The
globalization of the economy in recent years has created the need for
the transfer of vast quantities of personal data across international
borders. Such transfers are often governed by "data protection" laws
designed to protect the privacy of information acquired relating to
individual employees and consumers. ... [ read more]
Blakley
explores the historical evolution of privacy concepts and then, using
Ludwig Wittgenstein's "family resemblance theory" (examined beyond its
application to privacy thought by David Solove) in coordination with
ordinary language methodology, attempts to define the core family
resemblance as "control of disclosure of self." ... [ read more]
This article
examines European data protection legislation and provides an overview
on European digital privacy rights. It notes that, although the
European Union has recognized the need for greater protection of
personal data, rapidly changing standards and technologies constantly
present new and innovative threats to digital privacy. ... [ read more]
Much of the
attention to contemporary privacy invading technologies focuses on the
actions of governments and large organizations. Yet the actions of big
brother and big corporation must be seen alongside of those of little
sister and brother, not to mention mom, dad, friends and strangers.... [ read more]
In jury
selection, there exists a tension between a litigant's desire to obtain
every possible nugget of information regarding prospective jurors, and
those jurors' desires to keep personal information private. The Supreme
Court has not definitively answered the question of whether jurors have
a constitutional right to privacy that protects them from overly
intrusive voir dire questions, although the court
has recognized a privacy "interest."... [ read more]
This article
establishes a connection between personhood through property interests
while intersecting search and seizure precedent into a property-based
explication. Social and financial capital corresponds to the level of
what, in theory, is an innate and unanimous right provided by the
Constitution: protection from illegal searches and seizures. ... [ read more]
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INTRODUCTION: CREATING LEGITIMATE DIGITAL PRIVACY
RIGHTS FOR INTERNET USERS