Labels:book | comic book | daily | sky OCR: COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL BASICS Has digital technology changed the way we view privacy? Citizens of free societies have an expectation of privacy, which in the words of Supreme Court Justices Warren and Brandeis is "the right to be let alone. Digital technology use has exerted substantial pressure to diminish privacy by making possible to easily collect and distribute data about indi- viduals without their knowledge or consent In the United States, the expectation of privacy is derived from Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. The Fourth Amendment was formulated long before digital technologies such as e-mail and GPS devices. Legislation and court decisions pertaining to new technologies op not always strike the right balance between privacy and competing p ...
