they are afraid that the digital systems they use on an everyday basis may bring unwanted effects into their lives.” (Lahlou, 2008, p. 300) In his article, Lahlou presents an alternate way of viewing privacy that better SOMETHING HERE Lahlou points out that “Privacy was initially understood as ‘the right to be left alone’ and sometimes ‘encryption.’” (Lahlou, 2008, p. 312) This definition seems like it applies in the case of Harris’s experiments, the Panopticon, and the Internet as whole; we know we

What are privacy rights? “Privacy helps the person to be autonomous, unique, and original. People power of sharing or hiding the information about themselves (Hari, M., 2011).” In my opinion privacy rights are the rights an individual has that they do not want anyone else to know. It may be the right to be left alone and not bothered, to make personal decisions of one’s own individual matters, or just not be an open book. It is to be yourself without judgment of others and it is to protect people’s interest especially in aspects of things that maybe embarrassing if someone were to find out like cross dressing or being gay. To me privacy is important because there are things not everyone may want found out even I have things in my closet.

As many stories fill the news of databases being compromised or government laptops being lost or stolen, the “Shibboleth” project will win many supporters. However, even with privacy being protected and security being enforced, it is up to the consumer to be vigilant regarding their personal information in the same way. Many internet users fill the web-sphere with personal information from Facebook to LinkedIn. These networks (professional and social) encourage users to divulge information about themselves that may end up being dangerous, especially for our youth. There have been stories of people killed or hurt because they posted a specific status on their Facebook page. This can be simply taken care of by using the tools already resident on the site (privacy tools).