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GCSE Citizenship Studies · key term
A person’s ability to keep their private life and personal information from unnecessary intrusion or disclosure.
Used by AQA and Edexcel
Paper 2
Revise: Right to Investigate and ReportPrivacy concerns people’s private lives and personal information. Dignity concerns treating people with respect, rather than unnecessarily humiliating them. A report can be factually accurate and still cause unjustified harm through the details or images it publishes.
Paper 1, Paper 2
Protection for a person's private and family life, personal information and communications.
A justified conclusion should weigh the value of disclosure against harm to accuracy, privacy and dignity. Public interest is not a blanket permission to break the law.
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Privacy protects personal and family life, information and communications. Medical records and private messages show why this matters: people need control over sensitive information to live safely and independently.
A person's ability to keep aspects of their personal life and information from unwanted public attention.
