Digital privacy seems to be more of a negative right. Users that are privacy advocates would probably want their digital information protected from unwanted viewers. For example, a current example would be facebook. People upload photos and put content up that they'd probably prefer that only certain people can view (i.e friends). If we had some negative rights, then our information would be protected from unwanted viewers. Maybe users wouldn't want their parents or employers to see their personal life.
On the other hand, digital privacy can also be looked at as a positive right in some aspects. Users can have the right to post up their information and have the right to control who can view it. In the facebook example, users should have the right to have their information displayed to their friends and only their friends.
Digital privacy seems to be the gray area in between a positive and negative right. Though it can be argued both ways, it is still a right and it should not be taken away.
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