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Introduction

Privacy right is a human right that falls under legal jurisdiction that serves to restrain the private and government sectors in the event of threatening individual privacy. Privacy as a human right has been a point of debate in the international community for decades now. Despite the rising discussions regarding the issue, some individuals and government departments have gone ahead to breach the right and intrude on people's privacy. Fundamentally, the United States Constitution does not have a provision for the express right to privacy. Leading government agencies in the U.S such as the CIA and the NSA carry out mass surveillance globally. This has led to controversies. Thus, this paper will focus on the federal, civil rights and civil liberties implications concerning privacy rights.

Discussion

The federal government maintains confidential information of all its citizens for accountability as well as ensures the safety of all persons. Trust and credibility are vital aspects the federal state has to uphold. The federal state has a tendency of sharing confidential information for other purposes that would lead to mistrust by the public. When the federal state cannot utilize private information of its citizens, it implicates its work in tracking down criminals for instance terrorists (Hammond, 2013). Again, federal’s quest to retrieve information without people’s consent would place people in a state of fear since they will not know when there are surveillance in their house, offices, mobile phones and social places. Breaching privacy rights would promote withholding of vital information in the event of a crime leaving the federal government in a state of despair because they may not complete their mission.

Civil rights require that all people be treated fairly and equally. When there is serial profiling of individuals, employers will categorize their employees as per race hence civil rights implication. Another aspect would be employers digging deep into the immigration status of their employees. It is not the work of the employers to establish such private details as this would discriminate workers for instance the benefits packages they receive (Calabrese, 2014). Essentially, it creates major civil rights problem. When all individuals are not treated the same in the workplace, the aftermath will affect the economic, social and political systems of the federal government. Employers who possess private information about their employees will make irrational judgments that implicate their desired goals.

Civil liberties revolve around the freedom citizens have towards their day-to-day operations. For instance, screening people at transportation stations is for the good of the public. While it is designed not to intrude into people’s privacy, the system seems to strip naked individuals. This aspect implicates civil liberties (DHS, 2013). There is freedom of speech and association. Breaching privacy rights implicates this freedom, as people will not be at liberty to say what they feel and associate freely because of fear of incrimination. Tracking people in private, and public places would limit people's social and business lives, as they will confine themselves to their cocoons for fear of doing something the federal government through its agents may deem illegal.

Conclusion

In the light of the above, privacy rights is essential human necessity that the government should respect. Placing individuals on a tracking machine and profiling them indicates lack of privacy. It, therefore, rips off the citizens of their freedom to share information for fear of who will hear them. Isolation and fear of free association are inevitable that would propel discrimination in the work and social environs.

References

Calabrese, C. (2014). When Big Data Becomes a Civil Rights Problem. American Civil Liberties Union

DHS. (2013). Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Impact. Homeland Security

Hammond, B. (2013). HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MULLS PRIVACY IMPLICATIONS OF DRONE USE. Cybersecurity Policy Report