The smartphone is a technological device that people use to accomplish different tasks, privacy is a factor because it hold a lot of personal information that the owner might not want to share with other people. This is why consent and understanding plays an important role to build boundaries and relationships. In other words, smartphones privacy occurs in every situation whether you are single or married but the important thing is to maintain trust.
Based on the context of the prompt where a couple separated after 10 years of marriage and with two kids goes to show that the couple do not understand each other. Based on my view, I have come to realize that respecting boundaries does not mean that a person hates you or is hiding things from you. Some people are just built in a certain way that they can't share or allow people in some certain areas of their lives and that includes their phones.
I have seen a situation where a guy shouted on a girl because she asked to see just a picture but decided to keep scrolling through his phone without his permission. Apparently, he had personal pictures that he did not want anyone to see. This can be quite annoying because there are numerous people like that.
In other words, if people have lived together for 10 years and have been intimate with one another, I don't want to believe that a mere issue of going through your partners phone should be a reason for divorce. Except they are suspecting each other of extra marital affairs.
I would want a relationship that is fair and transparent, if truly you love me you should not hide anything from me, check your phone would be to check for vital details and not to scoop for unnecessary and deceitful behaviors.
This is my participation in the 
A couple who have been married for a decade with two kids just separated over the weekend. This has sparked an online debate where people think it’s very important to go through your partner’s phone once a while. We would like to know your opinion. Do you think you should sometimes check your partner’s phone? Or you just don’t think it’s right?
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