Family

Family information belongs to the SOCIAL category of personal information.

Definition

Family information is defined as information about an individual’s family and relationships.

i.e. Family structure, siblings, offspring, marriages, divorces, relationships

Relevant Laws

• Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (United States)
• Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (United States)

Relevant Articles

• A Photo of a Woman Crying After Florida School Shooting
• Abortion Rights in Indonesia
• Amazon heavily fined for invasion of privacy and insecurity
• Ancestry.com Genealogy Company Giving Access to Its Database to the Police
• Attempt to Extort Toronto Hospital Using Stolen Patient Data
• Australian Security Cameras Hacked
• Barred From Grocery Stores by Facial Recognition British merchants
• Bolsa Familia Social Welfare Program in Brazil
• China Is Collecting DNA From Tens of Millions of Men and Boys
• China Keeping Records on Muslims
• China's Two-Child Policy
• Chinese Database With Details on More Than Two Million People
• College Recruitment Database Leak
• Digital Harassment After an Online Affair
• Disappearance of British woman: Privacy Concerns and Police Transparency
• Employer Asking Candidates Family Questions
• Exploring the Perceptions of Location Sharing: Privacy vs. Affection
• France aims to protect kids from parents oversharing pics online
• H&M Management Collect Detailed Personal Information on Employees
• IRobot's Data Collection Leaks Sensitive Photos
• Identity Theft of Deceased People for Fraud
• Information About Adopting Parents Shared With Birth Parents
• Jeff Bezos's Phone Hack
• Keyless “Smart Access” Technologies
• Online Tracking Agency Monitoring Peoples Online Behavior
• Parents Spying On a Nanny
• Personal Information of Prisoners Who Used GettingOut App Is Leaked
• Privacy Concerns and Legal Action: New Jersey's Handling of Newborn Blood Samples Faces Lawsuit
• Ring's Privacy Failures - Spying and Harassing Through Home Cameras
• Target's Algorithm to Calculate Customer's Pregnancy Likelihood
• Tesla Employees Sharing Recordings
• TikTok fined 345 million euros over handling of children's data in Europe
• To data breach or not to data breach