Definition of Right to privacy

1. Noun. Right to be free of unsanctioned intrusion.

Generic synonyms: Human Right

Definition of Right to privacy

1. Noun. (Chiefly American English) The right of an individual to the protection and preservation of privacy when it concerns that individual, especially within the United States. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Right To Privacy

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right to an attorney
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right to privacy (current term)
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Literary usage of Right to privacy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. From the Household to the Factory: Sex Discrimination in the Guatemalan by Judith Sunderland (2002)
"Right to Privacy Obliging disclosure of information related to prospective workers' pregnancy status, as a condition of employment, invades women's privacy. ..."

2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"The right to privacy in respect to tbe use of real property Is one which has ... There are several rights in which the right to privacy may be said to be ..."

3. Popular Law-making: A Study of the Origin, History, and Present Tendencies by Frederic Jesup Stimson (1910)
"... no relation whatever to the very new-fangled notion of a general right to privacy. The two principles are that an Englishman's house is his castle. ..."

4. In a Time of Torture: The Assault on Justice in Egypt's Crackdown on by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization). (2004)
"It expands and deepens existing serious violations of the right to privacy; the rights to freedom from torture, arbitrary arrest and detention; ..."

5. Screening and Assessing Adolescents for Substance Use Disorders: A Treatment by Ken C. Winters, Ken C. Winters, Ph.d. (2000)
"Of top concern among these issues is confidentiality: the protection of the adolescent's right to privacy. For example, staff members of a program that ..."

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