expectation of privacy

collocation in English

meaningsofexpectationandprivacy

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expectation
noun
uk
/ˌek.spekˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌek.spekˈteɪ.ʃən/
the feeling that good things are going to happen in ...
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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 ofexpectationandprivacyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexpectation of privacy

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Theexpectationofprivacymay be confined to the home and sometimes the backyard.
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People generally have the greatestexpectationofprivacyin their homes and in their private vehicles when going about their everyday lives.
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We need clear guidelines that operatives can easily follow, setting the specific circumstances and locations where people have a legitimate and reasonableexpectationofprivacy.
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To expect the police and others carrying out surveillance to make a decision beforehand on theexpectationofprivacyof the target and his associates is unreasonable and impractical.
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It may well involve cases in which an individual considers that he has a reasonableexpectationofprivacy, even though that expectation would vary from one person to another.
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In other words, the court had to consider the applicant'sexpectationofprivacyand the breadth of the legislation.
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Does that officer have anyexpectationofprivacythat his boss won't just listen in out of prurient interest?
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That the individual have a subjectiveexpectationofprivacy; and 2.
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The court reasoned that while luggage is movable like an automobile, it does not have the lesserexpectationofprivacyassociated with an automobile.
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The second part of the test is analyzed objectively: would society at large deem a person'sexpectationofprivacyto be reasonable?
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Under several state laws spy cams are illegal to use in any area where one has a reasonableexpectationofprivacy.
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A search is an unwarranted intrusion on a person's objectively reasonableexpectationofprivacy.
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Rather, the right focuses on the action being unreasonable on the basis that it violates theexpectationofprivacythat a reasonable individual would have.
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Most charges involving recording police are dropped or dismissed as courts have ruled on-duty cops in public have no reasonableexpectationofprivacy.
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Among public school students, athletes have even less of anexpectationofprivacy.
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A "diminished"expectationofprivacywas not the same as noexpectationofprivacyat all.
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There are some restrictions on installation, cameras may not be used in an area where there is a reasonableexpectationofprivacy.
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It reasoned that a person traveling in public has noexpectationofprivacyin one's movements.
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Then what would theexpectationofprivacybe then?
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The court also highlighted the notion that the reasonableness of theexpectationofprivacyin this case is dependent upon the evolution of technology.
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