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Throughout this Inquiry paper I am going to be exploring the changes in Privacy Laws over
the past 40 years and the reasons behind these reorms. !very person has their own sense o what
"privacy# is. $ome consider privacy a right while others consider it a privilege. Privacy laws
come into place because% while in the &irst 'mendment o the (onstitution there is the right to
&reedom o the Press the government wants it to be used or the bettering o the public rather
than or exposing individual)s intimate or inappropriate secrets. the oicial deinition o Privacy
Laws is that they are "*egulation or statute that protects a person+s right to be let alone% and
governs collection% storage% and release o his or her inancial% medical% and other personal
inormation# ,-usiness .ictionary /1 0ar 10142. Privacy laws are in need o a change because
o the development in technology over the past three decades as well as the increase in Popular
(ultural ,Pop (ulture2 interest and the government)s steps to prevent events such as terrorism.
1. 3hether we reali4e it or not% privacy laws play a role in our lives. 're you comortable that the
government has access to your private phone calls and emails5 3ere you saddened by the
invasiveness in pop culture that ultimately led to incidences such as Princess .iana)s death5
(an you recall the short time when smart phones% tablets% and laptops were landlines% letters%
and typewriters5 ' time where the internet and all the access to a person)s personal lie was
not at your ingertips5 The ultimate question I want to explore is how the prior questions have
added to the development o Privacy Laws over the past 40 years. There are acts and laws that
have been created to help protect a person)s privacy% however% many are outdated or apply to
only speciic regions.
/. Privacy Laws have been developed and in play since 1674. $ince 1674 clearly a lot has
changed in our society% our government% our technology% and our lives essentially. -ut% exactly
how have these laws changed to become accustomed to lie today5 Technologically spea8ing it
has become ever so easy to access personal inormation as well as to share it. The
development o the internet as well as mobile phones add to this ervently. The 9overnment
has the ability and perhaps reasons to access anyone and everyones personal conversations:
search histories. Pop culture% i not all cultures% all more dependent on the use o technology
and access to personal inormation than ever.