diff --git a/tiktok/content.go b/tiktok/content.go
index e2b27b1..e615e61 100644
--- a/tiktok/content.go
+++ b/tiktok/content.go
@@ -62,9 +62,14 @@ curl --location 'https://open.tiktokapis.com/v2/post/publish/video/init/' \
 	}'
 */
 func (o *tiktok) PostVideoInit(title, videoUrl string, privacyLevel string) (*PublishVideoResponse, error) {
+	if !CheckPrivacyLevel(privacyLevel){
+		return nil, PrivacyLevelWrong
+	}
+
 	request := &PublishVideoRequest{
 		PostInfo: PostInfo{
 			Title: title,
+			PrivacyLevel: privacyLevel,
 		},
 		SourceInfo: SourceInfo{
 			Source:   "PULL_FROM_URL",
diff --git a/tiktok/errors.go b/tiktok/errors.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c19b0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tiktok/errors.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package tiktok
+
+import "errors"
+
+var (
+	PrivacyLevelWrong = errors.New("Privacy Level is not correct!")
+)
diff --git a/tiktok/privacy.go b/tiktok/privacy.go
index 6a26f42..e30a209 100644
--- a/tiktok/privacy.go
+++ b/tiktok/privacy.go
@@ -10,4 +10,14 @@ const (
     PUBLIC_TO_EVERYONE PrivacyLevelOptions = "PUBLIC_TO_EVERYONE"
     MUTUAL_FOLLOW_FRIENDS PrivacyLevelOptions = "MUTUAL_FOLLOW_FRIENDS"
     SELF_ONLY PrivacyLevelOptions = "SELF_ONLY"
-)
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+)
+
+// CheckPrivacyLevel checks if the given string matches any PrivacyLevelOptions
+func CheckPrivacyLevel(level string) bool {
+	switch PrivacyLevelOptions(level) {
+	case PUBLIC_TO_EVERYONE, MUTUAL_FOLLOW_FRIENDS, SELF_ONLY:
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
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