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Table 6 Causal layered analysis of privacy as foundations of our home (n = 7)

From: Framing the future of privacy: citizens’ metaphors for privacy in the coming digital society

CLA layer

Analysis

Litany

We have a moral obligation to protect privacy by legislation

System

Conception of privacy: Control over information and access, and also a shared value. Privacy is a sacred value which cannot be traded.

Threats: Lack of awareness, knowledge and transparency

Responsible actor: Society

Solutions: Broad regulatory framework

Individual control: Real

Development: Equilibrium: privacy maintains democracy and democracy maintains privacy.

Worldview

Egalitarian

Metaphor

Privacy as foundations of our home