Increased Accessibility
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Increased Accessibility is a form of DISSEMINATION privacy harm under the Solove taxonomy. Increased Accessibility is defined as "amplifying the accessibility of personal information."
- A court making proceeding searchable on the internet without redacting personal information.
Additional comments
Occurrences
- 1Health.io and it's Inadequate Protection of Genetic Data and Unfair Privacy Policy (16 June 2023)
- AI Pandemic
- AccuWeather App Stealing Location Data (August 2017)
- Apple consumer privacy concerns
- Automated Tenants Background Checks (May 2020)
- Bluetooth Low Energy Data Transfer Technology (2010)
- Chick-Fil-A (25 January 2023)
- Child Safety Smartwatches Easy to Hack (2017)
- College Recruitment Database Leak (July 2020)
- Contact Tracing Apps (July 2020)
- Contact Tracing Software Sells People’s Information (July 2020)
- Cyber Bullying Through Instagram (July 2018)
- Dangers of Sharenting (2019)
- Data Broker Exposes Millions Of Profiles (August 2020)
- Digital Harassment After an Online Affair (November 2017)
- Facebook's "People You May Know" Feature (November 2017)
- Facebook's Search Profile Function (August 2020)
- Flickr Share Images with MegaFace (2014)
- France aims to protect kids from parents oversharing pics online (28 February 2023)
- Google Analyzes Credit Card Transactions (May 2017)
- Google Privacy Policy Update and Its Implications on Data Privacy (1 July 2023)
- Google+ Bugs Exposed Private Profile Information (2018)
- Hack of Celebrities Revealing Photos (2014)
- IPhone 'NameDrop' Feature Raises Privacy Concerns (29 November 2023)
- IRS Harvesting Data From a Database of Smartphone Movements (November 2020)
- Jogger Wound Up in an Ad Without Knowing (November 2017)
- Larry King’s Video Used For Disinformation (August 2020)
- Leaked Sex Tape Genre on PornHub (July 2020)
- Liberty Safe Discloses Master Code (30 August 2023)
- LinkedIn and AI Data Privacy (September 2024)
- Mayor Reading Names and Addresses of People on Facebook Live (June 2020)
- Medical Records of Cardiac Patients Left Unsecured (August 2020)
- Microsoft Facial Recognition Data Base (2016)
- Microsoft and OpenAI Face $3B Lawsuit Over Privacy Violations (June 2023)
- Motel 6 Provided ICE with Guest Data (April 2019)
- NYC Teenspace (November 2023)
- NaviStone's Code Unmasking Anonymous Website Visitors (June 2017)
- Nude Leak Scandal In Ireland (November 2020)
- Online Harassment of COVID Infected in South Korea (September 2020)
- PRHC reaches $988K proposed settlement for patient privacy breaches in 2011-2012
- Parents Testing Their Children’s DNA Online (January 2020)
- Personal Information About Democrats Donors Made Public (July 2020)
- Personal Information Of Voters in Russia Was Compromised (July 2020)
- Pharmacy Chain Deploys Facial Recognition Systems in Its Stores (July 2020)
- Photographer Snaps Intimate Texts of Strangers (July 2020)
- Policeman Shares CCTV Footage Of A Naked Woman (2017)
- Porn Deepfakes (September 2020)
- Prime Ministers Personal Information Hacked After a Post on Instagram (March 2020)
- Restaurant Worker Uses Contact Tracing Details to Personally Contact a Woman (May 2020)
- Revenge Porn (August 2019)
Laws and Regulations
The following laws and regulations address the Increased Accessibility harm.
- (410 ILCS § 513/). Genetic Information Privacy Act (United States, Illinois)
- 30-17-2635 Rule 10.4. Release of Patient Records to Patient. (United States, Mississippi)
- 42 CFR Subpart F (United States)
- 42 U.S.C. § 290dd–2 (United States)
- AL SB 301 (United States, Alabama)
- CA AB 713 (United States, California)
- CH. 1. Trade and Commerce; General Provisions. (United States, South Carolina)
- CH. 28-56. Employee Social Media Privacy. (United States, Rhode Island)
- CH. 53B. Financial Privacy Act. (United States, North Carolina)
- CH. 82. Security Freezes and Notification of Data Breaches. (United States, Massachusetts)
- CH. 93. Privacy of Genetic Information. (United States, South Carolina)
- CH. 93H Security Breaches (United States, Massachusetts)
- CT. STAT. Medical Records (1984) (United States, Connecticut)
- Connecticut General Statutes Title 53A. Penal Code § 53a-189c. Unlawful dissemination of an intimate image: Class A misdemeanor (United States, Connecticut)
- Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 (United States)
- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (United States)
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (United States)
- Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (United States)
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (United States)
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (United States)
- Internet Security and Privacy Act (United States, New York)
- Judicial Redress Act of 2015 (United States)
- NH. HB 1262. Student Assessment Data Privacy. (United States, New Hampshire)
- NH. SB 316. Protection of Personal Information. (United States, New Hampshire)
- NY EDN § 2-D. Unauthorized release of personally identifiable information. (United States, New York)
- NY GBS § 399-DDD Confidentiality of Social Security Account Number (United States, New York)
- NY. SB 1203. Biometric Privacy Act. (United States, New York)
- North Carolina Identity Theft Protection Act (United States, North Carolina)
- OK. SB 1257. Non-consensual dissemination; making certain dissemination unlawful; providing for exceptions, penalties. Effective date. (United States, Oklahoma)
- Oregon Consumer Information Protection Act. (United States, Oregon)
- Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK) (Turkey)
- R.S. 14:283.2. Nonconsensual disclosure of a private image (United States, Louisiana)
- Rhode Island Identity Theft Protection Act of 2015. (United States, Rhode Island)
- Tennessee Information Protection Act (TIPA) (United States, Tennessee)
- § 16-11-90 Crimes and Offenses (United States, Georgia)
- § 18-6609. Crime of video voyeurism (United States, Idaho)
- § 18.2-386.2. Unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another; penalty (United States, Virginia)
- § 200.780. Unlawful dissemination of intimate image; exceptions; penalty (United States, Nevada)
- § 21.16. UNLAWFUL DISCLOSURE OR PROMOTION OF INTIMATE VISUAL MATERIAL. (United States, Texas)
- § 2606. Disclosure of sexually explicit images without consent (United States, Vermont)
- § 30-37A-1. Unauthorized distribution of sensitive images; penalties (United States, New Mexico)
- § 39-13-301. Criminal Offenses (United States, Tennessee)
- § 573.110. Nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images, offense of — definitions — elements — exemptions — immunity from liability, when — penalty — private cause of action, when. (United States, Missouri)
- § 573.112. Threatening the nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images, offense of — elements — penalty. (United States, Missouri)
- § 61-8-28. Criminal invasion of privacy; penalties (United States, West Virginia)
- § 617.261. Nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images (United States, Minnesota)
- § 750.145e. Compiled Laws (United States, Michigan)
- § 76-5b-203. Distribution of an intimate image--Penalty (United States, Utah)
- § 942.09. Representations depicting nudity (United States, Wisconsin)
- §1 - C.2C:14-9 Title 2A. Chapter 58D. (United States, New Jersey)