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The cluster of concerns usually identified asmatters of privacy can be adequately accountedfor by unpacking our natural rights to life,liberty, and property. Privacy as derived fromfundamental natural rights to life, liberty,and property encompasses the advantages of thecontrol and restricted access theories withouttheir attendant difficulties.
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Volkman, R. Privacy as life, liberty, property. Ethics and Information Technology 5, 199–210 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:ETIN.0000017739.09729.9f
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