ABSTRACT
The right of individuals to associate privately with one another has long been legally protected in certain contexts and for limited purposes. "Group privacy" is an attribute of individuals in association with one another within a group, rather than an attribute of the group itself. Group privacy rights currently lack a theoretical framework relating them to one another and to other classes of rights. Group privacy is an extension of individual privacy. The interest protected by group privacy is the desire and need of people to come together, to exchange information, share feelings, make plans and act in concert to attain their objectives. Group privacy protects people's outer space rather than their inner space, their gregarious nature rather than their desire for complete seclusion. People fashion individual privacy by regulating whether, and how much of, the self will be shared; group privacy is fashioned by regulating the sharing or association process.
