Exclusion

Exclusion is a form of INFORMATION PROCESSING privacy harm under the Solove taxonomy. Exclusion is defined as "failing to let an individual know about the information that others have about her and participate in its handling or use."

A company using customer call history, without the customer's knowledge to shift their order in a queue (i.e. "Your call will be answered in the order [NOT] received).

Occurrences

• AccuWeather App Stealing Location Data (August 2017)
• Alexa Installed In Apartments Before People Move In (September 2020)
• Allstate’s Insurance Pricing Algorithm Based on Non-Risk Factors (2013)
• Amazon heavily fined for invasion of privacy and insecurity (1 June 2023)
• Amazon sued for not telling New York store customers about facial recognition (16 March 2023)
• Amazon’s ‘Just Walk Out’ Tech Is a Privacy Nightmare (2023)
• Animal Agriculture Industry Tracks and Punishes Critics (October 2020)
• Apple's Sexist Credit Card (November 2019)
• Australian Security Cameras Hacked (June 2020)
• Automakers prevail in lawsuit alleging data collection violated Washington Privacy Act (7 November 2023)
• Automated Tenants Background Checks (May 2020)
• Balancing Safety and Privacy: The Ethics of Facial Recognition in Schools (17 October 2019)
• Barred From Grocery Stores by Facial Recognition British merchants (June 2023)
• BetterHelp under Fire : " FTC Alleges Privacy Violations and Misleading Practices in Online Counseling" (March 2023)
• ChatGPT Has a Big Privacy Problem (31 March 2023)
• Child Safety Smartwatches Easy to Hack (2017)
• China Keeping Records on Muslims (February 2020)
• Chrome Collects User Data Regardless of Consent
• Clearview AI Settles Lawsuit and Limits the Sales of Facial Recognition Database (May 2020)
• Companies Track Phone’s Movements to Target Ads to Its Owners (September 2020)
• Cyber Bullying Through Instagram (July 2018)
• ESO Solutions Faces Privacy Class-Action Lawsuit Over Biometric Data (November 2024)
• Employee Monitoring Through Microsoft Office Software (December 2020)
• Exploring the Perceptions of Location Sharing: Privacy vs. Affection (2023)
• 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)
• Facebook Analyses User Race to Serve Ads (August 2020)
• Facebook Disabling User Accounts Without Explanation (2019)
• Facebook Excludes Older Workers From Job Ads (December 2017)
• Facebook loses Belgian privacy case, faces fine of up to $125 million (16 February 2018)
• Facebook's User Interests Classification (January 2019)
• Facial Recognition Technology Wrongfully Accuses Person of Crime (November 2020)
• Feds settle with St. Joseph's over alleged HIPAA violation (22 November 2023)
• Fitness Trackers Inaccuracy (May 2020)
• Ford's GPS Tracking Speed (January 2014)
• France aims to protect kids from parents oversharing pics online (28 February 2023)
• Glitch in India's Biometric Welfare System (October 2019)
• Gmail Controling which Political Emails Land in Primary Inbox (2020)
• Gmail Filters Black Lives Matter Emails (June 2020)
• Google Asks for Location Data in COVID19 Exposure Notification Software (July 2020)
• Google Collects Australian User Data Without Consent (July 2020)
• Google Collects Firebase Data (2020)
• Google Privacy Policy Update and Its Implications on Data Privacy (1 July 2023)
• Google promised to delete sensitive data. It logged my abortion clinic visit. (9 May 2023)
• H&M Management Collect Detailed Personal Information on Employees (2019)
• Idaho Medical System Algorithm (2011)
• Identity Non-Theft Case (May 2009)
• Inaccurate Customer Data and Credit Reporting Failures: The TD Bank Case (September 2024)
• Instagram Keeping User Information After Deletion (August 2020)
• Lawsuit alleges Old Dominion violated Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (6 April 2023)

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Laws and Regulations

The following laws and regulations address the Exclusion harm.

• (105 ILCS § 75/10). Right to Privacy in the School Setting Act. (United States, Illinois)
• (815 ILCS 530/) Personal Information Protection Act. (United States, Illinois)
• (815 ILCS § 530/10). Notice of breach; notice to Attorney General. (United States, Illinois)
• 42 CFR Subpart F (United States)
• 42 U.S.C. Subchapter VII (United States)
• 42 U.S.C. § 290dd–2 (United States)
• 5 U.S.C. §552a (United States)
• CA AB 713 (United States, California)
• CH. 126. Genetic Privacy Act. (United States, New Jersey)
• CH. 48.1. Consumer Privacy Protection Act. (United States, Rhode Island)
• CH. 546. Use of Genetic Testing Information. (United States, Texas)
• CH. 58. Use of Genetic Information. (United States, Texas)
• CO. HB 18-2118. Concerning Strengthening Protections For Consumer Data Privacy. (United States, Colorado)
• Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 (United States)
• California Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act (United States, California)
• California Song-Beverly Credit Card Act (1971) (United States, California)
• Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (2000) (United States)
• Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (United States)
• Communications Act of 1934 (United States)
• Connecticut Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act. (United States, Connecticut)
• Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (United States)
• DEL. HB 180. Breaches of Security involving Personal Information. (United States, Delaware)
• Electronic Funds Transfer Act (United States)
• FLA. HB 1189 (United States, Florida)
• Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970 (United States)
• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (United States)
• Federal Policy for the Protection Human Subjects (United States)
• Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (United States)
• GEN § 899-AA. Notification; person without valid authorization has acquired private information. (United States, New York)
• GEN § 899-BB. Data Security Protections. (United States, New York)
• Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (United States)
• Gramm Leach Bliley Act (United States)
• Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (United States)
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (United States)
• Internet Security and Privacy Act (United States, New York)
• KY. HB 5. The Safety and Security of Personal Information held by Public Agencies. (United States, Kentucky)
• MD. HB 1127. Maryland Financial Consumer Protection Commission. (United States, Maryland)
• MD. HB 901 (2019) (United States, Maryland)
• MD. SB 613. Consumer Personal Information Privacy. (United States, Maryland)
• Medical Records Access Act. (United States, Michigan)
• NIST Cybersecurity Framework, Assessment, and Auditing Act of 2017 (United States)
• NM. HB 369. Genetic Information Privacy Act. (United States, New Mexico)
• NV. SB 538. Internet Privacy. (United States, Nevada)
• NY EDN § 2-D. Unauthorized release of personally identifiable information. (United States, New York)
• NY STT § 106. Responsibility to respond to the freedom of information law for certain data (United States, New York)
• NY. S5575B Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (SHIELD Act) (United States, New York)
• NY. SB 1203. Biometric Privacy Act. (United States, New York)
• Nebraska Financial Data Protection and Consumer Notification of Data Security Breach Act. (United States, Nebraska)
• Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (United States)
• Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (United States)

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