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767-300 between IAH and GRU and back apparently has both front-facing and rear-facing seats in biz class. My wife doesn't even like to ride in rear-facing seats on a subway, so we wouldn't choose those, but I wonder if one feels any less privacy even in front-facing seats with two other passengers facing them (albeit with a partition, etc. between them). There are two middle sets facing front with only the partition between biz and first facing them, but on the date we're looking at, all the way in late January, those are showing as unavailable.
There are extensive threads on the pluses/minuses of these seats, so if it's important to you, you might consider doing more reading.
My answer would be (a) I prefer rear facing, and (b) no, there is no reduction in privacy. Others will have different opinions.