Breach of Confidentiality

Breach of Confidentiality is a form of DISSEMINATION privacy harm under the Solove taxonomy. Breach of Confidentiality is defined as "breaking a promise to keep a person's information confidential."

A doctor revealing patient information to friends on a social media website.

Occurrences

• AccuWeather App Stealing Location Data (August 2017)
• Amazon heavily fined for invasion of privacy and insecurity (1 June 2023)
• Amazon to Pay $25 Million to Settle Children’s Privacy Charges (May 2023)
• Apps Sending Personal Information to Facebook (December 2018)
• Attorney-Client Calls by Jails (July 2020)
• Brave Browser Affiliate Referral Scheme (June 2020)
• CVS, Kroger, and Rite Aid Disclose Patient Prescriptions Without a Warrant (15 December 2023)
• California hits Google for $93M over deceptive location data options (14 September 2023)
• China's Massive Data Breach Reveals Growing Concerns Over Surveillance State (15 July 2022)
• Chrome Collects User Data Regardless of Consent
• Chrome's Wipe Private Data Feature (October 2020)
• College Board Sued Over New York Student Privacy Laws (2024)
• Company Executives Read Employee’s Therapy Chat to the Team (December 2016)
• Content Written On Amazon Package
• Controversy Surrounding Brave Browser's Autocompleting URLs with Affiliate Links (June 2020)
• Dating Apps User Information Leaked Online (June 2020)
• Disappearance of British woman: Privacy Concerns and Police Transparency (27 January 2023)
• F.B.I. Says Video Voyeur Hid Camera in Cruise Ship Bathroom (April 30 ^JL)
• F.T.C. Study Finds ‘Vast Surveillance’ of Social Media Users
• 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 Allowed Third Parties Read Users’ Messages (December 2019)
• Facebook Facial Recognition (2015)
• Feds settle with St. Joseph's over alleged HIPAA violation (22 November 2023)
• GEDmatch Giving Access to Genetic Data to the Police (November 2019)
• Google Collects Firebase Data (2020)
• Google Faces $5 Billion Lawsuit For Collecting User Data In Incognito Mode (2 June 2020)
• Google workers demand abortion protections and stronger data privacy (August 2022)
• Hunter Biden Sues IRS Over Privacy Violations (September 2023)
• Information About Adopting Parents Shared With Birth Parents (2016)
• Judge advances lawsuit claiming Meta pixel tracking on hospital websites violated HIPAA (7 September 2023)
• Kenyan Lawyer Sues Truecaller Over Data Privacy Violations (October 2024)
• Kid Security: Parental Control App (September 2023)
• Malicious Android App Records Users Without Consent (24 May 2023)
• Manasa Health Center Violates HIPAA By Responding To Google Reviews (5 June 2023)
• Meta Pixels found in Health Systems across America tied to the breach of sensitive medical information of over 3,000,000 people. (October 2022)
• Meta sued for collecting sensitive information on North Carolina DMV website (15 September 2023)
• Motel 6 Provided ICE with Guest Data (April 2019)
• National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Issues Memo on Unlawful Electronic Surveillance and Automated Management Practices (31 October 2022)
• Nothing Chats Privacy Issues (November 2023)
• Ontario Police Used COVID-19 Database Illegally (September 2020)
• People’s Actual Info Used in Training Videos for Employees (July 2020)
• Premom Share User Information With Chinese Firms (August 2020)
• Privacy Concerns and Legal Action: New Jersey's Handling of Newborn Blood Samples Faces Lawsuit (2 November 2023)
• Privacy Concerns over Transgender Sports Case (7 December 2023)
• Ring's Privacy Failures - Spying and Harassing Through Home Cameras (May 2023)
• Roomba testers feel misled after intimate images ended up on Facebook
• Secret Sharing App Whisper (October 2014)
• Sephora (August 2022)
• Strava App Automatically Tags People Who Run Nearby (September 2020)

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Laws and Regulations

The following laws and regulations address the Breach of Confidentiality harm.