Privacy in the Media

Tadeusz Kononiuk

In a democratic society privacy is a privilege without which life would be endurable. While society values is immensely, paradoxically, it has transformed it into a best selling good, with numerous people living and prospering only thanks to the media hype round their private lives. Having the right to privacy where individuals strive for seclusion, people, at the same time, have the right to decide to what extent they want to let others, media included, into their lives and affairs, fulfilling this way their own idea of existence. Privacy in the media cannot therefore be abused in a harmful to the individual way.

KEYWORDS

privacy, individual's own interests, the right to be left in peace, private immunity and inviolability, autonomy, private safety, the sphere of exclusiveness