privacy
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Some critics of social media bans for children cite privacy concerns.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
TikTok’s competitive advantage over Facebook was engagement, not privacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
"Age verification is not a silver bullet and would raise serious privacy and data protection concerns," said European consumer organisation BEUC's Agustin Reyna.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Some have allegedly posed as voters, potentially violating state privacy laws.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Here at the Lemoncello Library, we protect each library user’s right to privacy and confidentiality with respect to information sought or received and resources consulted, borrowed, acquired, or transmitted.”
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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In fact, the high court had rejected as early as 1886 “all governmental invasions of the sanctity of a man’s home and the privacies of life.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2018
“With all they contain and all they may reveal, they hold for many Americans ‘the privacies of life.’”
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2017
The justices voted unanimously to keep those privacies out of police hands without a warrant.
From Slate ● Mar. 21, 2016
Writing for the court, Chief Justice John Roberts stated about mobile phones: “With all they contain and all they may reveal, they hold for many Americans ‘the privacies of life.’
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2015
But," said she, "as we are forced to hear and say so much that is painful, let us in our privacies indulge ourselves with anticipating brighter scenes.
From The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel by Jane West
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