Appropriation

Appropriation is a form of DISSEMINATION privacy harm under the Solove taxonomy. Appropriation is defined as "using an individual's identity to serve the aims and interests of another."

A social media site using customer's images in advertising.

Occurrences

A Photo of a Woman Crying After Florida School Shooting, AI Deepfake Technology Creates Fake Video of Naked Celebrities, AI Impersonation Through Deepfakes Troubles Bollywood, Amazon’s ‘Just Walk Out’ Tech Is a Privacy Nightmare, College Board Sued Over New York Student Privacy Laws, Companies Stealing Influencers’ Faces, Data Breach Compromising 500 Thousands Call of Duty Accounts, Discord Admits Data Breach: Info of 760K Users Sold Online, Don't Believe Everything you Hear: How Cybercriminals Are Exploiting AI Voice Cloning, Facebook's "People You May Know" Feature, High-Profile Twitter Accounts Hack, Identity Theft of Deceased People for Fraud, Impersonating Profiles on Grindr, Jogger Wound Up in an Ad Without Knowing, Larry King’s Video Used For Disinformation, Lee Enterprises Shared Subscribers' Personal Information With Facebook, New Jersey Department of Health Retaining Newborn Data without Parental Consent, New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft, PA Teachers Impersonated by Students on Social Media, Porn Deepfakes, Scammers Hijack Popular YouTube Accounts, Secret Sharing App Whisper, Student Loan Fraud Through Identity Theft, TikTok Parents Use Persons Face To Make Their Kids Cry

Laws and Regulations

The following laws and regulations address the Appropriation harm.

• (410 ILCS § 513/). Genetic Information Privacy Act (United States)
• (740 ILCS § 14/). Biometric Information Privacy Act. (United States)
• 5 U.S.C. §552a (United States)
• AL SB 301 (United States)
• CH. 1. Trade and Commerce; General Provisions. (United States)
• CH. 521. Unauthorized Use of Identifying Information. (United States)
• CVR § 50. Right of privacy. (United States)
• California Consumer Privacy Act of (2018) (United States)
• Deceptive Mail Prevention and Enforcement Act (United States)
• Electronic Communications Privacy Act (United States)
• FLA. SB 1670. Consumer Data Privacy. (United States)
• Judicial Redress Act of 2015 (United States)
• MD. HB 901 (2019) (United States)
• Michigan Identity Theft Protection Act (2004) (United States)
• NY. SB 1203. Biometric Privacy Act. (United States)
• OR. STAT. § 807.750 (2009)
• Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (United States)
• §1201C-§1206C. Online and Personal Privacy Protection. (United States)
• §1204C. Prohibitions on online marketing or advertising to a child. (United States)
• §13-37-201 TO §13-37-203. Notice of Disclosure. (United States)
• §13-37-202. Disclosure of nonpublic personal information prohibited without notice. (United States)
• §1798.83-§1798.84. Customer Records. (United States)
• §22948.20. Connected Televisions. (United States)
• §22:1604. Customer privacy; protections. (United States)
• §49-1-702. Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act; Part Definitions. (United States)
• §51:2002—§51:2003. Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail Restrictions. (United States)
• §62V.06. Data Practices. (United States)
• §63-2-101 TO §63-2-102. Medical Records. (United States)
• §646.607. Unlawful business, trade practices. (United States)
• §995.50. Right of privacy. (United States)