From 75a3e3d7bf43d62eceb34dad7bf9970d33d2440d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Don Marti Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 12:24:42 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Improve vulnerable people wording and links (#402) Co-authored-by: Nick Doty --- index.html | 19 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index f2cc9cc1..0e8dc162 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -786,10 +786,12 @@ ## Vulnerability {#vulnerability} -Sometimes particular groups are classed as “vulnerable” (e.g. children, or the -elderly), but anyone could become privacy vulnerable in a given context. +Sometimes particular groups of people, such as children, or the elderly, +are classified as [=vulnerable people=]. However, any [=person=] could be vulnerable in +one or more contexts, sometimes without realizing it. A [=person=] may not realise when they disclose personal data that -they are vulnerable or could become vulnerable. +they are vulnerable or could become vulnerable, and an [=actor=] may have +no way of knowing that a person is vulnerable. Some individuals may be more vulnerable to privacy risks or harm as a result of collection, misuse, loss or theft of personal data because: @@ -2114,10 +2116,11 @@ easily than usual. Among other things, they should be treated with greater default privacy protections and may be considered unable to [=consent=] to various interactions with a system. -People can be vulnerable for different reasons, for example because they are children, -are employees with respect to their employers, are facing a steep asymmetry of power, -are people in some situations of intellectual or psychological impairment, are -refugees, etc. See [[[#vulnerability]]]. +People can be vulnerable for different reasons, and some people may +be vulnerable in a specific [=context=]. For example, a child might +be vulnerable in many contexts, but a person in a position of power imbalance +with an employer or other [=actor=] might be vulnerable in the contexts +where that actor is also present. See [[[#vulnerability]]]. ## Contexts {#context} @@ -2267,7 +2270,7 @@ Systems which [=recognize=] people across [=contexts=] need to be careful not to apply the principles of one [=context=] in ways that violate the principles around use of information acquired in a different -[=context=]. This is particularly true for [=vulnerable=] people, as +[=context=]. This is particularly true for [=vulnerable people=], as recognising them in different [=contexts=] may force traits into the open that reveal their vulnerability. For example, if you meet your therapist at a party, you expect them to have different discussion topics with you than they