The phrase "a sort of privacy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a type or level of privacy that is not absolute or complete.
Example: "In the crowded city, I found a sort of privacy in the small park, away from the bustling streets."
Alternatives: "a kind of privacy" or "a type of privacy".
Most of the tabloids' worst excesses in hounding people are clearly illegal, and Britain already has a sort of privacy law, via the 1998 Human Rights Act.
For more practical solutions, the Guardian asked security consultant Rik Ferguson and our own security supremo Dave Boxall for suggestions, and put Hancock, musicians Will.i.am and Scroobius Pip, author Margaret Atwood and psychotherapist Philippa Perry through a sort of privacy health check.
Last week David Cameron said: "The judges are creating a sort of privacy law whereas what ought to happen in a parliamentary democracy is parliament, which you elect and put there, should decide how much protection do we want for individuals and how much freedom of the press and the rest of it".
Aka a BlackBerry app called DTEK — a sort of privacy dashboard for users, where they can get an overview of their device security and control individual app permissions related to personal data and privacy — such as whether an app has access to the microphone, location and other personal info.
In a world where massive, code-cracking spy agencies appear to have a "catch 'em all" approach to digital data collection expecting any sort of privacy online is a fool's game.
That's clearly an egregious violation of all sorts of privacy rights, and may well be on the wrong side of wiretapping laws, too.
Using a partial DNA match this way could raise all sorts of privacy and civil liberties issues if not carefully controlled.
Of course, there are all sorts of privacy matters to be considered with a set up like this; fortunately, this is something Sqwiggle is focusing on.
They will surely circumscribe their new domestic spooks with all sorts of privacy laws that will make their job extraordinarily difficult.As for profiling, an increasing number of people seem to think there is a big difference between policemen picking on speeding black drivers and spies targeting Arabs who might harbour plans to set off nuclear bombs.
Hastings noted that the law, the Video Privacy Protection Act passed in 1988, is in the process of being reviewed and might be overturned in the U.S.. Viewing data raises all sorts of privacy concerns.
The concept of privacy is a sort of screen to hide the fact that almost none is possible in a social universe.
