The condition of being left alone, out of public view and in control of information that is known about you.
We sometimes share information with other departments within RNID or external organisations. If you provide us with information about yourself we will not give that information to any people or organisations unless you have told us you are happy for us to do this. All data will be handled and stored according to the Data Protection Act.
Each citizen's right to privacy is upheld in various EU instruments, including EU Court of Justice case-law and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. (See Fundamental rights: EU Charter)
The right to keep one's personal life from being exposed to the public.
Privacy includes procedures for the proper collection, management and use of information about a natural person. Commonwealth privacy legislation determines how government agencies and business handle the private information provided to them.
(a.k.a., confidentiality)(1) a user-oriented security quality requirement specifying the degree to which an application or component shall ensure that its sensitive data and communications are kept private.(2) a quality factor measuring the degree to which an application or component actually its sensitive data and communications from specified externals.(3) a security mechanism for keeping sensitive data and communications private. For example encryption and decryption. Note that authorization can make privacy specific to individual [classes of] users.
freedom from unauthorized intrusion: state of being let alone and able to keep certain esp. personal matters to oneself (e.g., expectation of privacy, invasion of privacy interest, right of privacy). See Griswold Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965) and Roe Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).
A way to ensure that information is not disclosed to any one other than the intended parties. Information is usually encrypted to provide confidentiality. Also known as confidentiality.
Refers to information about an employee which he or she regards as personal or private (i.e., medical information, financial data, etc.) and the right of that individual to not have such information shared with others.
the U.S. constitution guarantees the right to privacy, and the Privacy Act of 1974 contains measures that safeguard the individual against government misuse of personal information. The act also gives the individual the right to find out what personal information is stored by any federal agency. ** NOTE: The following email was recieved from Mr. Chet Leech: "In your dictionary, the term privacy is defined as a right that is guaranteed by the Constitution. The Fourth Amendment, sometimes interpreted to mean we have a right to privacy, in no way guarantees or explicitly states that there is a guarantee and does not even use the word privacy. Through Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, the courts have determined that there are certain rights we are entitled to, but in it's broadest sense, privacy is not one of those rights." Fast Times thanks Mr. Leech for his remarks and welcomes other comments regarding all items on its website.
privacy applies only to personal and/or sensitive information, no matter who provided it to the service. Privacy is a broader concept than confidentiality. It is about an individual's ability to control the extent to which their personal information, that could identify them, is available to others. Organisations are required to inform individuals what their information will be used for, how it will be stored and how the individual can check on what information is held about them. Privacy is governed by Federal and State laws.
the right of patients to not have information about them placed in medical records or shared verbally with others.
Privacy is the right of individuals to be left alone, and to determine when, how, and to what extent they share information about themselves with others.
the right to be left alone and the right to be free of unreasonable personal intrusions.
which means, in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act 1988, that people have a right to expect that personal information held on them is accurate and available for inspection and amendment if not, and that that information is properly safeguarded and protected. They must also be kept fully informed of the uses to which this information may be put.
A concept that applies to people, rather to documents, in which there is a resumed right to protect that individual from unauthorised divulging of personal data of any kind.
Someone's right to keep their personal matters and relationships confidential.
The protection of a company's data from being read by unauthorized parties. Safe guards such as encryption can provide a level of assurance that the integrity of the data is protected from exposure.
The ability to keep personal information from reaching others. Annuities are private legal contracts. p 91
the right to not have one's private life intruded upon or unjustifiably brought into the public arena. The issue of privacy is imperfectly recognised in many legal systems. (p. 243)
In information technology, refers to the scope of private and personal information, specifically belonging to an individual, intended to be protected from the view of others. Examples: Social Security Numbers, home address, medical information, financial information.
Seclusion. Not being intruded upon. Information belonging to the individual, and not society at large.
The quality or condition of being free from unsanctioned intrusion. Communications need to reassure the prospect through clear, accessible and enforced assurances so he/she can feel comfortable about providing personal information and transacting business.
The right of individuals to be left alone and to be protected against physical or psychological invasion or the misuse of their property. It includes freedom from intrusion or observation into one's private affairs, the right to maintain control over certain personal information, and the freedom to act without outside influence.
The quality or condition of being free from unsanctioned intrusion. Privacy in the email marketing world implies that a recipient's email address is not shared and they will not receive email they did not request.
Privacy entails keeping data confidential while in transit and in storage from end to end of the transaction lifecycle or information exchange. It also constitutes the policy surrounding the use and disclosure of this information within the enterprise.
A source of concern to many on the Internet is how much personal information on them is available to all who look for it. Wherever you open an account on the Internet and World Wide Web, you are asked for personal information. What happens to this information? Do you have a right to privacy? See Privacy: What Can Others Learn About You
Ability to restrict the kind and amount of information that is needed to be shared online.
Privacy means, in the context of a protocol, respecting an individual’s right to be free from unauthorized or unreasonable intrusion related to the individual’s private information, including control over the extent, timing and circumstances of obtaining such information. Privacy concerns participants or potential participants as “people,” in terms of access to personal information from or about them. For example, individuals may not want to be seen entering a place that might stigmatize them, such as a clearly-identified pregnancy counseling center. Both an “authorized” and an “unauthorized” release of research information implicates an individual’s privacy, because it provides access to information about the individual.
