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Anthropologist Debbie Kasper (2005:72) states that even well-tested, scholarly
definitions of privacy are "culturally and sociohistorically biased." Despite, and perhaps due to,
the wealth of literature on privacy, a firm definition has yet to be accepted within even one
discipline. Some of the definitions encountered in the literature review are:
" "freedom to choose what, when and to whom one communicates" (Westin 1967)
" "personal control over personal information" (Westin 1968)
" "the right to be left alone" (Warren and Brandeis 1890)
" "control of personal space" (Hall 1969, Canter and Canter 1971, Fisher et al. 1984)
" "a central regulatory process" (Altman 1975)
" "a voluntary and temporary condition of separation from the public domain" (Newell
1995)
Aside from disciplinary differences in opinion of privacy, the subject of privacy is further
complicated by the various linguistic treatments or absence of the word in several cultures and
languages. Moore (1984) offers a historical look at the development of the concept of privacy in
various cultures. According to Moore (1984) and Newell (1995), many languages existing today
do not have a word equivalent to privacy including Arabic, Dutch, and significant to this study
Japanese and Russian. Of personal interest, a term for privacy is also missing in the Hawaiian
language.
The differing definitions of privacy encountered throughout the literature review illustrate
the challenges and opportunities of this study. Privacy theories generally fall in to one of two
categories: privacy and information (Westin 1968, 1979) and privacy and the environment
(Altman 1975). It should be noted that I elected not to review literature regarding privacy8
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Aiken, Jo. Space in Space: Privacy Needs for Long-Duration Spaceflight, thesis, May 2014; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799493/m1/16/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .