Section: Privacy Principles and Laws
Explanation/Reference: https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Global+Privacy+Law+Review/1.3/GPLR2020091

Physical privacy or Bodily privacy refers to the privacy of one's body. Physical privacy or Bodily privacy refers to the privacy of one's body. It is often assumed that privacy as a concept has not really been prevalent in Indian culture. This is not true. While the specific word "privacy" (or its equivalent in Indian languages) may not have been explicitly used, the essence of what we understand by privacy today has certainly existed in traditional Indian culture. The concept of bodily privacy (like having laws penalising the violation of one's body), territorial privacy (reflected in specifications of house-designs) and communication privacy (communicating certain information in code) were all prevalent.