The Implications of New Technologies on Privacy Rights

Abstract

The rise in new technologies is very essential in this contemporary world and it has facilitated the communication sector, improve health and economic development. These new digital tools has made life somehow comfortable and accelerated economic growth in the universe. Nevertheless, these digital tools are a threat to privacy of persons.in the course of manipulating these gadgets, they infringe on the rights of privacy of individuals. Some people misuse these gadgets and they do not use it responsibly.Tehila Schwarz noted that”privacy is in the hands of a digital world”. A smartphone has multiple functions to invade the privacy of individual, because a smartphone can record messages, videotape events, likewise Close Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV), which are installed in homes and streets, they monitor individuals silently, they are installed for security purpose but in the course of monitoring the activities of individuals, they cross the boundary to invade privacy of persons, because they monitor everybody under the vicinity of the camera. Similarly, an instrument like Global Positioning System (GPS) is capable to detect the position or location of persons, it is use to track individual’s movement and position and even cars .These tools are all imperative for our wellbeing but it intrudes on the privacy of individuals.