privacy concerns
Personal information anxieties
Privacy concerns are worries about how personal information is collected, stored, shared, or used.
The phrase appears constantly in discussions of technology, data collection, and surveillance: The app raised privacy concerns among users, Privacy concerns have slowed adoption of facial recognition.
Someone may cite privacy concerns as a reason to avoid social media, decline a service, or oppose a policy.
- cybersecurityProtection of digital systems
- anonymityUnknown identity state
- right to be forgottenLegal power to delete records
- terms and conditionsContractual requirements and rules
- fine printMiniature contractual text
encryption · metadata · private browsing · surveillance cameras · stalking · social media stalking · biometrics · HIPAA · identity theft · personal space · informed consent · facial recognition · trespassing · confidentiality agreements · doxxing · gossip · digital footprint · phishing
- technophobiatechnophobia, cyberphobia, AI fear, Luddism, Luddites
- digital societysocial networks, internet, digital age, internet culture, digital natives
- neighbor disputesfence disputes, property lines, noise complaints, barking dogs, loud music
- tech ethicsAI ethics, AI bias, deepfakes, digital rights, tech addiction
- tech culturedevelopers, coders, startup culture, programmers, computers
- DNA testsDNA test, paternity test, genetic test, DNA sample, genotyping
privacy concernspublic disclosure
Revealing information openly
openness · transparency · data sharing · oversharing · exhibitionism
privacy concernsfreedom of information
Public access to state records
right to know · open government · sunshine laws · whistleblowing · public scrutiny