Contains twenty-seven articles that provide opposing viewpoints on issues related to privacy, addressing questions about counterterrorism measures and privacy rights, whether technological developments threaten privacy, medical privacy protections, and how privacy should be protected.
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Do counterterrorism measures infringe on privacy rights? -- Patriot Act surveillance powers violate privacy / Laurie Thomas Lee -- Patriot Act surveillance powers protect Americans / Peter M. Thomson -- Suspicionless searches of travelers invade privacy / Becky Akers -- Suspicionless searches of travelers protect civil liberties / Ben Shapiro -- National identity card would preserve privacy / Betty Serian -- National identity card would compromise privacy / Charles Levendosky -- Do technological developments threaten privacy? -- Internet privacy protections have improved / William F. Adkinson Jr., Jeffrey A. Eisenach, Thomas M. Lenard -- Internet privacy is imperiled / Joseph Turow -- Public video surveillance is intrusive / Benjamin J. Goold -- Public video surveillance is not intrusive / Gus Arroyo -- Biometric travel documents threaten privacy / Privacy International and the American Civil Liberties Union -- Biometric travel documents would protect Americans / International Civil Aviation Organization -- Employee monitoring violates privacy / National Workrights Institute -- Employee monitoring does not violate privacy / Kevin Beaver --.
Is medical privacy adequately protected? -- Federal law protects patients' privacy / U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- Federal law violates patients' privacy / Barry K. Herman, Deborah C. Peel -- Law enforcement DNA databanks threaten medical privacy / Electronic Privacy Information Center -- Law enforcement DNA databanks do not threaten medical privacy / Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain -- Drug testing violates students' privacy / Peter Cassidy -- Student drug testing is necessary / John P. Walters -- How should privacy be protected? -- Military recruiters should be barred from accessing students' information / Electronic Privacy Information Center -- Military recruiters should be permitted to access students' information / Pt. 1: Rod Paige, Donald H. Rumsfeld; Pt. 2: Michael Turner -- Allowing same-sex marriage would protect privacy rights / Don Knowland -- Right to privacy does not extend to same-sex marriage / James Taranto -- Data brokers must be regulated to prevent identity thefts / Nikki Swartz -- Federal law criminalizing cyberstalking is needed / Harry A. Valetk -- Privacy protection laws are unnecessary and unconstitutional / Fred H. Cate.