Abstract

RIGHT TO PRIVACY: AN OVERVIEW

Dr. Seema Yadav

Volume: 4 Issue: 4 2014

Abstract:

Privacy is a natural need of a man to establish individual boundaries and to restrict the entry of others into that area. There are sufficient evidences in both oriental and occidental civilizations to support this view. The idea of privacy is as old as Biblical periods. The studies of animal behaviour and social organization suggest that man's need for privacy may well be rooted in the animal origins, and that men and animals share several basic mechanisms for claiming privacy among their own fellows. Bible describes the moment when Adam and Eve opened their eyes and they knew that they were naked: and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons. The distance from the biblical garden to the statutory wilderness may have taken thousands of years to traverse because it is necessary fora secure relationship between individual and individual whether it is between man and his wife, son and father or friend. In other words, it concretises relationship of love, friendship and trust. The concept of privacy in its broad sense covers a number of aspects. For example non-disclosure of information, his sexual affairs, privacy of business secrets and non-observance of others, etc. It is a concept related to solitude. Secrecy and autonomy. Privacy is an inseparable part of the vocabulary of every society.)

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