The Right to Privacy...not a right?
I've just been told by another answerer that the right to privacy...isn't actually a right we've ever had at all. Something about this sounds accurate, but two questions immediately spring from it.
Firstly, can someone give me a list of the rights we do officially have? (I'm a UK citizen, but I'm willing to accept answers from any nation on the rights enshrined there) And secondly, SHOULDN'T the right to privacy be up there somewhere?
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In the UK we hold by the Human Rights Act which is held to be the definitive list of our rights
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/800...
Article 8 refers to the right to respect for private and family life and this gives us our privacy.
I would ask, in reply to your question, at what point does an act of crime negate our right to privacy? ie CCTV etc is it a good thing?
New Labour have robbed us of our rights under the pretext of fighting terrorism.
Which is odd, because they say the terrorists will not change our "way of life".
That's New Labour for you.
1. right to suffrage/ to vote
2. right to live
3. freedom of assembly
4. freedom of speech
5. right for an attorney (if you are accused of a crime)
6. right to live in your own country
7. etc.
and yes, there is really a right to privacy, just think of the things that you do privately. it's your right.
We are all entitled to privacy but only what they think we should be entitled to.It all goes back to Animal Farm, we are equal but some are more equal than others.
they will never give you the rights of privicy in britain, are you not aware that all info on britains inc d.n.a. is to be surrendered to brussels, british law will help europe use this info as propaganda against british subjects, some may even be arrested by police from europe under terrorist act, for being against europ union, Those treaturous rotten dogs who are bringing this about should be arrested charged with treason.
I am assuming you mean my answer.
In America you have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Plus the Amendments to the Constitution which include sufferage, owning guns, freedom of speech, freedom of religion. It never mentions privacy.
In fact most of the time what you do behind closed doors is your business, but once you step outside of your personal property you no longer have a right to privacy.
Likewise if you commit a crime in your home, from illegal drugs, incest, murder, rape, etc, You are just as subject to the law as if you did it publicly.
Also standing in your front window naked while your house is in front of a school bus stop is indecent exposure.
What you do in your home is generally thought of as your pivacy but even suicide is an illegal act. And if given probable cause law authorites can act on that alone to investigation your actions in your own home.
So the right to privacy is false in most cases. I am not sure if it would be good or bad to have it. It would be good to protect those in the comfort of thier own home but it could be bad since it could be used from criminals to use in a court of law to call for a mistrial for inadmissable evidence.
Bertie is correct in saying that the UK adheres to the Human Rights Act 1998 (see link). Our problem is, however, unlike the USA, our rights are not entrenched in a written constitution.
It is much easier to amend or even repeal an act of government than it would be to change a written constitution, so if the government were determined to bring in legislation that contravened our rights under the Human Rights act, it would be relatively easy for them to amend it so that they could do so with impunity.
as Brit would love to tell you what rights you have to privacy anonymity etc etc but there are none sad isn't it
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