RIGHT OF PRIVACY
right of privacy. 1. The right to personal autonomy. • The U.S. Constitution does not
explicitly provide for a right of privacy or for a general right of personal autonomy, but the
Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that a right of personal autonomy is implied in the “zones of
privacy” created by specific constitutional guarantees. [Cases: Constitutional Law
82(7)–82(13).C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 461–470, 584, 612, 614–619, 623–628, 630–648;
Right to Die§ 2.] 2. The right of a person and the person’s property to be free from unwarranted
public scrutiny or exposure. — Also termed right to privacy. See INVASION OF PRIVACY. [Blacks Law 8th]