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The bill of rights is a set of limitations on the government, not a general set of limitations. They don’t generally apply to private companies. We are free to

• TheCoelacanth 2y ago
  At the time, comparable private searches and seizures were crimes, so there was no need for them to be included in the 4th amendment. New protections of privacy from corporations are desperately needed in the digital era.
• lulzury 2y ago
  Yes, the Bill of Rights primarily restricts governmental powers and doesn't apply directly to private companies but federal powers such as those granted by the Commerce Clause [0] have been used to defend and pass laws that protect rights in the context of private entities. Example: Civil Rights Act of 1964 [1] "Congress asserted its authority to legislate under several different parts of the United States Constitution, principally its enumerated power to regulate interstate commerce under the Commerce Clause of Article I, Section VIII, its duty to guarantee all citizens equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment, and its duty to protect voting rights under the Fifteenth Amendment." [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce_Clause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce_Clause [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964