Questions tagged [privacy]
For questions about freedom from unsolicited observation, or the collection, use and distribution of private information.
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Do the Ohio sheriffs suing Afroman have any legal standing in their claim of "invasion of privacy and misappropriation of their likenesses" lawsuit?
Afroman is reportedly being sued by a number of Ohio sheriff deputies
for allegedly profiting off the raid they conducted on his home last
summer.
The Adams County Sheriff’s Department ran up on ...
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Is a company liable if someone leaves their bank logged in on a company PC?
If a company sets up computers in a break area for employees to access their timecard, payroll, bank accounts, etc., can the company get in trouble if an employee leaves their private accounts logged ...
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Allowing website users to see other users email address [closed]
We are being asked to display the email of users to other users so they can confirm identity.
The request is to simply display userA's email in part J*******@somecompany.com userB can already see ...
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Is one allowed to get someone's genetic information and use it without explicit permission?
Inspired by the movie Gattaca, and how sites like Ancestory.com actively help find criminals who haven't submitted their DNA simply by using relatives who have willingly submitted their DNA.
Say that ...
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What happens when a butler/housekeeper/chauffeur gets exposed to illegal activity? [duplicate]
Similar to how would priests handle illegal confessions, professional private butlers are trained to maintain client's privacy at all costs. But what if the things they are exposed to clearly shows ...
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What are some law related to recording video during one at work? (let's assume the manger agrees)
Let's say someone is doing vlog for tiktok and youtube. we can see some people taking video during the job. People who work as cashier at a gas station take videos, people work in big company take ...
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"We only collect anonymized data". Roughly what are the limits of this?
Say a program that Bob is using asks to collect "anonymized data". Bob agrees. But roughly at what point is "anonymized" a false statement?
If I have Bob's shopping habits, gendre, ...
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Can a U.S. President's doctor refuse to answer medical-related questions asked by a Congressional committee?
Say that in the event that the 25th Amendment was to be invoked due to the suspicion that the U.S. President was no longer physically and/or mentally capable of performing his/her Presidential duties, ...
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Can I record a disciplinary hearing with school officials in WA state
My child is 12 and has a long documented disability. The (public) school district has not provided appropriate support and has even mislead me on qualifications of the paraeducator assigned to him. ...
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What are the possible copyright and other legal issues faced by an individual in the US running a Mastodon server?
What are the possible copyright and other legal issues faced by an individual in the US running a Mastodon server?
The social network Mastodon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(social_network) ...
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GDPR @ ePrivacy & Data Controller & Local processing PII & Mobile App
I'm developing an open source client mobile app that allows user to use third-party social media. So the app logs in directly to the interface with the credentials entered by the user and makes direct ...
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Does adding an In-app purchase to my Google Play app require any additional privacy requirements?
Suppose that a developer has created an android app. It doesn't collect any user data except that when a user clicks on advertisements, some information is shared with to third party companies like ...
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Taking photos or videos of people in UK
It is generally understood that taking photos/videos of people in a public place in UK is not unlawful unless it is done in a place where they can expect privacy, or unless the images are indecent (...
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Is it a breach of GDPR and DPA to say a colleague is sick and off work?
This is a hypothetical question. Suppose a customer calls asking for a colleague, call her Alice, and Bob answers the phone and tells the customer that Alice is off sick with the flu. The customer ...
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Do I have any responsibility over 3rd party data collection?
I have a little game that does not collect any user data whatsoever, nor does it resell it or anything else. I do employ Google Ads, and the game is planned to be released on the Google Play Store.
I ...
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Is it common to provide evidence via email to a lawyer?
Do clients and attorneys typically communicate evidence via e-mail or cloud-based sharing services (i.e. One Drive or Dropbox)?
If so, are these safe for confidential material? It this a common way to ...
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Do I need a privacy policy when selling on a shopping platform commercially?
I am selling 5 articles per month commercially (not privately) on the internet.
I am doing this on eBay Kleinanzeigen in Germany. The English translation is eBay small advertisements. It's like Vinted,...
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Processing screenshots of people's browser windows on a web server
Suppose that a software developer (April) living in the UK,has created a simple browser plug-in that takes screenshots of a user's browser windows and allows the user to enhance and "prettify&...
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Does gdpr.eu violate GDPR compliancy?
As I understand it, the GDPR does not permit sending of personal information (which includes the IP address) without prior consent by the user. If that's true, it's basically impossible to fetch any ...
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Falsely accused of following someone in Germany
I am a foreigner living in Germany for some years. Unfortunately on one public holiday, I threw some bottles in nearby trash dedicated for glass where there were not many houses. I wore a latex gloves ...
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Choosing region for database to be US / EU compliant
I wanted to ask about how one should go about choosing region for database / cloud provider when working on an application that stores user data for EU and US customers. Business behind the app is a ...
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In which cases has a Wikipedia editor's identity been subpoenaed?
In any jurisdiction, I'm looking for names of cases for either or ideally both of the following:
Where Wikipedia has been subpoenaed for information on an editor, complied with the subpoena, and ...
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Can a mobile app save data about a user without a user giving the permission?
Is it allowed to store a user id to remember him, his settings, preferences and history, without asking for his permission?
Is there anyknowledge about that how that goes with privacy laws like GDPR ...
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Does Elon Musk have any grounds for legal action against people who track his plane?
Most airplanes, including Elon Musk's private jet, are required by law to broadcast their location throughout a flight in a well-documented, unencrypted digital format called ADS-B. This system is a ...
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How can I request that my FOIA request to the US CBP is not made publicly available?
