The right to privacy began in the early 1890’s when it was drafted by the US Supreme Court. The first draft of this right addressed physical interference. However, nowadays, privacy is more convoluted than a mere physical interference. With massive advancements in technology over the last decade, communication and information-sharing have grown exponentially. Technology has been extremely useful, seeing as it has increased security, stimulated surveillance, data collection, and interceptions, and has overall, promoted and facilitated globalization. While technology has brought a vast amount of benefits, it has become a controversial topic in today’s rapidly advancing technological and digital world.

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Due to social media and the internet, individual privacy as well as global privacy has been drastically altered. Extreme threats have emerged making digital privacy a topic of high matter, establishing it as a major issue that needs to be addressed and a topic that needs to be resolved promptly. On November 21st, the UN adopted The Right to Privacy in the Digital Age. With this right, they emphasize the importance each country has by establishing national regulations and sanctions, in addition to promoting a higher level of responsibility within the private sector.

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Even though this Right to Privacy has emerged, it is still a vague matter that needs to be addressed in depth, and to the affinity of all nations. This committee wants nations to reach a collective agreement on the perception of privacy in the digital age. This should be achieved by coming up with a strategy that protects every individuals privacy online, specifically addressing regulations that need to be installed to achieve protection from other individuals or organizations. “The proper legal response to the issue of social media and privacy has been proven elusive because there is no fixed conceptualization of privacy.”