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This paper concentrates on the dangers of tele-services. It compares the advantages of the services (i.e. tele-health and tele-education) and the disadvantages as they relate to the infringements of personal privacy. With the development of the space/computer age, individual privacy has diminished. The paper explores government interference in our private lives through space technology, both in the past and what can be envisioned in the future.
Although space tele-services are inevitable, precautions should be taken to ensure the right to privacy of all individuals on Earth. This paper offers possible solutions to this problem, for example, through new United Nations treaties or through the World Court. This paper shows that tele-services need to be regulated world-wide to address this privacy issue.
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Mercer-Fike, J. (1999). Tele-Services and the Right to Privacy. In: Haskell, G., Rycroft, M. (eds) Space and the Global Village: Tele-services for the 21st Century. Space Studies, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4812-2_26
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