The American pornographer Al Goldstein described it as "[the] best porno magazine in the world".

The magazine, previously distributed under the counter in the United States, has since been sold openly there and, from its ninth issue, is considered the United States' first legally distributed pornographic magazine.

[3] Since the mid-1980s, Private has been published in Barcelona, Spain, which was the second largest market for pornographic products after Germany.

Private Media Group was founded in 1991 by Berth Milton Jr. who extended the Private brand by adding web offerings to the portfolio, expanded video production and successfully took the company public.

[5] The magazine Private, which forms the cornerstone of the company, continues to this day.