According a Catholic interpretation of the natural law, do individuals posses a right to privacy? This question is mainly about the idea of contact tracing, but in a broader sense, in the Natural Law, as interpreted by the Catholic Church, her doctors, popes, noted philosophers, well-meaning dons, radio personalities, etc... do individuals have a right to privacy and if so, what sort of a right is that?
Is it merely a negative right, as in, other people have a duty not to pry into your details or do people have a positive right to keep things to themselves?
In Catholic Republic written by author Timothy Gordon (page 38ff), he outlines there are only 3 rights directly under Natural Law: Right to Life, Right to Liberty and Right to Property, so one cannot directly say that according to natural law one has a right to privacy. However, that doesn't mean that from Natural Law, it would be perfectly moral to &quot;pry into details&quot; or &quot;keep things&quot; to yourself; it just isn't a &quot;right&quot;