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potential small group privacy examples, per #251 (#289)
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npdoty authored Jul 19, 2023
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maps of popular running routes. In doing so, it revealed secret US bases around which military
personnel took frequent runs ([[?Strava-Debacle]], [[?Strava-Reveal-Military]]).

People's privacy interests may also be affected when information about a small group of people is
processed, even if no individualized data is exposed. For example, browsing activity of the students
in a classroom may be sensitive even if their teacher doesn't learn exactly which student accessed a
particular resource about a health issue. Targeting presentation of information to a small group may
also be inappropriate: for example, targeting messages to people who visited a particular clinic or
are empaneled on a particular jury may be invasive even without uniquely individual data.

When [=people=] do not know that they are members of a group, when they cannot easily find other
members of the group so as to advocate for their rights together, or when they cannot easily
understand why they are being categorised into a given group, their ability to protect themselves
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