The Importance Of Privacy Laws

Introduction

Privacy is the ability of an individual or a group to seclude themselves, or information about themselves from others and only express these information to whom they want. Privacy help individual maintain their autonomy and individuality. People define and have power over what information they want to be public. As a result of the importance of privacy, there are privacy protection laws implemented in every country that might differ from one another. Living a life without these privacy laws can be miserable. One only need to read George Orwell’s 1984 to understand how a society without any privacy functions and operates as well as the daily life and psychology of individuals living in such society. There must be protection laws

This can be an effect from many different things including culture, religion, economy and current legislation. Nevertheless, privacy is viewed differently as well by different societies. The first reason there is a difference in privacy laws between the US and EU is that in EU the people and individuals have a higher expectation of privacy than in the US. Privacy in the European Union is perceived as a fundamental right. Therefore, privacy in the EU is similar to a constitutional right in the US. In the EU, employers cannot read workers emails and would be considered an attack on dignity. However, in the United states, employees surrender most of their right when they enter and use company property. Moreover, debate about privacy and protection law in the European Union is as heated of a debate as gun control in the us making it hard for the government to do as they will and force them to implement such laws including private

The reason being is that in their minds they know their are privacy protection laws that mandate businesses to adhere to basic privacy laws that protect their data. An example of such, is a new data-privacy rule that was put in 2017 guarantees europeens the right to have companies delete all their data and personal information that are not relevant and also mandates businesses to notify all their consumers of a breach within three days. However, this is not the case at all in the US. Americans hope they are not signing something that would tie their hands or that their data is not bought and sold with no privacy policies implemented. In addition, European Union has what’s called the right to be forgotten legal decision. This helps europeans erase some data about their previous actions that has made it into the news and so forth. An example, if a person had a DUI 10 years ago and made it in the news, this individual is allowed to ask search engines to remove links regarding that incident hence erasing his past. However, there is no such ruling that helps americans remove or delete information about themselves