Abstract: A door latch assembly including a privacy mechanism for locking and unlocking the door from the inside comprising a latch casing mounted within a bore in a door; a latch bolt retractably mounted in the casing; a handle spindle extending transversely through the housing and rotatably in said casing; a connecting mechanism engaged with the latch bolt and with the spindle whereby the latch bolt is retracted into the housing upon rotation of the spindle; an escutcheon and handle mounted on the inside of the door, one end of the spindle being non-rotatably mounted in the outside handle; and an escutcheon and handle mounted on the outside of the door, the other end of the spindle being non-rotatably mounted in the inside handle. The privacy mechanism is mounted on the inside handle and comprises a locking plate mounted on the handle interiorly of the escutcheon and rotatable with the handle.