vernment could not control, let alone enforce.Though not as controversial as Griswold vs. Connecticut, and Roe vs. Wade, more recent cases have shapeed our everyday need for privacy. In the last decade alone there have been advances in technology that enable someone to affect a large number of people, in a short amount of time, very easily. Such things as wire taps, microphones and electronic amplifiers, and advances computers, make eavesdropping much easier. A little bit of history of privacy will bring about a better understanding of it now. The phrase, the right “to be let alone” has a long history. In 1834 the U.S. Supreme Court mentioned that a “defendant asks nothing-wants nothing, but to be let alone until it can be shown that he has violated the rights of another”(Wheaton vs. Peters,33 U.S. 591,634 (1834)). Though the right “to be let alone” is vague in its domain over privacy it has come to mean protection from government invasions on private issues. Prosser, an author of privacy issues stated in his book, Privacy, there are four basic kinds of privacy rights. First, there is the unreasonable intrusion upon the seclusion of another.(e.g. unwarranted entry, spying, phone taps). Second, appropriation of a person’s name or likeness. Third, is the publication of private facts. And last, publication that places a person in a false light, meaning the information released creates a false impression about the plaintiff. Only the second of the four rights is widely accepted in the U.S. Other forms of privacy that have come about because of technology and evolution are the physician-patient, priest-penitent, and the attorney-client relationships. These are all professional ethics that are understood and enforced. With every passing generation there are new challenges to be met in order to insure privacy, not only to the individual but also in the business world. Unlike individual rights, busines...
