Privacy

This House believes the private lives of public figures should be open to press scrutiny.

14 May 2013

The term “public figure” covers a relatively large spectrum of people who share the commonality of being widely known. This can range from those...

This House would not allow companies to collect/sell the personal data of their clients

22 Feb 2013

The advent of computing has allowed governments, businesses and individuals to store, collate, analyse, and utilize huge amounts of data. Firms have made use...

This House would ban targeted online advertising on the basis of user profiles and demographics

18 Feb 2013

Advertisers have long sought new and innovative ways to reach their target markets. With the birth of television, firms sought to determine what demographics...

This House believes that rumours about politicians should not be reported

23 Nov 2012

The case: The Mexican journalist and the "alcoholic" presidentMexican journalist Carmen Aristegui was fired for publicly calling on President Felipe Calderón...

This House would "out" gay celebrities

21 Feb 2012

The outing of gay celebrities is a difficult debate based around the balancing of societal benefit from the act with the rights of individuals to retain their...

This House Believes civil liberties should be sacrificed for the greater good

17 Feb 2012

The events of September 11th 2001 resulted in governments all over the world taking extraordinary measures to enhance the security of their citizens. Whether...

This house would have a criminal DNA database

26 Jan 2012

At present police can remove samples of DNA from individuals suspected of involvement in a specified crime, commonly by the removal of cells from the mouth...

This house believes Sperm and egg donors should retain their anonymity

26 Jan 2012

Organised sperm and egg donation has gone on for decades, as the medical science of fertility treatment has sought to help couples unable to conceive naturally...

This house believes that full-body scanners are worthwhile

26 Jan 2012

Full-body screening at airports is a topic that became particularly relevant after the December 25, 2009 "Christmas Bomber" attempted terrorist...

This house believes that the press should be able to publish allegations about private lives without consent

26 Jan 2012

Defamation is the term used to describe the action of damaging an individual's reputation or character and laws governing defamation are amongst some of...

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