This paper discusses how public video
surveillance is becoming one of the hottest issues regarding privacy rights today.
Already common in some countries, public video
surveillance is now being used in the United States in places such as street corners, where video cameras are installed to see what people on the street are doing, and at big public events such as the Super Bowl. It shows that, while this new video surveillance is being done under the guise of protecting the security of the general public, it has also brought with it a host of new and serious issues regarding the right to privacy. It debates such issues as how much privacy are we entitled to in a free democratic society, where should the eyes of the federal
government not be prying, and whether there are any realistic limits to the invasion of privacy in the name of public safety anymore.