The phrase "act privately" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to performing actions or making decisions without public knowledge or in a confidential manner.
Example: "In order to resolve the issue, we must act privately to avoid unnecessary attention."
Alternatives: "operate discreetly" or "conduct affairs in private."
Students, of course, have the right to meet and act privately".
"We wanted to act privately to start with but the message is clear: we need those that have the power in global sport to represent us and listen to us," she added.
Another group was professionally working with energy issues, which also makes them act privately.
However, those who "love humanity" and "act privately for the public good" are philanthropists.
Although she did not take an active public role as first lady, she often acted privately as one of the president's chief advisers, and after he left office President Truman claimed that Bess had been a "full partner in all my transactions".
The decision to abandon the Pain-Capable Unborn Protection Act was privately welcomed by moderates within the party.
[C8.] Adopting Tougher Rules, by Choice Even as some publicly traded small businesses are going private to escape the tough accounting and governance standards stipulated by the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, some privately held companies are moving in the opposite direction.
The bill renews funding for the Federal Aviation Administration FAAA) until 2023, and includes several provisions designed to modernize U.S aviation rule — from making commercial flights more comfortable for passengers to including new provisions to act against privately owned drones.
Article 15§1 of the 1991 text now provides for a "compulsory exception", whereby the breeders' right does not extend to "acts done privately and for non-commercial purposes, for experimental purposes, and acts done for the purpose of breeding other varieties".
A survey in 2010 claimed that 60 per cent of chart pop acts were privately educated.
In a memo sent this week to employees of KPMG titled "Xerox -- Anticipated Media Coverage," the firm's new chairman and chief executive, Eugene D. O'Kelly, said that in his "first official act" he met privately with Mr. Pitt last week and urged him to drop the agency's investigation into the firm for its auditing of Xerox.
