Introduction to Privacy Flashcards
In the US and other countries, laws about the protection of information about individuals is known as what?
- Privacy law
- Data privacy law
- Information privacy law
In the EU and other countries, laws about the protection of information about individuals is known as what?
Data protection law
How did Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis define privacy in their 1890 Harvard Law Review article, “The Right to Privacy”?
The right to be let alone
What is information privacy concerned with?
Establishing rules that govern the collection and handling of personal information
What are some examples of data covered under information privacy?
- Financial information
- Medical information
- Government records
- Internet activity records
What is bodily privacy concerned with?
A person’s physical being and any invasion thereof
What are some examples of data covered under bodily privacy?
- Genetic testing
- Drug testing
- Body cavity searches
- Birth control
- Abortion
- Adoption
What is territorial privacy concerned with?
Placing limits on the ability to intrude into another individual’s environment
What are some examples of data covered under territorial privacy?
- Video surveillance
* ID checks
What is communications privacy concerned with?
Protection of the means of correspondence
What are some examples of data covered under communications privacy?
- Postal mail
* Telephone conversations Email
What English Act called for the arrest of “peeping Toms” and eavesdroppers?
The Justices of the Peace Act of 1361
Which US Constitutional Amendments indirectly address privacy?
- The Third Amendment bans quartering of soldiers in a person’s home.
- The Fourth Amendment requires a search warrant before the police can enter a home or business.
- The Fourteenth Amendment requires due process under the law, including for intrusions into a person’s bodily autonomy.
In what year did the California add an explicit “right to privacy” guarantee to the California Constitution?
1974
In what year did the General Assembly of the United Nations adopt and proclaim the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which formally announced that “no one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence”?
1948