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Reasonable expectation of privacy (United States)
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<p>In <a href="/facts/United_States_constitutional_law/G5C2HlQk">United States constitutional law</a>, reasonable expectation of privacy is a <a href="/facts/Legal_test/9yN1lA32">legal test</a> which is crucial in defining the scope of the applicability of the <a href="/facts/Privacy_laws_of_the_United_States/DFJ1T7vG">privacy protections</a> of the <a href="/facts/Fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution/S1KsVyvf">Fourth Amendment</a> to the <a href="/facts/U.S._Constitution/AJlEWNR3">U.S. Constitution</a>. It is related to, but is not the same as, a <i><a href="/facts/Right_to_privacy/q9jY2KWz">right to privacy</a></i>, a much broader concept which is found in many legal systems (see <a href="/facts/Privacy_law/MqQ3j0UU">privacy law</a>). Overall, reasonable expectations of privacy can be subjective or objective. </p>