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(US CBP) are made publicly available, e.g.:
Sometime the information is redacted, sometime it isn't.
How can I ...
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How much evidence of sexual harassment do the FBI or the police require in order to get a search warrant for the servers of a company?
Let's say a minor calls the police or goes to them and reports that she got a sexual text on snapchat, but she has no proof. Is that enough probable cause for police to seek a warrant directed to ...
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Not sure if it's worth hiring a lawyer because not sure if what happened was illegal
Something recently happened to me that I'm not sure was legal. To give a high level overview I was accused of something I didn't do. An internal investigation found me guilty. The investigation was ...
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Conflicting published policies
In researching another question, I came across conflicting information in the published policies of a company. Their Policy FAQ article indicates the need for a phone number is strictly for verifying ...
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Using virtual address for residential address with financial companies?
(context of the question is the UK but it may be relevant to other jurisdictions too)
I’m aware that under AML regulations, companies are expected to identify their customers and verify their identity:...
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Can I legally sync and save YouTube comments on my website
I own a YouTube channel and a website that belongs to it. On the website, I am also displaying the YouTube videos. For various reasons, I want to create a plugin to sync the comments on my YouTube ...
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Why isn't FBI's access to our data against the right of privacy?
In many blogs, it's said that your search history may get you in jail, like Can Your Internet Search History Get You Arrested and Internet Searches That Could Get You Arrested. Seems that FBI can have ...
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Is nickname on an android app consider as personal Information for GDPR policy
I am currently developing a puzzle game where the player initially has the option to enter a
"NIckname" of his choice ( might also be his name - its up to him what to enter) so that his
time ...
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Is it legal for google street view images to see in my house (EU)?
My aunt lives somewhere on the territory of European Union and I navigated to her house in street view mode on Google Maps. I noticed that by navigating those images you can see into her house!
You ...
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Can Disney+ require me to disclose my age and gender in order to continue streaming?
I just received this email a few moments ago:
Disney+
Provide your birthdate and gender to keep streaming
Disney+ now requires additional information from the primary account holder, including your ...
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GDPR: Alternatives to 3rd party cookie-based analytical systems?
Cookie-based solutions became challenging to leverage due to the GDPR law. As an analyst, it's hard because my work depends on these metrics that will no longer be available with cookie-based tracking ...
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Are users' personal notes about other users subjected to the GDPR right of access?
Some applications, like Discord or Mastodon, allow a user A to put private notes (only accessible to A) next to the profile of another user B. This data is very probably Personal Identifiable ...
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Is there any law protecting me from the people that distrubute a video of me falling the stairs and shared without my permision?
From California, US.
I fell from the stairs at work last week, even if the fall looked terrible on video I managed to not brake anything but just damaged ligaments and some body, visit ER, claim WC ...
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Are witnesses allowed to give private testimonies?
Alice's grandpa Greg is on trial. Alice's testimony is crucial to get Greg convicted. But, for some reason or another, Alice doesn't want to appear in court as a witness in front of Greg to badmouth ...
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Do the police need to tell me they are wearing a bodycam or turn it off before they enter my home?
I have an expectation of privacy within my own home, as such It's generally illegal to film me in my home without my knowledge. I'm wondering how that applies to bodycams on a police officer. If I ...
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Can one require data of which one is the subject to be erased as well as disclosed?
Under the GDPR, one is entitled to receive any data including CCTV footage that one may feature in if it still exists. However, can one as the data subject also require by request for such footage to ...
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Is privilege (over communications) bilateral?
In a case of spousal privilege, because both parties are spouses, I assume that what each party says is protected so trying to force either party to divulge would be a problem.
But other privileged ...
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Webhosts' legal obligations to remove publicly available content associated with specific IP addresses
Let's say one builds a website allowing users to post text content that is publicly available and searchable via the IP address of the users who submitted it. Would the owner of that website be ...
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Is consent required for paying, corporate subscribers of a B2B website?
I was intrigued by this question: Why is the Google Analytics cookie defined as "strictly necessary" and saved without consent?, and how GDPR/E-Privacy applies to paying, corporate ...
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Privacy Policy change for different Countries / Continents on Website
I'm currently researching the GDPR Terms for a European Website. The Company has its headquarters and registration in Europe.
If someone from, let's say US, visits the website, do I have to cover the ...
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Are non-contact visitations at max-security federal prisons sometimes supervised? (US)
Not sure if this answer as posed in the title is sufficiently about law to be on-topic. If so, my question defers to the more legal alternative:
Is it legal for a federal prison to supervise the non-...
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Are apps required to notify users when they update their privacy policy or EULA?
I have noticed that many companies are doing this but definitely not all.
Furthermore, what about cases where companies or developers cannot notify users because some users are not logged-in or ...
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Can I provide multiple legal bases for GDPR purposes?
I used Termly's privacy policy generator, and in the policy that they generated there are four Article
6 legal bases:
Consent
Legitimate Interests
Legal Obligations
Vital Interests
I took a ...
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Applicability of Data Protection Laws When Talking to a Lawyer
According to my knowledge I am not allowed to share other people's full name nor phone number nor email address without their permission.
Can I tell such details legally to my lawyer when referring to ...
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How are voice-operated smart devices legal in jurisdictions that require two-party consent for recording?
Amazon's Alexa is the example that comes to mind the most. It seems likely that Alexa would record people who are unaware they're being recorded. Seems like it would violate two-party consent pretty ...
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Audio obfuscation for HIPPA compliance
I have audio files of medical conversations that require HIPPA level protection. I would like to send these files to a third party for transcription. However, the service I would like to use does not ...
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