The Fourth Amendment - Is Privacy In There?

[Luap]

Disclaimer: Not a thread discussing whether or not privacy is a right or not, or whether it does or doesn't need to be a right. Exclusively discussing with whether or not the Fourth Amendment, and just the Fourth Amendment, guarantees privacy or not.

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Here's the text:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Two main questions here:
-What is privacy? How would you define it?
-Is privacy guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment?

Have at it.

[Cosmic+Amarna]

This does have to do with privacy, but I'd say that it has more so to do with protecting people from accusations and charges.

Privacy: The state of being private or in seclusion, being free from intrusion or disturbance in one's affairs.
While it may seem so, I'd go and say that it isn't necessarily guaranteeing privacy. Like I said, it has more to do with protecting citizens from accusation. Of course privacy is an aspect of this but I don't think it guarantees it, since this amendment is having to do with accusation and being innocent until proven beyond a doubt guilty.