الحماية القانونية لحق الأفراد في الخصوصية في ظل التطور الالكتروني

Abstract

The

right to privacy is one of the important personal rights closely related to the human personality and is the basis for respect for human dignity and humanity, which imposes many obligations on states to protect this right in light of the information revolution, modern communication devices and the internet, which has made it vulnerable to electronic violation، The research was limited to the extent of the interest of relevant international and national legislations in providing legal protection of individuals ' right to privacy, relying on the descriptive and analytical approach of legal texts, which came in line to some extent with international conventions, including the Universal Declaration of human rights of 1948 and the International Covenant on economic, social and cultural rights of 1966, which imposed an obligation on states to provide legal protection to all individuals through their constitutions or relevant laws، These include the Iraqi Penal law (No. 111 of 1969) and the Iraqi postal Law (No. 97 of 1973) by respecting the inviolability of individuals 'homes and protecting them from any arbitrary interference in them, as well as the confidentiality of individuals' Postal, Telegraph and telephone correspondence and not viewing, monitoring or eavesdropping on them, except for security or judicial necessities.