I have discussed and consumed endless definitions for privacy, and conclude with the notion of control over information disclosure as the central concept.
Some scholars disagree.
For feminist scholars, the very existence of privacy is a cover for gender inequality (Fox-Genovese, 1992; MacKinnon, 1989). Some scholars prefer the group notion of privacy, versus the individual rights notion (Altman, 1975). These are valid arguments and not undermined in the methodology or formal model presented herein.
This work does not seek out a specific definition of privacy, it merely acknowledges the phenomena and associated interest. Inspired by Marsh, it also proposes an ‘end-state’ approach wherein we attempt to define a formal model that behaves the same regardless of definition or outcome.
We can test the formal model against multiple definitions from multiple sources and observe privacy from any point of view.