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The Right Of Privacy And Privacy

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Do you believe the Board of Education violated her right to privacy? Were they justified in firing her? Explain two to three (2-3) major reasons why or why not. The right to privacy is a right that gives people the ability to control all the things that are a part of us. These include one’s identity, our body, thoughts, feelings, secrets, homes and property. The right to privacy gives people the ability to choose what can be accessed by others, while controlling the extent, timing and the use of what one may choose to disclose. It is my belief that the Board of Education violated the right to privacy by breaching the use and disclosure of Mrs. Pettit feelings, secrets and how she chose to use her body. This is covered clearly by the right to privacy for all the individuals and was only a call that Mrs. Pettit would make to disclose her feelings and secrets to others. The right to privacy was invaded by the clandestine surveillance of the swinger’s group private party. However, mass surveillance has been acceptable when it is a matter of national security for the safety of the larger community, the right to privacy is to be upheld. It is clear that the situation was not a matter of concern or reason to surveillance since the members of the group were having common agendas and were adults who had made their choices. Furthermore, Mrs. Pettit was not a suspect in any ongoing police cases to beg for close monitoring by any detectives. The board of education invaded the right to

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