Aggregation

Aggregation is a form of INFORMATION PROCESSING privacy harm under the Solove taxonomy. Aggregation is defined as "combining various pieces of personal information."

A credit bureau combining an individual's payment history from multiple creditors.

Occurrences

• AI Impersonation Through Deepfakes Troubles Bollywood (November 2023)
• Advertising Agency Uses Geofencing to Target Women Near Abortion Centers (2017)
• Allstate’s Insurance Pricing Algorithm Based on Non-Risk Factors (2013)
• Amazon Extending Prime into Whole Foods (2017)
• Amazon Violates Child Privacy Law (1 June 2023)
• Amazon to Pay $25 Million to Settle Children’s Privacy Charges (May 2023)
• Amazon's Alexa Asking Questions (July 2020)
• Anthem Data Breach (2014)
• Apple Faces Lawsuit Over AirTag Stalking Dangers (6 December 2022)
• Apple’s new privacy feature lets you stop apps from tracking you (2022)
• Apps Sending Personal Information to Facebook (December 2018)
• Apps With Eavesdropping Software (December 2017)
• Automated Tenants Background Checks (May 2020)
• B.C. Canadian Tire stores broke privacy laws with facial ID technology (20 April 2023)
• Baltimore Police Flies Planes With Cameras (July 2019)
• Barred From Grocery Stores by Facial Recognition British merchants (June 2023)
• BetterHelp Privacy Harm (3 March 2023)
• BetterHelp under Fire : " FTC Alleges Privacy Violations and Misleading Practices in Online Counseling" (March 2023)
• Bolsa Familia Social Welfare Program in Brazil (October 2020)
• Brainwave Tracking of Students in Class (2017)
• California Can Share Gun Owners' Personal Information With Researchers (September 2021)
• Cambridge Analytica and Facebook Scandal (2016)
• Cashier in the Supermarket Asking for Postal Code (October 2020)
• Child Safety Smartwatches Easy to Hack (2017)
• China Keeping Records on Muslims (February 2020)
• Chinese Database With Details on More Than Two Million People (September 2020)
• Chinese facial recognition company exposes the database of people's locations (13 February 2019)
• Clearview AI Settles Lawsuit and Limits the Sales of Facial Recognition Database (May 2020)
• Clearview's Facial Recognition App (2020)
• Condo Board's Illegal Cameras (26 August 2023)
• Contact Tracing Apps (July 2020)
• Contact Tracing Software Sells People’s Information (July 2020)
• DHS Buys Cellphone Location Data (October 2020)
• DNA Testing Companies Share Data with Third Parties (November 2017)
• Data Analytical Services (DAS) Program, Formerly Known as Hemisphere, (November 2023)
• Don't Believe Everything you Hear: How Cybercriminals Are Exploiting AI Voice Cloning (April 2023)
• Equifax Data Breach (2017)
• Exploring the Perceptions of Location Sharing: Privacy vs. Affection (2023)
• FBI Using Travel Company Data to Track People (July 2020)
• FTC Reaches First Settlement with X-Mode Social Banning Location Data Tracking (January 2024)
• Face Search Engine PimEyes Blocks Searches of Children’s Faces (October 2023)
• Facebook Acquires GIPHY
• Facebook Allowed Third Parties Read Users’ Messages (December 2019)
• Facebook Asking Users to Complete Their Profiles (2013)
• Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Privacy Scandal (2016)
• Facebook loses Belgian privacy case, faces fine of up to $125 million (16 February 2018)
• Facebook's "People You May Know" Feature (November 2017)
• Facebook's “Pseudoscience” Ad Category (April 2020)
• Ford's GPS Tracking Speed (January 2014)
• Geofencing Technology To Target Catholics At Mass (February 2020)

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Laws and Regulations

The following laws and regulations address the Aggregation harm.