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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Recent Examples of privacy
Facing a potential payout in the tens of millions at the very least from an invasion of privacy lawsuit over some sloppy editing on a 2022 Blumhouse documentary about a sociopathic fertility doctor, Netflix has emerged having to write a relatively small check thanks to a Midwest jury.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
Netflix had also argued that the documentary was protected by the First Amendment, but the judge rejected that, ruling that the women’s names were not sufficiently newsworthy to overcome their privacy interests.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
There are more consumer, important to say consumer, but there are more consumer privacy protections in China than there are in the U.S.
—Leah Feiger, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
But perhaps the most powerful insight of Sand-Catcher is that the call to bear witness shouldn’t supersede the right to privacy.
—Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
Netflix had also argued that the documentary was protected by the First Amendment, but the judge rejected that, ruling that the women’s names were not sufficiently newsworthy to overcome their privacy interests.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
There are more consumer, important to say consumer, but there are more consumer privacy protections in China than there are in the U.S.
—Leah Feiger, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
But perhaps the most powerful insight of Sand-Catcher is that the call to bear witness shouldn’t supersede the right to privacy.
—Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Privacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/privacy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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