CITRON & SOLOVE / 2022
Privacy harm explorer
Change the facts of a fictional scenario. See which interests are affected—and why losing money is only part of the picture.
Based on Privacy Harms, 102 B.U. L. Rev. 793 (2022). Examples and mappings are Law Vision’s interpretations.
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01 / CHOOSE THE FACTS
02 / IDENTIFY THE INTERESTS
Suggested by these facts
Consider
The article’s seven categories describe affected interests. They can overlap and vary in severity. Select a category to explore its meaning and subtypes; hover over or activate a marked term for its explanation.
What should enforcement achieve?
Citron and Solove argue that remedies should fit the goal: compensation, deterrence or equity. Their proposal challenges making proof of harm a universal condition of enforcement. Choose one or more goals to compare their approach.
Source, interpretation & scope
Danielle Keats Citron & Daniel J. Solove, Privacy Harms, 102 Boston University Law Review 793 (2022). The explorer follows the downloaded GLTR reading. The authors’ typology appears in Figure 1 and Part V (pp. 830–861); recurring small harms, risk and societal effects are discussed in Part II (pp. 816–819); their enforcement proposal is in Part III (pp. 819–826).
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