Bailey Mack on the History of Privacy Legislation [Podcast]

Bailey Mack on the History of Privacy Legislation [Podcast]

From Compliance Perspectives by SCCE

December 9, 2025 · 8 min

About this episode

Bailey Mack discusses the evolution of privacy legislation from the late 19th century to the present.

By Adam Turteltaub What do a secret wedding and Richard Nixon have in common with HIPAA? A lot more than you might think, shares Bailey Mack , Chief Compliance Officer at Together for Youth . In this podcast she tells us the interesting history of privacy and the law. We begin in 1890 when a photographer trespassed to photograph a wedding he wasn’t supposed to be photographing. Thirty eight years later in the Olmstead case, wiretapping wasn’t deemed intrusive because no one entered the room. It was as if a privacy violation could occur only if there was trespassing involved. That began to change in the 1960s in which thinking evolved and the idea gained currency that privacy was about violations of the person’s right to privacy, rather than to property. Watergate led to further changes in which citizens were given access to government records about them. And, since then, more legislation has come and likely will. Listen in to learn more, and if you’re an SCCE or HCCA member, don’t miss her article in Compliance & Ethics Professional ® magazine.

People in this episode

Host: Adam Turteltaub

Guest: Bailey Mack

Topics covered

  • privacy legislation
  • history of privacy
  • HIPAA
  • government records

Keywords

  • privacy
  • law
  • Olmstead case
  • Watergate

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