The Right to Privacy: The Need For an Ever-Evolving Legal Movement

Abstract

Louis Brandeis and Samuel Warren wrote “The Right to Privacy” in response to the rise of the newspaper and its threat to the public’s privacy during the late 19th century. They critiqued the laws of the time because they saw a change in the world that was not being accounted for in existing legislation. Today, new technology is changing the world at an exponential rate and the public’s privacy is once again at risk. The laws have fallen behind the technology and there needs to be a call to update the current privacy laws.