Can the police strip-search a woman who has been arrested for a minor
traffic violation? Can a magazine publish an embarrassing photo of you
without your permission? Does your boss have the right to read your
email? Can a company monitor its employees' off-the-job lifestyles--and
fire those who drink, smoke, or live with a partner of the same sex?
Although the word privacy does not appear in the Constitution, most of
us believe that we have an inalienable right to be left alone. Yet in
arenas that range from the battlefield of abortion to the information
highway, privacy is under siege. In this eye-opening and sometimes
hair-raising book, Alderman and Kennedy survey hundreds of recent cases
in which ordinary citizens have come up against the intrusions of
government, businesses, the news media, and their own neighbors. At once
shocking and instructive, up-to-date and rich in historical perspective,
The Right to Private is an invaluable guide to one of the most charged
issues of our time.
"Anyone hoping to understand the sometimes precarious state of privacy
in modern America should start by reading this book."--Washington Post
Book World
"Skillfully weaves together unfamiliar, dramatic case histories...a book
with impressive breadth."--Time
