Research Paper on:
The Right To Privacy and the Technological Revolution

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Individual expectations of privacy are decreasing radically with advancements in modern technology. In spite of recent legislation recognizing the importance of privacy, for example the Human Rights  Act of 1998, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, and the Information Protection Act of 1998; our privacy is being intruded upon in both our personal and professional lives.  Surveillance in the workplace is a particular concern as is the ease with which personal information can be gleaned from the multitude of computerized files which exist in the contemporary  world. Unfortunately, the laws which do exist to protect our privacy have proven to be a little benefit in the workplace or as protection from the ever-escalating number of  incidences of technological crimes characterized by their potential to invade some of the most personal realms of our lives. Contemporary workplaces have become  the testing grounds for a variety of surveillance technologies. Indeed, surveillance at work is becoming more widespread, more continuous, more intense, and more secretive than it has been at  any other point in our past. Supervisors commonly monitor employee telephone calls, intercept and review their e-mail, covertly monitor Internet use, and even peruse employee movement and behavior in  the workplace utilizing closed-circuit TV (Benigno, 2002). As science-fiction sounding as such surveillance is, the only thing that is changed is the technological means to accomplish the goal.  Indeed, workplace surveillance has occurred since ancient times. Instead of peering at workers through hidden holes in the walls, modern-day supervisors have simply substituted hidden cameras and other high-tech  equipment. The propensity of worker surveillance has increased in part due to the reduction in economic barriers which at one time