Privacy Laws

Privacy Laws definition - hacker

(legal term)

Deal with the right of individual privacy, critical to maintaining the quality of life that citizens in a free society expect. Privacy laws generally maintain that an individual’s privacy shall not be violated unless the government can show some compelling reason to do so—such as by providing evidence that the safety of the nation is at risk. This tenet forms the basis of privacy laws in the United States and elsewhere.

See Also: Privacy; Risk.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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