I was more thinking like when my dog parks among the succulents, shrubs and trees, out of the sun, wind, rain or whatever, that he’s staying out of the way, out of view somewhat (often), minding his own business, but can still see out quite well.
that human houses are both shelter and privacy (both, the overlap) is obvious enough.
birds in trees find both privacy and shelter. Privacy is a type of shelter anyway.
it strikes me that a central aspect of human privacy is to keep some distance from other humans with less of an appreciation of it. I’ve wondered sometimes if there’s a recursion in that idea, but I think just the opposite in-practice.
anyway, the generalized effect of privacy is to reduce the proximity impositions of others (space between, operating space). Unwanted intrusions of course can be electronic these days.
rabbits in the rabbit hole, there’s a fairly solid example of both privacy and shelter.