as in solitude
the state of being alone or kept apart from others
I enjoy privacy for a time, but eventually I miss the company of others
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TikTok does store user data, including usernames, watch history, comments, and privacy settings.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
So far, the rate of compliance among financial services firms with the new rules has been mixed, according to Harvey Jang, chief privacy officer and deputy general counsel at IT giant Cisco.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
No one understands those concerns better than cybersecurity influencers who use their platform to educate the masses about data security and privacy issues.
—Sam Sabin, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
Meta includes a privacy indicator—a light that activates when recording—to alert bystanders, but the FBI has not confirmed whether this feature was operational in Jabbar's glasses.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
So far, the rate of compliance among financial services firms with the new rules has been mixed, according to Harvey Jang, chief privacy officer and deputy general counsel at IT giant Cisco.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
No one understands those concerns better than cybersecurity influencers who use their platform to educate the masses about data security and privacy issues.
—Sam Sabin, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
Meta includes a privacy indicator—a light that activates when recording—to alert bystanders, but the FBI has not confirmed whether this feature was operational in Jabbar's glasses.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Privacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/privacy. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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