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She went upstairs for some privacy.
Celebrities have a right to privacy.
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Industry surveys have shown that data privacy and the high cost of implementing large language models are among the reasons why enterprises have resisted AI adoption.
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Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
Who better to ensure AI tools respect and protect women's privacy and dignity than those who have long fought for these basic rights?
—Erin Grau, TIME, 29 Jan. 2025
But employees suing are more concerned about security, insisting that a master list of all government employees has never been compiled before and accusing the Trump administration of failing to conduct a privacy impact assessment.
—Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
The reasonable expectation of privacy is protected by the Fourth Amendment and the right to remain silent is protected by the Fifth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution.
—Layla Ferris, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2025
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Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
Who better to ensure AI tools respect and protect women's privacy and dignity than those who have long fought for these basic rights?
—Erin Grau, TIME, 29 Jan. 2025
But employees suing are more concerned about security, insisting that a master list of all government employees has never been compiled before and accusing the Trump administration of failing to conduct a privacy impact assessment.
—Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
The reasonable expectation of privacy is protected by the Fourth Amendment and the right to remain silent is protected by the Fifth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution.
—Layla Ferris, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Privacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/privacy. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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privacy
noun
pri·va·cy
ˈprī-və-sē 
plural privacies
1
a
: the quality or state of being out of the sight and hearing of other people : seclusion
the privacy of the home
b
: freedom from being intruded upon
one's right to privacy
2
: secrecy sense 2
talk in privacy
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