PrivacyPrivacy is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves and thereby reveal themselves selectively. Privacy is sometimes related to anonymity, the wish to remain unnoticed or identified in the public realm. Privacy partially intersects security, including for instance the concepts of appropriate use, as well as protection of information. Privacy may be voluntarily sacrificed, normally in exchange for perceived benefits and very often with specific danger and losses, although this is a very strategic view of human cultures. Personal information which is voluntarily shared but subsequently stolen or misused can lead to identity theft. |