Privacy right is a very important human right. That's why there are many NGOs worldwide to protect especially this right. Privacy violations can cause so much stress, anxiety, insomnia and depression. Actually privacy violations can destroy a person's life. Imagine your life without privacy. Justice when there are privacy violations are reparations for the victims for so much material, psychological, moral and life's enjoy harms. If you see any violation of privacy record and help to do justice. I have a YouTube channel, here is the link. https://www.youtube.com/@lucianofietto4773/videos. Since the creation of this channel its visualization counter doesn't work, the same has been happening with the counter of this blog since its creation in 2010. This post is a summary of two articles. The first with the title above was published at https://privacy-engineering-cmu.github.io/2024-04-04-Question-2-What-psychological-effects-do-privacy-violations-have-on-individuals/. The second was published at https://www.extendedmind.io/the-extended-mind-blog/2021/04/06/2021-4-6-privacy-harms-a-taxonomy-to-understand-privacy-violations
When a person's privacy is compromised, it can lead to feelings of anxiety, stress, and a loss of control. The knowledge that personal information is being accessed or used without consent can result in a sense of violation and intrusion, leading to emotional distress and a decreased sense of security. Additionally, individuals may experience a loss of trust in the entities responsible for the privacy breach, which can impact their overall well-being and mental health. Furthermore, the fear of potential consequences, such as identity theft or reputational damage, can contribute to heightened levels of fear and unease. To illustrate, imagine your home as your personal space where you feel safe and secure. Now, if someone were to break in and rummage through your belongings, it would leave you feeling violated and anxious. Similarly, privacy violations in the digital realm can evoke similar emotions, as it envolves unauthorized access to personal information, leading to a sense of intrusion and loss of control. Just as you would feel uneasy and distressed after a home invasion, individuals can experience similar psychological effects when their privacy is compromised online. Over the past year, the Extended Mind has become increasingly interested in the potential harms that could result from data collection and privacy violations. To better understand the types of harms that result from privacy violations, we turned to Privacy Harms, a recent legal studies research paper that created a taxonomy of privacy violation harms. These are harms that have been consistently recognized under the law and supported by the court system. 1) Physical harms - The improper sharing of personal data can create unique opportunities for physical violence. The internet has made it easier to access people's personal data and criminals can leverage these tools to find and harm their targets. 2) Economic harms - Privacy violations can result in financial losses that the law has long understood as cognizable harm. Many cases involving economic harm are data breach cases. Plaintiffs have difficult providing a causal link between data breaches and identity theft, fraudulent charges and economic loss. 3) Reputational Harms - Reputational harms impair a person's ability to maintain 'personal esteem in the eyes of others' and can taint a person's image. They can result in lost business, employment, or social rejection. 4) Emotional Harm - One of the most common types of harm caused by privacy violations is emotional distress. Emotional distress encompasses a wide range of emotions, including annoyance, frustation, anger, anxiety, fear humiliation and embarrasment. 5) Relationship Harms - Privacy violations can harm personal and professional relationships as well as relationship with organizations. People modulate personal relationships by maintaining boundaries around their information or by withholding information from some people and not others. 6) Chilling Effect Harms - Privacy violations can produce harm by inhibiting people from engaging in certain civil liberties such as free speech, political participation, religious activity, free association, freedom of belief, and freedom to explore ideas. Such harm is often called a 'chilling effect'. This 'chilling effects' have an impact on individual speakers and society at large as they reduce the range of viewpoints expressed and the nature of expression that is shared. 7) Discrimination Harms - Privacy violations can cause discrimination harms, which involve entrenching inequality and disadvantaging people. The civil rights legal tradition has the capacity to address discrimination harm. But these laws still have not been applied sufficiently to privacy violations. Disproportionate surveillance, targeted harassment, threats 8) The harm for violations of these rights or restrictions is not thwarted expectations, as people might not have known about these statutes. Instead, the harm involves the loss of control over personal data. Courts have been inconsistent in recognizing the loss of control as a harm. 9) Informed Choice Harms - Courts are inconsistent about recognizing harm for failing to give individuals information to assist them in making informed choices about their personal data or exercise of privacy rights. 10) Vulnerability Harms - Courts are inconsistent in finding harm for failing to follow security sageguards that have not yet resulted in a data breach. While some courts have found that failing to follow security safeguards constitutes a breach of confidentiality. 11) Autonomy Harms - Involve the restriction, coercion, or manipulation of people's choices. People are either directly denied free will to decide or are tricked into thinking that they are freely making choice when they are not.
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