As applied to the Internet, this term refers to the desire to prevent personal information from being collected about a Web user without that person's express knowledge and consent. The Internet, which is essentially a worldwide network of connected computers, provides opportunities for computers to collect various types of information from the computers that access them. The information can range from special cookies that enable e-commerce to run more smoothly to a list of recently visited Web sites to personal information stored in files on a computer's hard drive. The degree of access to your computer via the Web depends on the security measures you take to protect your privacy. One of the best ways to protect your privacy is to upgrade your Web browser when a new product becomes available and to use to privacy tools available in the software. Reputable Web sites will post privacy statements that explain what information they collect and why. The privacy of House and Senate information is protected from access via the Web with very strong firewalls.
An individual's--especially a private citizen's--legal right to be left alone and not badgered by newspeople. Privacy includes intrusion on seclusion, the public disclosure of private facts, false light and commercial appropriation.
See confidentiality, duty to inform. [See Case Studies related to Privacy
The ability of an individual (or organization) to decide whether, when, and to whom personal (or organizational) information is released.
The individual's full control over certain personal matters guaranteed by law. Information about a person's genetic make-up is a privacy question.
The right of individuals and organizations to control the collection, storage, and dissemination of information about themselves.
Preventing the unintended or unauthorized disclosure of information about a person. Such information may be contained within a message, but may also be inferred from patterns of communication; e.g. when communications happen, the types of resource accessed, the parties withwhom communication occurs, etc.
The rights and obligations of individuals and organizations with respect to the collection, use, disclosure, and retention of personal information. Privacy Breach: A privacy breach occurs when personal information is collected, retained, accessed, used, or disclosed in ways that are not in accordance with the provisions of the enterprise's policies, applicable privacy laws, or regulations.
In genetics, the right of people to restrict access to their genetic information.
The right to be left alone. The right of privacy derives from the Fourth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution ("unreasonable search and seizure"), which in turn derives from the English Common Law concept, that every citizen has the right of privacy in his own home.
For citizens and consumers, freedom from unauthorized intrusion. For organizations, privacy involves the policies that determine what information is gathered, how it is used, and how customers are informed and involved in this process. Privacy is a legal issue, but it's also an information security issue. Customer outrage over stolen credit card numbers, for instance, is a privacy problem brought about by inadequate security.
(1) The right to be let alone; (2) in insurance contexts, the right to fair personal information practices.
These are important to look for when visiting a Web site. They appear in various locations. Look for a privacy policy under "Privacy," "About Us" or company information sections of the site, or under a privacy icon. Some companies don't label their information practices specifically but make a statement such as "no information is being collected on this Web site." That counts as a privacy policy. If a privacy policy can't be found, send an email message to the site Webmaster to ask about its policy.
Privacy is the ability of a person to control the availability of information about and exposure of himself or herself. It is related to being able to function in society anonymously (including pseudonymous or blind credential identification). [Source: Wikipedia on Privacy.
the ability of an individual to prevent unwanted collection or distribution of personally identifying information pertaining to that individual. While there is no general “right to privacy†under U.S. law, many laws at the federal and state level to apply to how a company may collect and use information gathered from or about individuals.
The control customers have over the collection, use, and distribution of their personal information.
To dream that your privacy suffers intrusion, foretells you will have overbearing people to worry you. For a woman, this dream warns her to look carefully after private affairs. If she intrudes on the privacy of her husband or lover, she will disabuse some one's confidence, if not careful of her conversation.
the claim of individuals, groups or institutions to determine for themselves when, how, and to what extent information about them is communicated to others.
The Privacy Act of 1974, Public Law 93-579, safeguards privacy through creating four procedural rights in personal data. It requires government agencies to show an individual any records kept on him/her; also requires agencies to follow "fair information practices" when gathering and handling personal data. It places restrictions on how agencies can share an individual's data with other people and agencies and also lets individuals sue the government for violating its provisions.
For digital communications, Microsoft defines privacy as the ability to determine how personal information is collected, used, and communicated to others.
Privacy is defined as the right of individuals to control or influence what information related to them (in this case, health information) may be collected and stored and by whom and to whom that information may be disclosed. In this study, the Privacy category includes those projects that are trying to develop policies, procedures and systems to protect any unauthorised disclosure and misuse of health information.
The notion of information such as email or personal information being hidden from the view of people other than the intended recipients.
The right of an individual to be secure from unauthorized disclosure of information about oneself that is contained in documents. (SAA)
The fundamental right to control the collection, use, and disclosure of information about ourselves.
The right of an individual, group, or institution, to control, edit, manage, and delete information about themselves and decide when, how, and to what extent that information is communicated to others.
Privacy of data means that only persons who are entitled to, can read the data. The transport protocols usually used in networks cannot prevent unauthorized persons to read data undetected. Using strong cryptography, however, can guarantee privacy.
Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to keep their lives and personal affairs out of public view, or to control the flow of information about themselves. Privacy is sometimes related to anonymity although it is often most highly valued by people who are publicly known. Privacy can be seen as an aspect of security—one in which trade-offs between the interests of one group and another can become particularly clear.