Re: [ietf-privacy] Is there an official working definition for Privacy Online?

["Christian Huitema" <[e-mail]>]

On Friday, April 17, 2015, at 9:14 AM, Dave Crocker wrote
> ...
> This translates into "privacy relates to controlling disclosure of
> information about a person or organization."  Then add the
> scope-of-control portion.

There is indeed some fuzziness in the definition of privacy. I like the
analysis in this Pew Research Center study on "Public Perceptions of Privacy
and Security in the Post-Snowden Era:"
http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/11/12/public-privacy-perceptions/. I think
they do a good job relating threats to privacy and threats to personal
security. To quote: "Beyond the frequency of individual words, when
responses are grouped into themes, the largest block of answers ties to
concepts of security, safety, and protection. For many others, notions of
secrecy and keeping things 'hidden' are top of mind when thinking about
privacy."

-- Christian Huitema