invasion of privacy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinvasionandprivacy
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invasion
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˈveɪ.ʒən/us/ɪnˈveɪ.ʒən/
an occasion when an army or country uses force to enter and take control of ...
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privacy
noun[U]
uk/ˈprɪv.ə.si/us/ˈpraɪ.və.si/
someone's right to keep their personal matters and ...
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(Definition ofinvasionandprivacyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I turn now to theinvasionofprivacyby the publication of material derived from medical records.
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We all know that increasingly in recent years there has been too muchinvasionofprivacyon television.
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The mischief is a breach orinvasionofprivacy.
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It can be a grossinvasionofprivacy.
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Moreover, the register will contain information about importers' names and addresses; it would be aninvasionofprivacyto reveal them.
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What is necessary about imprecision in a matter as important as theinvasionofprivacyand civil liberties?
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There seems to be no penalty against the perpetrators ofinvasionofprivacyexcept in monetary terms.
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It would also arguably be aninvasionofprivacy.
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As the committee remarked, the essence of a private detective's work is theinvasionofprivacy.
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I believe that enforced medical check-ups constitute a massiveinvasionofprivacy.
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In short, the end is not everything, for each individual case of eavesdropping is aninvasionofprivacy.
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My greater concern is over theinvasionofprivacyon occasions of serious illness, accident or death.
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Of course, it can also block access when it is seen as a security threat or aninvasionofprivacy.
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The release of such information would constitute aninvasionofprivacyfor any individual.
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The vignette brought a different perspective: 46% thought the situation was aninvasionofprivacyand 37% thought it should be made illegal.
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Thisinvasionofprivacycould affect behavior in unpredictable ways.
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In that case, there would cease to be any harm of 'invasionofprivacy'.
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And sometimes the refusal to reveal one's preferences must be counted as a positive exercise of freedom - when discussion is perceived as aninvasionofprivacy.
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What a grossinvasionofprivacy.
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Details of individuals are withheld when their release could lead to an unwarrantedinvasionofprivacyby identification of that individual.
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And it does include unfair treatment generally, which also includes unwarrantedinvasionofprivacyand misrepresentation.
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I raised not only the question of theinvasionofprivacybut the subject of natural light.
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It is the question of theinvasionofprivacy.
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Unjust or unfair treatment shall include unwarrantedinvasionofprivacyand misrepresentation.
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Where the action is not justified, it is aninvasionofprivacyand an invasion of civil liberties.
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It is important to put these points on the record right at the outset, because the census involves aninvasionofprivacy.
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The opposition to the opening of the register is largely based on the view that to open it would be aninvasionofprivacy.
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It is a very seriousinvasionofprivacyof the individual.
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The possibility of extending that principle to either libel orinvasionofprivacyactions has yet to be explored.
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Each clause restricts theinvasionofprivacythat will occur with the poll tax.
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The court held that it was neither degrading nor aninvasionofprivacy.
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