English-Spanish translations for privacy

• intimidad
  Tenemos que proteger la intimidad personal. Personal privacy must be protected.
  La intimidad es otro ejemplo citado con frecuencia. Privacy is another much-quoted example.
  La gente quiere proteger su intimidad de los intrusos. People want to protect their privacy from intruders.
• privacidad
  No debemos perder de vista el debate sobre la privacidad. We must not lose sight of this privacy debate.
  Hace falta privacidad; la privacidad es un bien político. There is a need for privacy, since privacy is a political asset.
  Se hace referencia a la privacidad y no veo ninguna razón por la que la privacidad se debería ver atacada. There is a reference to privacy and I see no reason why privacy would be under attack.

Definition of privacy

• The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others
• Freedom from unwanted or undue disturbance of one private life
• Freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, surveillance, and disclosure of personal information, usually by a government or a private organization
• A place of seclusion
• Secrecy

Examples

• I need my privacy, so please stay out of my room
• It takes a village to rob one of a sense of privacy.
• Privacy is assumed by many to be among common-law rights.

Related words

• privacy policy
• privacy shield
• privacy mode
• privacy by default
• privacy by design
• data privacy
• chief privacy officer