Privacy Privacy (, ) is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves, and thereby express themselves selectively. The domain of privacy partially overlaps with security, which can include the concepts of a ...

is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves and thereby reveal themselves selectively. Specific types of privacy include: *

Financial privacy Banking secrecy, alternately known as financial privacy, banking discretion, or bank safety,Guex (2000), p. 240 is a conditional agreement between a bank and its clients that all foregoing activities remain secure, confidential, and private. Mo ...

, privacy relating to the banking and financial industries *

Information privacy Information privacy is the relationship between the collection and dissemination of data, technology, the public expectation of privacy, contextual information norms, and the legal and political issues surrounding them. It is also known as data p ...

, protection of data and information *

Internet privacy Internet privacy involves the right or mandate of personal privacy concerning the storing, re-purposing, provision to third parties, and displaying of information pertaining to oneself via Internet. Internet privacy is a subset of data privacy. Pr ...

, the ability to control what information one reveals about oneself over the Internet and to control who can access that information *

Medical privacy Medical privacy or health privacy is the practice of maintaining the security and confidentiality of patient records. It involves both the conversational discretion of health care providers and the security of medical records. The terms can also ...

, protection of a patient's medical information *

Political privacy The secret ballot, also known as the Australian ballot, is a voting method in which a voter's identity in an election or a referendum is anonymous. This forestalls attempts to influence the voter by intimidation, blackmailing, and potential v ...

, the right to secrecy when voting or casting a ballot Privacy may also refer to: * ''Privacy'' (album), by Ophelie Winter * ''Privacy'' (play), a 2014 play by James Graham * "Privacy" (song), by Chris Brown *

Privacy (studio) Warren Bruce Cuccurullo (born December 8, 1956) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, restaurant owner and former body builder who first worked with Frank Zappa during the 1970s. He was also a founding member of Missing Persons in the 1980s ...

, the home studio of Warren Cuccurullo

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