Access Rights

Access rights can refer to:

  • Access to Information Act, a Canadian act that allows public access to government information
  • Disability rights movement, disabled access to public and private locations is a key issue
  • Access control, the ability to permit or deny the use of something by someone.
  • File system permissions, security control over file access in computer operating systems
  • Harvey v. Horan, a U.S. Federal Court case which decided right of access to DNA testing
  • Right of public access to the wilderness

Famous quotes containing the words access and/or rights:

    “Make thick my blood,
    Stop up th’ access and passage to remorse,
    That no compunctious visitings of nature
    Shake my fell purpose.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The Civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretext, be infringed.”
    —James Madison (1751–1836)