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:

    “Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a direct or indirect attack on the male right of access to women.”
    —Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)

    “Love your enemies. I saw this admonition now as simple, sensible advice. I knew I could face an angry, murderous mob without even the beginning of fear if I could love them. Like a flame, love consumes fear, and thus make true defeat impossible.”
    —Sarah Patton Boyle, U.S. civil rights activist and author. The Desegregated Heart, part 2, ch. 2 (1962)