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From: rowan@ima.isc.com (Rowan Hawthorne)
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Subject: Re: Re: Privacy of personal data (was Re: Personal Privacy Violations)
Message-ID: <1991Jan22.134507@ima.isc.com>
Date: 22 Jan 91 18:45:07 GMT
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In article <1991Jan18.191635.11803@ddsw1.MCS.COM>, zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh) writes:
> 
> 	The constitution DOES protect privacy. . .It's called the 10th
> amendment.

Perhaps you meant the 9th amendment?

      9th Amendment
      The enumeration in tHe Constitution of certain rights shall not
      be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

The 10th amendment not only has nothing to due with privacy, but couldn't 
even be construed to convey that right:

      10th Amendment
      The powers not delegated to the United States shall not be
      construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or
      prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of
      another State or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.

Am I missing something? (I confess to not understanding the 10th
amendment fully).

		Rowan

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