Your Right To Privacy Has Its Limits

By Amy E. Feldman

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - A 77-year-old Utah man had, until this month, sunbathed in the nude in his own backyard. When new neighbors moved in, they complained to the police about the man's lewd behavior, claiming that their children had to pass his yard on the way to church. Ew. Dude, body confidence for senior citizens is awesome, but seriously you couldn't get a speedo? On the other hand, it is his own backyard.

Don't you have a right to privacy in your own backyard? The answer is no.

You have a right to privacy where you have a reasonable expectation of privacy. But the sunbather's yard was enclosed by a chain link fence. So if your actions affect the rights of others not to have to see that, you can be held liable for it.

If you want to lie around nude, you can do so if you get a privacy fence so that no one has to see that.

And you might also want to remember that sometimes the sexiest of your parts are best left to others' imaginations.