The right of privacy with respect to one's personal life is a basic concern in our life. That is why the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Organization [JCAHO] and American Hospital Association emphasized that the patient has the right to every consideration of privacy. Hence, it is the intention of the present study to explore patients' nurses' perception towards privacy, and to compare the perception of nurses with patients' own reported needs for hospital privacy. A total of 150 patients and 50 nurses were interviewed at Alexandria Main University Hospital. The findings revealed that nurses were understanding the patients' needs for privacy and this is proved statistically. Also, significant difference between scores of patients and nurses were found regarding privacy during physical care and patients information. The data yielded significant difference in the perception of privacy in both patients and nurses according to type of education, those with higher education having higher privacy preference.