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This article gives one woman's opinion on some of the personal freedoms that she feels have been taken away from us. This article talks about everything from the Patriot Act to voting rights in minimal detail. It should just be a jumping off article to get ideas flowing.

This article gives one woman's opinion on some of the personal freedoms that she feels have been taken away from us. This article talks about everything from the Patriot Act to voting rights in minimal detail. It should just be a jumping off article to get ideas flowing.

Depending on how people interpret laws, they might believe that they might have lost them but some other people are still satisfied by the fact that they still have some rights. I really like how she expressed her opinion and it really got me thinking onto how our rights might change in the future.

Introduction Types of Social Networks What Information is Public? Information a User Shares Information Gathered Through Electronic Tracking Who Can Access Information?

The war on terror is not a war like World War II. The enemy is not a state and it is not clear how victory will be reached. This means any loss of privacy will be open ended and may last for many years.

The author believes we really don't gain from surveillance on a national level. But it does pay to keep an eye on those out of country.

The article presents how we are allowed privacy to a certain extent, so as to not dissrupt the general public. It shows that even though our constitution says we have rights to bear arms and freedom of speech, we cannot harm ourselves or others.

This is an article that discusses the rights of students and their families when it comes to the disclosure of academic records. This also talks about which officials should be able to get a hold of such information.

Casey Anthony was accused of her daughter's murder. OJ was accused of his wife's murder. Should their trial be on the News or all over the web? Should they have privacy rights while on trial to protect them and their family?

Big corporations and our government believe spying on the public is normal. While privacy advocates warn officials of the dangers of accessing large amounts of personal and health information. Our President has used his authority to order wiretaps on many citizens, while ignoring the public outcry.

The pros and cons of SOPA and PIPA are discussed in this article. There is also an alternative introduced in this website about the OPEN Act.

Media Privacy, copyright infringement is what PIPA and SOPA is about. they want to block certain domains like the pirate bay and mega upload from giving away movies and music. Even payperview fights are on the pirate bay. for example, if comcast or century link didn't want you to access piratebay.org they could block it but there is still a way to get to the website through other ways so PIPA and SOPA had to drop it.

Over the years the government has been able to freely look up information on its citizens. This article talks about surveillance technology and the laws they do and do not breach.

Balancing the Fourth Amendment rights and the need for law enforcement to obtain useful evidence is very difficult. in many cases, law enforcement officials have not been able to secure the evidence needed to proceed with the conviction process of suspects.

I understand an automobile is private property but I don't see the problem with searches. If someone is worried about their vehicle being searched than there is probably something in there that shouldn't be and it needs to be searched!

I agree searches should be allowed in investigations. Our rights are ment to protect us, but many want to use it for selfish reasons.

Brazil is about to be the first country to pass a internet bill of rights. Such rights include there privacy being protected and freedom to browse what they want.

The Obama administration is proposing new rules to share student personal data with public agencies and private entities without consent of the student or his/her family. The information to be shared includes but not limited to grades, household income, mental issues and disciplinary actions. Sharing of such information violates the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act which is designed to protect student and family rights.

Abortion is know as women's right. Constitutional have no basis for the decision, they implied right of privacy. Abortion is a way of killing. Its not the babies fault.

As we all know, Planned Parenthood is at risk of losing funding due to an undercover act by a man named David Daleiden. As the on going investigation of Daleiden calmes that Planned Parenthood illegally selling fetal tissue, a Huston grand jury was cleared of any wrong doing, on the 23rd of November, 2015. What some or all may not know is that Planned Parenthood has filed a federal lawsuit stating that it was an act of "illegal secret recording and trespassing, mail fraud, and invasion of privacy". Although many may argue that Daleiden was only exercising our first Amendment right.

This article talks about the rights that come along with the ninth amendment and the case of Griswold v. Connecticut

A brief overview of the drug testing experiment of welfare recipient in three states and a brief reflection on history of charities and events.

This is great idea but I have to agree that it is an invasion of privacy. Also stereotyping. If you drug test all welfare applicants then it is part of the process, just as you are drug tested for employment. I agree that many abuse the system but not because they are drug users but because they know how to get away with it.

article dated 11/17/2010- editorial discussing how the TSA is violating human rights and not fully disclosing the hassards of the body scanners. A israeli airport security expert was quoted "I can overcome the Body scanners with enough explosives to bring down a Boeing 747."

This article outlines the suppression of personal freedoms during war. Many examples, both current and historical, are given of loss of individual liberties such as censoring the press, un-lawfully detaining prisoners of war, and overriding privacy laws for intelligence gathering.

date 11/16/2010. editorial stating the writers views that only a small minority are complaining how the tsa conducts their searches without offering any constructive alternatives. The last paragraph of the editorial is important, the writer states " But before a vocal minority forces the issue, everyone needs to calm down and remember that the security-line indignities are a necessary byproduct of an era in which terrorists remain fixated on blowing jetliners out of the sky."