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- Title
Government Interference with the Right to Privacy: Is the Right to Privacy an Endangered Animal?
- Authors
Barbaro, Matisse
- Abstract
In Lake v Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Justice Blatz held, "The heart of our liberty is choosing which parts of our lives shall become public and which parts we shall hold close." In the current era of public surveillance and rapid technological advancements, does that liberty no longer exist? This article aims to explain the concept of privacy'how it has developed and its different conceptions across different states. It then analyzes Article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the most important international document dealing with, and protecting, privacy. The article argues that Article 17, in its current form, is unable to respond to the threats that the digital age poses to individual privacy. This article, therefore, proposes a number of amendments to Article 17 to better protect against government interference and suggests how to strike a proper balance between public interest and private liberty.
- Subjects
RIGHT of privacy -- Government policy; WAL-Mart Stores Inc.; CIVIL rights; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law)
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Human Rights, 2017, Vol 6, Issue 1, p127
- ISSN
1923-9211
- Publication type
Article