Privacy and Surveillance

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Privacy and Surveillance

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Institution

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Privacy and Surveillance

Privacy is one of the most fundamental of human rights and a breach of the same is a significant intrusion that infringes on human dignity . The American constitution is a testament to its importance through the first amendment that stops congress from enacting laws that might limit such freedoms as the freedom of free speech and media , and an enactment of laws intruding on privacy would limit such freedoms . However technological advancements have

led to serious complications that have necessitated some form of surveillance on the avenues of communication presumably for the common good . There has been significant debate about the constitutionality of such acts with most of such controversies finding their way into the courts . One such act is the child online protection act that was passed by congress but struck off by the courts as unconstitutional since though it sought to protect children from negative materials and from cyber abuse , it went against the provisions of the constitution (Nouwt et al , 2005

The modern age has seen a significant use of the internet as the most mode of communication . This is because emails are fast and with the increased use of computers , they offer a simple method to communicate while working with an unlimited storage for such communications . However , several government and civil acts have queried the privacy of emails since they can be retrieved by government and lawyers and used to...