XYZ Corp. is a social networking website. XYZ Corp.’s charges its users a monthl
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XYZ Corp. is a social networking website. XYZ Corp.’s charges its users a monthly fee of $5 for its service. In its privacy policy, XYZ Corp. indicates that is does not share or sell user information with third parties. A prominent U.S. Senator is a user of the social networking site. The U.S. Senators finds out that the information her personal information that she posted on the social networking website has been shared with third parties for data mining, online advertising, and for political rivals. What are the possible actions that the U.S. Senator can take?
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Explanation / Answer
Not only the US senator but even a normal person can sue XYZ corp for infringement of data privacy rights. According to which the subject(owner of the data) must be consulted before the processor(the entity that collects the data) can share their personal information(PI) and Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information(SPII) with third parties.
A subject may choose to share its information with processors if they think the might benefot from it, as was the case when the US senator thought of using the services of XYZ corp. But XYZ corp cannot sell their data without their consent.
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