4th Amendment and Online Privacy
The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution protects your individual privacy from unreasonable search and seizure by controlling when and how the police may conduct a search of your house, papers, effects or physical person. Today, the Supreme Court has determined the threshold question as whether there is a “reasonable expectation of privacy.” Thus, what you knowingly expose in public, home or office is not subject to the protection of the Fourth Amendment, while the information you do seek to keep private is protected.
Protecting Your Privacy
If you are worried about your online privacy being invaded, the following tips can help you protect your private information:
- Look at the website’s privacy policy before doing business with an online company
- Use a separate e-mail address from the one you use for your family and friends to avoid Internet spam
- Use encryption software to encode your information and make it more difficult for the common hacker to invade
Questions for Your Attorney
The following are some of the most common online privacy cases. Included are some good questions to ask your online privacy attorney should any of these happen to you:
- An online retailer just notified me that my personal information was stolen from their computers. What can I do? If my identity is stolen, who is liable?
- I found some of my personal information on an information website. Can I get it removed? Is it legal for the website to post my information without my consent?
- If my child uses my computer without my permission to engage in illegal drug activities, will I be in trouble too? Must I give the police my computer?
The Druanne White Law Firm proudly represents victims of online privacy invasion from Greenville, Anderson, and Spartanburg, South Carolina. Please contact our experienced personal injury attorneys to learn more about your rights online.
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