O DIREITO FUNDAMENTAL À PRIVACIDADE - GARANTIA CONSTITUCIONAL FACE O AVANÇO DAS TECNOLOGIAS DE VIGILÂNCIA E CONTROLE SOCIAL

Abstract

With the evolution of information technology, modern techniques of surveillance and social control are being used by both the State and by private entities. It is the objective of this dissertation, the analysis of the real scope of protection and effective guarantee of the right to privacy as defined in Article 5, section X, of the 1988 Brazilian Constitution, from a neoconstitutionalism perspective. The purpose is to demonstrate that the use of information technology, in the control of social habits, is an unconstitutional activity for violating the right to privacy and thereby the dignity of the human person. The method used was hypothetical-deductive, with the help of comparative and historical ones. The research was entirely theoretical. In the end, it was concluded that the privacy belongs to the group of the human rights and also to the list of fundamental rights, and the constitutional standard that defines the right to privacy does not allow direct or indirect constitutional restrictions. Restrictions are only possible through poise when in collision with another fundamental principle. Any violation of privacy through information technology is unconstitutional.