University of Manitoba Thoughts On Privacy Worksheet

I don’t know how to handle this Social Science question and need guidance.

Privacy. Easy to understand, but difficult to succinctly define. This paradox can perhaps best be explained by the statement:

I know it when I see it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see…

Definitions of privacy tend to be vague, sweeping, or simplistic. As an example, a common definition might include “the right to be left alone” – highly unsatisfying! What exactly does being “left alone” mean? It would also seem that in this case, defining a right does little to define what it is you actually have a right to.

What are your thoughts on privacy? Some questions you may wish to address include:

• What might a succinct definition of privacy be?
• Why is it difficult to define privacy?
• Why is privacy important? Or is it?
• Is privacy important to you.