Privacy of Personal Information on the Internet Essay -- French France

Privacy of Personal Information on the Internet United States Policy Living in the United States has its advantages. We are afforded many opportunities that are unavailable or unheard of in other countries. We maintain a limited right to privacy in the areas of education, marriage, procreation, contraception etc. In certain instances, government officials are allowed to watch, listen, search and/or seize a person's personal information. Warrants are usually needed in order to gain this type of information. The Bill of Rights states the provisions to our right of privacy. The Fourth Amendment is the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched. French Republic Policy The right to privacy is implicit to the French Constitution. The French Republic has had many acts regarding the privacy issues of its citizens. The growing popularity of the Internet has made it necessary to include the Internet in these acts. In 1994, the Constitutional Court ruled that the Data Protection Act In 1978 a Data Protection Act was brought into law to protect personal information of private parties and government agencies. Registration and permissions were needed in order to process personal data. Individual parties had the right to access, demand corrections and sometimes deletion about the information being kept on them. Violators of this act faced imprisonment and/or fines. Modifications to Act In 2003, revisions began to be made of the Data Protection Act. The new law would increase ... ...he portal that hosted the racial sites, the plaintiff was able to single out one French Citizen who also hosted the site. It is like picking a needle out of the hay sack. Which in this case didn’t seem to be that hard. Sources [1] Cedric Laurant, Electronic Privacy information Center, 2003, [2] Cedric Laurant, Electronic Privacy information Center, 2003, [3] Richard A. Spinello, CyberEthics: Morality and Law in Cyberspace Second Edition (Massachusetts: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2003) 85. [4] Sara Baase, A Gift of Fire Second Edition (New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc., 2003) 36-80, 141-186. [5] Steve McConnell, Software Project Survival Guide (Washington: Microsoft Press, 1998) 8.