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Privacy as a

fundamental right
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The idea of privacy is inbuilt into the
idea of right to life. That one is
allowed “ownership” over one’s
thoughts, expressions, belief systems,
and way of life, as long as it does not
infringe on the similar rights of other
individuals.
-From the essay ‘Right To Privacy’ by
Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis
Privacy breaks down into:
Right to be left alone.
Right to seclusion or an immunity
from observance/surveillance.
Solitude, intimacy, exclusion,
anonymity

-From the essay ‘Right To Privacy’ by Samuel


Warren and Louis Brandeis

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