Meaning

• The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.

  "I need my privacy, so please stay out of my room."

• Freedom from unwanted or undue disturbance of one private life.

  "It takes a village to rob one of a sense of privacy."

• Freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, surveillance, and disclosure of personal information, usually by a government or a private organization.

  "Privacy is assumed by many to be among common-law rights."

• A place of seclusion.

• A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, contract etc.; Privity.

• Secrecy.

• A private matter; a secret.