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PRIV-uh-see/ˈprɪvəsi/

Privacy is freedom from being watched or from others seeing your information: privacy notices; a right to privacy. Private is the adjective (already in the dictionary). Notices must cover how orals are stored. Mix-up: piracy is illegal copying. Uncountable. Do not confuse privacy with secrecy about public money.

Meaning

Freedom from public attention, or from other people seeing your information.

Examples

• “Privacy notices must cover how oral recordings are stored.”
• “A privacy screen hid the candidate number, which is the exam-hall sense.”

Good to know

a right to privacy; privacy notice / settings. Adjective: private. Uncountable. GDPR, safeguarding, and exam halls. Unseen personal data, not “keeping a scandal quiet”.

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