The Right To Privacy

The right to privacy is not only a human right but an element to various legal traditions which may restrain both government and private party action that threaten the privacy of an individual

The fourth, fifth and the ninth amendment protect our right to privacy. Today our privacy is being threaten due to the growing issues that threaten our national security. With growing amount of terrorist attacks, bombings, school shooting, and other massive shootings it definitely seems to warrant the loss of privacy. However, how far is too far and who decides? Who enforces the laws to make sure our rights are upheld and who decides? It seems the lines get blurred as time goes on. What lengths are we willing to go through to ensure our safety?

The same thing happens with search warrants for homes. The same thing happens when it comes to Muslims at airports or after any major bombing. I understand that people are fearful of things that they don’t understand, however, it’s an individual’s responsibility to understand them. That doesn’t justify violating someone’s right of privacy by conducting a random search and use the system to make it legal. We all deserve the right to privacy unless we violate the law. However, in the growing world of social media, how much of our privacy are we giving up? It seems that everyone has a multiple social media account, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,

Snapchat, Tumblr, and YouTube to name a few. It seems as if people can’t move unless they

Privacy Rights post it on one or more social media sights. Everyone gives a play by play of their life and wonder why nothing is private. The President of The United States seems to make comments almost every day that address issues and concerns that the rest of the world shouldn’t know. As a

However, do you monitor everyone, selected people, or one’s who have a history of mental illness? Who and how does one determine who’s monitored. There has to be a lot of things put into place to ensure it’s not based off biases and prejudices and that it’s fair across the board. However who will determine that? Is this something that should be put into federal law or should every state have the right to decide? There is definitely a lot of discussion that needs to take place in order for some resolution to come into place when it comes to privacy. People have to realize the part they play in giving up their privacy when it comes to social media. As well as, coming to terms that our society has changed and it does need to a little more digging done in order to secure the safety of the people in our country. In order to do that people need to talk, have town hall meetings, be involved in the community, and most importantly vote. People also have to vote in all elections not just the presidential election. Every state has their own individual laws and the mayor elects the chief of police in a lot of cities. Therefore, we have to come together as a society to make change