(n.) The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion.
(n.) A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.
(n.) Concealment of what is said or done.
(n.) A private matter; a secret.
(n.) See Privity, 2.
Example Sentences:
(1) Although it appears to come within the confines of privacy, assisted suicide constitutes a more radical change in the law than its proponents suggest.
(2) However, a new, high-profile business deal, and a public row with her family, mean the multibillionaire's days of privacy are numbered.
(3) Wright said that he was told the other two pages of documents were not provided because of freedom of information subsections concerning privacy, "sources and methods," and that can "put someone's life in danger."
(4) In addition we also suggested that he was in charge of the company's privacy policy and that he now trusts open source software where he can examine the underlying code himself.
(5) "People have really gotten comfortable not only sharing more information and different kinds, but more openly and with more people," said Zuckerberg in 2010 during an intense few months as controversy raged over the complexity of Facebook's privacy settings.
(6) "Our thoughts go out to his family and many friends, who have asked for privacy at this time."
(7) Nobody knows how often it happens but judging just from my inbox, it’s certainly not a rare occurrence and what struck me as I started to learn about the issue of health privacy is that employees are defenseless against things like this happening to them.” Fei said that she also received her fair share of emails saying: “What makes you think your baby was entitled to million dollars worth of care?
(8) This thoughtful intervention brought new hope to us and others, for the rebuilding of public trust in surveillance conducted with respect for privacy, democracy and the law.
(9) 'Snooper's charter': Theresa May faces calls to improve bill to protect privacy Read more Ken Clarke, the Conservative former home secretary, and Dominic Grieve, the Tory former attorney general, suggested there could be improvements to the new laws that overhaul the state’s surveillance powers.
(10) Japan's trade and industrial ministry warned on Wednesday that Google must follow Japan's privacy law in implementing its new approach, and that Google needed to provide explanations to address users' concerns.
(11) It frustrates customers, eats up their data allowance and can jeopardise their privacy.
(12) Privacy advocates argue this reflects an alarming ease of access, even though agencies should make every effort to ensure the invasion of privacy is justified by the importance to the public of solving a crime or recovering money.
(13) "The more I've worked on data protection over the past 20 years, the more I've realised that at the heart of this, what matters as much as the privacy aspect is the issue of human decision-making," said Mayer-Schönberger, professor of internet governance at the Oxford Internet Institute.
(14) He said Coulson quite clearly knew hacking was a breach of the Press Complaints Commission code and there might be privacy issues, but never knew it was a crime.
(15) A controversial bill aimed at tackling cybercrime has gained support this week even as critics including the Obama administration charge it threatens to overturn privacy protections.
(16) The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt , has ruled out introducing a new privacy law to deal with issues around superinjunctions and gagging orders, following a meeting with the justice secretary, Ken Clarke.
(17) Granny flats, designed as standardized units using panels, offer privacy yet proximity to family members.
(18) Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, warned Barack Obama in public remarks this month that history had shown “sacrificing our right to privacy can have dire consequences”.
(19) The company claims that its privacy policy does not break Belgian data protection laws, according to reports .
(20) And there are plenty who think that, as our libel laws are cleaned up, smart lawyers are switching horses to privacy.
Seclude
Definition:
(v. t.) To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others.
(v. t.) To shut or keep out; to exclude.
Example Sentences:
(1) Bay of Bengal map The Mergui archipelago on the Thai-Myanmar border is one of the more secluded parts of the Bay.
(2) In 1985 the families of 137 passengers killed when a Delta Airlines jet crashed at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport stayed in a secluded hotel while waiting for the victims' bodies to be retrieved and identified.
(3) (2) The tendency to seclude on admission suggests failure to follow the legal stipulation that less restrictive measures be employed first.
(4) Ponder this as you take in mountain views through floor-to-ceiling windows or from the secluded patio.
(5) Unutma Meni (Don't Forget Me) features the 33-year-old brunette under the stage name GooGoosha - apparently her father's name for her - cavorting in a cartoon wonderland where she travels to a secluded castle and a tropical island in a limousine that floats through the air.
(6) Not only is he one of the BBC's most respected and best-paid figures, he is well-connected (his closest friend is the novelist Robert Harris), lives with his TV producer wife and three children in a secluded Oxfordshire village, and his brother is the British ambassador to Spain.
(7) Although many patients are secluded for violence against themselves or others, there are others who have not been violent who are secluded.
(8) This might partly be explained by genetic factors (such as inbreeding); we identified 3 families, all from Vorarlberg (which is a small, secluded mountain area), in which both parents were carriers of the MH trait.
(9) I met Attenborough last weekend, as arranged, in a secluded patch of earth behind some reeds at the new wetlands centre he himself had ceremonially opened.
(10) To visit the Grand Canyon, in north-west Arizona, choose between the more developed South Rim, which is open year-round, and has drive-up overlooks, museums and mule rides, or the more secluded North Rim, which is higher in elevation and closed to vehicles from mid-October until mid-May because of the snow (skiers and snowshoers are welcome).
(11) If history isn’t your thing, the park also offers plenty of coastal scenery, including eight miles of hiking trails to secluded coves.
(12) According to local boatmen, the Rothschilds use this military-style craft to whisk their guests at a speed of 50 knots directly from the airport to a corner of north-east Corfu where the secluded coves and remote luxury villas have become a discreet playground for the rich and powerful to mix business and pleasure.
(13) In some secluded villages, DM was almost completely absent.
(14) Overall, New York City and large-town hospitals had the highest rates of seclusion and restraint, but analysis by age group showed that New York City had the lowest rate for patients under age 35, who constituted the majority of patients who were secluded or restrained, and large towns had the highest rate.
(15) This fact, together with data on disease distribution and HLA frequencies, supports our assumption that Jews in the North African diaspora lived as small secluded isolates even within the same geographical zones.
(16) It was found that 44 per cent of the patients were secluded during their stay.
(17) The interview takes place in a chic restaurant in Headingley, where she lives and writes in a secluded old stone house.
(18) The pristine white clapboard house, situated near the top of the hill on a secluded cul-de-sac, has raffia wallpaper and overstuffed leather couches.
(19) These three families, all from Vorarlberg, a secluded mountain area, represent 4.5% of all our MH-positive families (n = 61) and 7.3% of all MH-positive families where both parents had been tested (n = 41).
(20) Among the secluded cabins, opt for the well-furnished three-bedroom red one (sleeping six) and enjoy its hot tub.