CCT206H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Personal Information Protection And Electronic Documents Act
10 Dec 2016
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Privacy is a pillar of democracy is required for freedom of thought and the right to expression is a mechanism to balance some power asymmetries. Privacy? freedom of thought: control over personal information freedom from surveillance, protection of one"s reputation, protection from invasions into one"s home the ability to prevent disclosure off acts about oneself, and an almost endless series of other things. Although the term was used in its modern form in the 15th century, is modern context was born from an increasingly industrializing society. It was not until the end of the nineteenth century that the word privacy began to denote the right of an individual to be free from social control. The camera was the technology that proved the catalyst in changing the understanding of privacy. The societal changes prompted by media changes resulting from the use of photography, were the impetus for warren and brandeis for transforming the understanding of privacy to an intangible state.
