Editing Privacy (section)

===Right to be let alone===
In 1890, the United States [[jurists]] Samuel D. Warren and Louis Brandeis wrote "The Right to Privacy", an article in which they argued for the "right to be let alone", using that phrase as a definition of privacy.{{sfn|Solove|2010|pp=15–17}} This concept relies on the theory of [[natural rights and legal rights|natural rights]] and focuses on protecting individuals. The citation was a response to recent technological developments, such as photography, and sensationalist journalism, also known as [[yellow journalism]].<ref name=Brandeis>Warren and Brandeis, [http://www.law.louisville.edu/library/collections/brandeis/node/225 "The Right To Privacy"](1890) 4 Harvard Law Review 193</ref>

There is extensive commentary over the meaning of being "let alone", and among other ways, it has been interpreted to mean the right of a person to choose [[seclusion]] from the attention of others if they wish to do so, and the right to be immune from scrutiny or being observed in private settings, such as one's own home.{{sfn|Solove|2010|pp=15–17}} Although this early vague legal concept did not describe privacy in a way that made it easy to design broad legal protections of privacy, it strengthened the notion of privacy rights for individuals and began a legacy of discussion on those rights in the US.{{sfn|Solove|2010|pp=15–17}}