communication privacy
Keeping exchanges secret
Communication privacy is the right or expectation that messages, conversations, and exchanges between parties remain confidential and protected from outside access.
It encompasses legal protections against surveillance, technological safeguards like encryption, and social norms about not reading others' correspondence: The new policy raised concerns about employee communication privacy.
The concept has grown increasingly complex as digital communications create permanent records that can be intercepted, stored, or subpoenaed.
- hackingInfiltrating protected digital systems
- data protectionSecuring sensitive information
- firewallsSecurity barriers blocking intrusions
- VPNsEncrypted network connections
- encryptionConverting data into code
confidentiality · sealed envelope · whistleblower protections · data breaches · data mining · spyware · two-factor authentication · right to be forgotten · identity theft · fine print · informed consent · ransomware · burner phone · read receipts · digital signatures · freedom of speech · secure messaging · end-to-end encryption
communication privacypublic broadcast
Media accessible to all
open communication · public disclosure · public access · open channels · mass communication
communication privacyfull disclosure
Withholding no information
transparency · openness · mandatory reporting · public accountability · open books
communication privacywiretapping
Covert phone surveillance
eavesdropping · mass surveillance · SIGINT · electronic surveillance · data collection
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