Legal Definition and Related Resources of Privacy

Although privacy is a right protected by law, it is incapable of precise definition as it overlays various substantive areas such as constitutional law and torts. The right to privacy is the right to be free from the unwarranted appropriation or exploitation of one’s personality, the publicizing of one’s private affairs with which the public has no legitimate concern, or the wrongful intrusion into one’s private activities, in such manner as to outrage or cause mental suffering, shame or humiliation to a person of ordinary sensibilities. Smith v N.B.C., 138 Cal.App. 2d 807. In constitutional law, it is an individual’s protected right to do certain kinds of actions, e.g., the right to use contraceptive devices. Griswold v Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479, 85 S. Ct. 1678, 14 L.Ed.2d510. Also, see Roe v Wade, 410 U.S. 113, in which the Texas statute limiting right to abortions was struck down as an unnecessary infringement on womens right to privacy. In the law of torts, the right encompasses inter alia protection against public disclo-sure of private facts. See Melvin v Reid, 112 Cal.App. 285, 297 P. 911. Also protection against appropriation of name or likeness. See Carlisle v Fawcett Publications, 201 Cal.App. 2d 733, 20 Cal. Rptr. 405. Also see Namath v Sports Illustrated, 80 Misc.2d 531, 363 N. Y.S.2d276.

noun

• concealment
• confidentiality
• confidentialness
• delitescence
• disassociation
• dissociation
• evasion
• evasiveness
• intimacy
• isolation
• obscurity
• penetralia
• privateness
• quietude
• retirement
• retreat
• seclusion
• secrecy
• secretiveness
• separateness
• separation
• solitariness
• solitude
• solitudo
• voluntary exile
• withdrawal
• Associated Concepts: invasion of privacy
• right of privacy

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Privacy in Historical Law

You might be interested in the historical meaning of this term. Browse or search for Privacy in Historical Law in the Encyclopedia of Law.

Search for legal acronyms and/or abbreviations containing Privacy in the Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms Dictionary.

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Translate Given Privacy from English to Spanish

Translation of Given Privacy , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Permitan que lo haga en privado and other legal terms is available here.

• Permitan que lo haga en privado
• Legal English Translation

Translate Right to Privacy from English to Spanish

Translation of Right to Privacy , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Derecho a su vida privada and other legal terms is available here.

• Derecho a su vida privada
• Legal English Translation

Privacy in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of privacy.

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Legal English Vocabulary: Privacy in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term privacy into Spanish: vida privada (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• privacy in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• privacy in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Privacy, Sexual Behaviour and the Law

Further Reading

• Privacy in the Encyclopedia of Sexual Behavior and the Law

Privacy , Sexual Behaviour and the Law

Further Reading

• Privacy in the Encyclopedia of Sexual Behavior and the Law

Meaning of Privacy in Political Science

A very basic notion of Privacy related to the United States’election law is provided here: Being alone, where no one can observe you

Definition of Privacy

In relation to social issues, a meaning of privacy is provided here: the state of being free from unsanctioned intrusion.

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See Also

• Civil Liberty
• Civil Right
• Legal Right
• Citizen Freedom
• Political Liberty
• Constitutional Right
• Political Right
• Freedom of Speech