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Secrets Of The Foreign Office
Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controversial, depending on the content or nature of the secret, the group or people keeping the secret, and the motivation for secrecy. Secrecy by government entities is often decried as excessive or in promotion of poor operation; excessive revelation of information on individuals can conflict with virtues of 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 ... and confidentiality. It is often contrasted with Transparency (social), social transparency. Secrecy can exist in a number of different ways: encoding or encryption (where mathemat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covert (other)
Covert usually describes events carried out in secrecy. Covert may also refer to: Places United States * Covert, Kansas, an unincorporated community * Covert, New York, a town ** Covert (hamlet), New York, within the town * Covert Township, Michigan Antarctica * Covert Glacier, Victoria Land People * Covert (surname) * Covert Bailey (born 1931), American retired author, television personality and lecturer on fitness and diet Other uses * Covert (automobile), an automobile built in the United States of America from 1901 to 1907 * Covert feather, a type of feather * Covert (linguistics), a linguistic classification * Covert magazine, ''Covert'' magazine, an Indian political magazine * Covert, a type of twill textile weave See also * Covert coat, a type of men's overcoat made of covert cloth * ''Reid v. Covert'', a landmark United States Supreme Court decision {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
