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privacy
The degree to which an individual can determine which personal information is to be shared with whom and for what purpose. Although always a concern when users pass confidential information to vendors by phone, mail or fax, the Internet has brought this issue to the forefront. Web sites often have privacy policies that stipulate exactly what will be done with the information you enter. For more information, visit www.privacyalliance.org and www.epic.org. Contrast with confidentiality, which deals with unauthorized access to data. See privacy policy, CPO, EU Directive, GLB, HIPAA and P3P.
privacy
Philosophy the condition of being necessarily restricted to a single person

privacy - Where only the intended recipients can read a message.


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96 Hardcover KF9223 Bloss (criminal justice, The Citadel) explores recent changes in the US legal system that affect the right to privacy and uses real-life stories to illustrate these vulnerabilities in a post 9/11 world.
Justice Antonin Scalia, during a conference comparing American and Jewish legal traditions, has reiterated his belief that there is no constitutional right to privacy.
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