Surveillance
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Surveillance is a form of a COLLECTION privacy harm under the Solove taxonomy. Surveillance is defined as "watching, listening to, or recording of an individual's activities."
- A website monitoring cursor movements of a visitor while visiting the website.[1]
Additional comments
Occurrences
- A Photo of a Woman Crying After Florida School Shooting (February 2018)
- Abusers Using Smartphones to Track Victims (September 2014)
- Access to Face Recognition Search of Moscow Cameras System Is For Sale (November 2020)
- AccuWeather App Stealing Location Data (August 2017)
- Advertising Agency Uses Geofencing to Target Women Near Abortion Centers (2017)
- Alexa Installed In Apartments Before People Move In (September 2020)
- Amazon Agrees to Pay $25 Million Fine to Settle Allegations Alexa Voice Assistant Violated Children’s Privacy Law (20 July 2023)
- Amazon Extending Prime into Whole Foods (2017)
- Amazon Monitors Employees Private Facebook Groups (September 2020)
- Amazon Violates Child Privacy Law (1 June 2023)
- 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 to Pay $25 Million to Settle Children’s Privacy Charges (May 2023)
- Amazon to pay over $30 million in FTC settlements over Ring, Alexa privacy violations (31 May 2023)
- Amazon's Alexa Asking Questions (July 2020)
- Android Listens to Everyday House Sounds (October 2020)
- Android Sharing User Physical Activity With Third Party Apps (October 2017)
- Animal Agriculture Industry Tracks and Punishes Critics (October 2020)
- Apple Faces Lawsuit Over AirTag Stalking Dangers (6 December 2022)
- Apps Sending Personal Information to Facebook (December 2018)
- Apps With Eavesdropping Software (December 2017)
- Attorney-Client Calls by Jails (July 2020)
- Australian Police Fly Drones Monitoring How People Obey Anti COVID19 Measures (August 2020)
- Australian Security Cameras Hacked (June 2020)
- Automakers prevail in lawsuit alleging data collection violated Washington Privacy Act (7 November 2023)
- 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)
- Biometrics and Privacy: The Expansion of TSA's Facial Recognition Program in Airports (5 June 2023)
- Bluetooth Low Energy Data Transfer Technology (2010)
- Brainwave Tracking of Students in Class (2017)
- Brave Browser Affiliate Referral Scheme (June 2020)
- CRITEO's €40 Million Fine: GDPR Violations and the Impact on User Privacy in Personalized Advertising (June 2023)
- California hits Google for $93M over deceptive location data options (14 September 2023)
- Cambridge Analytica and Facebook Scandal (2016)
- Car Companies Tracking Drivers With AI (2020)
- Cellebrite Hackers Help United States Law Enforcement Hack Peoples Phones (September 2020)
- Charges Dismissed for Following Women with a Camera (April 2020)
- Child Safety Smartwatches Easy to Hack (2017)
- China Keeping Records on Muslims (February 2020)
- China's Massive Data Breach Reveals Growing Concerns Over Surveillance State (15 July 2022)
- China's Two-Child Policy (1 January 2016)
- China’s Cryptocurrency (2019)
- 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)
- Chrome Collects User Data Regardless of Consent
- Clearview's Facial Recognition App (2020)
- Companies Track Phone’s Movements to Target Ads to Its Owners (September 2020)
Laws and Regulations
The following laws and regulations address the Surveillance harm.
- (105 ILCS § 75/10). Right to Privacy in the School Setting Act. (United States, Illinois)
- (740 ILCS § 14/). Biometric Information Privacy Act. (United States, Illinois)
- 201 CMR 17.00. Standards For The Protection of Personal Information of Residents of The Commonwealth. (United States, Massachusetts)
- 23 NYCRR 500. Cybersecurity Requirements For Financial Services Companies. (United States, New York)
- 653-13.2(148, 272C). Standards of practice—appropriate pain management. (United States, Iowa)
- AK. SB 217. Chapter 13. Genetic Privacy. (United States, Alaska)
- AL SB 301 (United States, Alabama)
- AR Code Title 5. Criminal Offenses § 5-26-314. Unlawful distribution of sexual images or recordings (United States, Arkansas)
- AR. HB 1827. Chapter 35. Parents' Bill of Rights. (United States, Arkansas)
- CA PEN § 647 (United States, California)
- CH. 28-56. Employee Social Media Privacy. (United States, Rhode Island)
- CH. 5.1. Human Research. (United States, Virginia)
- CH. 53B. Financial Privacy Act. (United States, North Carolina)
- CH. 680. Dental Hygienists; Denturists. (United States, Oregon)
- CH. 82. Security Freezes and Notification of Data Breaches. (United States, Massachusetts)
- CH. 93I. Dispositions and Destruction of Records. (United States, Massachusetts)
- California Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act (United States, California)
- California Consumer Privacy Act of (2018) (United States, California)
- Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (United States)
- Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (2000) (United States)
- Communications Act of 1934 (United States)
- Connecticut Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act. (United States, Connecticut)
- Constitution - Amendment IV (United States)
- Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (United States)
- Electronic Communications Privacy Act (United States)
- FLA. SB 1670. Consumer Data Privacy. (United States, Florida)
- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (United States)
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (United States)
- ILL. SB 0318. Use of genetic testing information by employers. (United States, Illinois)
- ILL. SB 1307. The Genetic Information Privacy Act. (United States, Illinois)
- 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)
- KY. SB 152. Parents' Rights. (United States, Kentucky)
- MD. SB 613. Consumer Personal Information Privacy. (United States, Maryland)
- Michigan Identity Theft Protection Act (2004) (United States, Michigan)
- NH. HB 1262. Student Assessment Data Privacy. (United States, New Hampshire)
- NH. HB 1586. Student and Teacher Information Protection and Privacy. (United States, New Hampshire)
- NH. HB 536. Biometric Information to The Consumer Protection Act. (United States, New Hampshire)
- NM. SB 445. Uniform Protection of Genetic Information in Employment Act. (United States, New Mexico)
- NV. SB 220. Internet Privacy. (United States, Nevada)
- NY. A465. Personal Information Protection Act. (United States, New York)
- National Labor Relations Act (United States)
- OK. SB 1257. Non-consensual dissemination; making certain dissemination unlawful; providing for exceptions, penalties. Effective date. (United States, Oklahoma)
- Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (United States)
- Oregon Consumer Information Protection Act. (United States, Oregon)
- Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK) (Turkey)
- Privacy Act of 1974 (United States)
- SB 1309. Parents' Bill of Rights. (United States, Arizona)
- Stored Communications Act (United States)