violate someone's privacy

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

But at least they work and are paid at the stars' behest, whereas paparazzi get paid only when they violate someone's privacy.

Besides, even if you were to accidentally or purposefully violate someone's privacy, as you are apparently doing when you take a picture including strangers' faces, locations, and license plates, these pictures are for personal use only.

The CIA refuses to release them in any form, claiming that the release of even a single word would harm national security or violate someone's privacy.

It's good to be honest, but is it good to be so honest that you hurt people's feelings unnecessarily, violate someone's privacy or prevent someone from finding answers that they might need to find for themselves?

The Talmudic debate about privacy and damage makes an important assumption: within a private house, of course violating someone's privacy is damaging!

Point and shoot: anyone with a camera can violate someone else's privacy just by pressing a button, which is what caused Cartier-Bresson to remark that there is something appalling about photographing people.

Each option violates someone's right not to be killed and is unfair to someone.

As long as you're not violating someone else's privacy, you're within your rights.

"Take extra care not to violate people's privacy in private spaces, like someone's home, a bathroom, dressing room or locker room," says the messaging service.

Mr. Kamkar, however, said he did not create it to violate anyone's privacy.

The point of this Post-Office Department was not to violate people's privacy but to protect it.