Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Privacy

The state of being free from intrusion or disturbance in one's private life or affairs. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, 1993)

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The state of being free from intrusion or disturbance in one's private life or affairs. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, 1993)

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9 entry terms
  • PL 93-579
  • PL93-579
  • Privacy Act
  • Public Law 93-579
  • Act, Privacy
  • Law 93-579, Public
  • PL 93 579
  • PL93 579
  • Public Law 93 579

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2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings legislation & jurisprudence, psychology.

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Indexing Annotation

a civil right to freedom from intrusion in one's private affairs; note X ref, a Federal statute; privacy of patient data or records: index under CONFIDENTIALITY

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History Note

96; PRIVACY ACT was see CIVIL RIGHTS 1980-95

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  1. I01w.880w.604.473w.352w.500w
  2. N03w.706.437w.352w.500w
  3. N03w.706.615w.862w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Privacy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018907. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018907
  2. Privacy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy
  3. Privacy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188728