Privacy in peril: Behind closed doors
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Privacy was a major area of concern during the 17th century when England began regularly issuing 'general warrants' authorizing searches of houses without any proof that owners had done anything wrong and without even naming the object of the search. At that time, the Constitution's Fourth Amendment, citizens' primary protection against unreasonable government searches, banned the general search warrants after the US declared independence from England in 1776.
Publication Name: CQ Researcher
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 2006
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Privacy in peril: Good-bye privacy?
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Some scholars have predicted that the concept of private data would disappear, as new means of electronic data gathering is continuing to proliferate. Computer databases and electronic-surveillance devices such as radio-frequency identification devices (RFIDs) are spreading so fast that privacy would soon become a forgotten concept.
Publication Name: CQ Researcher
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 2006
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