People can make their own lawful decisions.
The theory of privacy practices the philosophy of fundamental rights, and usually reacts to new knowledge and information technologies. In the United States, December 15, 1890, an article reproduced by lawyer Samuel D. Warren and eventual U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Louis Brandeis, authorized "The Right to Privacy", is frequently summoned as the earliest definite announcement of a U.S. right to secrecy.