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The '''Right to Privacy''' is a [[United States Constitution|Constitutional]] [[unalienable right]] in the [[United States]] that prevents [[federal]] and [[state government]] officials from violating rights possessed by individuals. The growth of the [[Internet]] and of very large databases containing detailed personal information has made [[privacy]] a major issue in the information age.
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The so-called '''right to privacy''' is usually used as a euphemism for [[abortion]], and even taxpayer-funded abortion, and has little to do with real rights of privacy as protected by the [[Fourth Amendment]]. Real rights of privacy are [[United States Constitution|Constitutional]] [[unalienable right]]s in the [[United States]] that prevents [[federal]] and [[state government]] officials from violating rights possessed by individuals. The growth of the [[Internet]] and of very large databases containing detailed personal information has made [[privacy]] a major issue in the information age.