Privacy is the capability of individuals or groups to isolate the information about themselves from the eyes of everybody partially or physically, then express themselves selectively. Therefore, there are differences in term of content or boundaries among culture and society on what is considered private but share common themes. In the Internet, privacy is the broad term to explain a diverse of antecedents, factors, predictors and mechanism to secure and protect confidential, sensitive or secret data in the communication channel based on selected preferences. Thus, this study will explore the concept of privacy in the following decades by collecting all empirical evidence that match with eligible criteria to deliver meticulous summary in the response to a research question, which are related to the drivers of privacy protection.