12.3 Privacy as a Human RightQuiz

1.

Which article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights protects the right to privacy?

2.

What event prompted the United Nations to pass landmark resolutions on privacy in the digital age in 2013 and 2014?

3.

What two articles of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights protect privacy and personal data?

4.

Who has served as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy since 2015?

5.

In two or three sentences, explain why treating privacy as a human right — rather than only a consumer protection — matters particularly for activists, journalists, and minorities.

6.

Why dös a human rights framing of privacy provide stronger protection than a consumer protection framing?