Cyberspace: A Right and an Obligation

Privacy is the right that determines the nonintervention of secret surveillance and the protection of an individual's information. In the case Morfe v. Mutoc, the Court recognized that certain constitutional guarantees work together to create zones of privacy. The Court followed the rule in the United States case Griswold v. Connecticut.  The court explained the relevance of these zones in "In the Matter of the Petition for Issuance of Writ of Habeas Corpus of Sabio v. Senator Gordon", thus:

Zones of privacy are recognized and protected in our laws. Within these zones, any form of intrusion is impermissible unless excused by law and in accordance with customary legal process. The meticulous regard we accord to these zones arises not only from our conviction that the right to privacy is a "constitutional right" and "the right most valued by civilized men," but also from our adherence to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which mandates that, "no one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy" and "everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks."

In this age of modern technology, the legislative department of the government is working on how these zones of privacy will be protected. Several bills were passed and became law to adopt in the continuous change of technology. In 2012, the cybercrime law was approved. The law sought to protect the users and penalize offenders in the cyber world.

This paper aims to outline the extent of protection of the citizen's exercise of the right to privacy expected as applied in the cyber world and the limitations in the exercise thereof.