Blackmail
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Blackmail is a form of DISSEMINATION privacy harm under the Solove taxonomy. Blackmail is defined as "threatening to disclose personal information."
- A dating service for adulters charging customers to delete their accounts.[1]
Additional comments
NOTE: This privacy harm has been deprecated in the latest version of Strategic Privacy by Design 2nd Edition. Blackmail is best thought of as a special form of Decisional Interference, whereby the aim of the threat actor is to induce some action on the part of the at-risk individual, given the potential for release of information by the threat actor.
Occurrences
- AI Pandemic
- Apple Faces Lawsuit Over AirTag Stalking Dangers (6 December 2022)
- Belarusian Hackers Leaked Police Personal Information (September 2020)
- Female Student Killed After Blackmail (2020)
- Hack of Psychotherapeutic Clinic in Finland (October 2020)
- Ring's Privacy Failures - Spying and Harassing Through Home Cameras (May 2023)
Laws and Regulations
The following laws and regulations address the Blackmail harm.
- AL SB 301 (United States, Alabama)
- CA PEN § 647 (United States, California)
- CH. 48.1. Consumer Privacy Protection Act. (United States, Rhode Island)
- Connecticut General Statutes Title 53A. Penal Code § 53a-189c. Unlawful dissemination of an intimate image: Class A misdemeanor (United States, Connecticut)
- ILL. SB 1507 Civil Remedies for Nonconsensual Dissemination of Private Sexual Images Act (United States, Illinois)
- S. 665 - Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015 (United States)
- VA. HB. 2081 (2015) (United States, Virginia)
- § 166.065. Harassment (United States, Oregon)
- § 21.16. UNLAWFUL DISCLOSURE OR PROMOTION OF INTIMATE VISUAL MATERIAL. (United States, Texas)
- § 39-13-301. Criminal Offenses (United States, Tennessee)
- § 573.112. Threatening the nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images, offense of — elements — penalty. (United States, Missouri)
- § 711-1110.9. Violation of privacy in the first degree (United States, Hawaii)
- §10181- §10181.13. Review of Rate Increases. (United States, California)
- §40.1-28.7:5. Social media accounts of current and prospective employees. (United States, Virginia)
- §49.44.200 TO §49.44.205. Personal social networking accounts—Restrictions on employer access—Definitions. (United States, Washington)
- §995.55. Internet Privacy Protection. (United States, Wisconsin)