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Definition: privacy from The Chambers Dictionary

seclusion; (one's right to) freedom from intrusion by the public; avoidance of notice, publicity or display; secrecy, concealment; a place of retreat or retirement (rare); a private matter (rare). [private]


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From Encyclopedia of Human Relationships
Privacy is considered a cultural value, and legal scholars have grappled with the parameters setting the standard for privacy issues. However, in the context of human relationships, privacy is more dynamic and increasingly relevant as technological advances change the fabric of how people interact. In general, privacy in the United States is defined as information, territory, space, or possessions that people believe they have the right to own and over which they exercise control. Broadly, privacy may be further conceptualized as instances when people restrict access to others and safeguard autonomy. However, within human relationships, privacy refers not only to restricting access, but also to conditions under which others are granted access to private information, space, and possessions. An easy way to conceptualize this process is to consider all that people hold private as being housed within a boundary. When wishing to grant access, individuals open that boundary allowing others…
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From The Conversation: An Independent Source of Analysis from Academic Researchers
It’s no secret that big tech companies like Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon are increasingly infiltrating our personal and social interactions to collect vast amounts of data on us every day. At the same time, privacy violations in cyberspace regularly make front page news. So how should privacy…
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From Key Concepts in Public Relations
There is no general law of privacy in the UK. Prior to the Human Rights Act 1998 the only route to establishing privacy rights in the UK was to take out an action under breach of confidence. However this had obvious limitations, even though the courts were inclined to err on the side of a generous…
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From Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Political Thought
A condition imperfectly defined and imperfectly respected in many legal systems, despite the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (adopted but not enforceable by the United Nations Organization) which denounces interference with privacy, family, home and correspondence (implying, with intuitive…
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From Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology
The importance of privacy is often associated with the “quarrel between the ancients and moderns.” This expression came from the title of a famous lecture on “The Liberty of the Ancients Compared with that of the Moderns” in 1819 by the French political philosopher Benjamin Constant (1767-1830), …
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From Global Social Issues: An Encyclopedia
Little of certainty can be said about the concept of privacy other than the fact that it has been discussed and debated for centuries—perhaps even millennia. The exact meaning of the word, as well as the circumstances under which privacy is important; the appropriate means for safeguarding privacy; …
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From Encyclopedia of Ethics
Given the socially active role privacy plays in contemporary controversies related to evolving contours of personhood, there may be some point in not striving for precision in defining privacy before this evolution is further played out. Initially, privacy is better characterized by the contexts in…
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From Encyclopedia of Adolescence
Generally, privacy refers to a value that an individual asserts against the demands of a curious and intrusive community. Despite that general understanding, the concept of privacy still connotes many definitions, such as concerns about human dignity, physical integrity, and personal information, as…
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From American Governance
Privacy marks the boundaries of governance. Since the founding, Americans have wrestled with questions about the proper role, scope, and limits of government power. These debates about government power often turn on whether the subject of proposed regulation is public or private. The difference…
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From Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology
The process of privacy regulation.
Privacy regulation refers to how individuals and groups control interactions with others, especially about confidential or intimate information or with respect to physical contact or access. All societies have developed mechanisms for regulating privacy, and effective use of these mechanisms is…
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From The A to Z of Corporate Social Responsibility
→ Consumer rights , Employee rights Privacy refers to the ability of an individual or organisation to avoid public scrutiny of their personal affairs, and their right to control the flow of personal or confidential information about themselves. The European Convention on Human Rights recognises a…
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