risk
Power imbalance and loss of self-determination over personal data
Structural informational asymmetry (take-it-or-leave-it consent, opaque algorithmic decisions) and inability to correct, delete, or restrict processing deprive individuals of meaningful control over their own data and narrative.
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- privacy
- domain
- Data Protection & Privacy
- AI Governance
- taxonomy
- nist-privacy-risk
- inherent_rating
- medium
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- privacy-power-imbalance-self-determination
- category
- privacy
- likelihood
- medium
- impact
- medium
- inherent_rating
- medium
- treatment
- mitigate
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- nist-privacy-risk
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Connections
- UC-DATA-14 — Maintain and provide an accounting of disclosures mitigates Power imbalance and loss of self-determination over personal data
- strength
- primary
- rationale
- Providing subjects a complete accounting of PII held and its disclosures gives them knowledge of where data went, countering informational asymmetry.
- UC-DATA-17 — Resolve privacy inquiries, complaints, and disputes mitigates Power imbalance and loss of self-determination over personal data
- strength
- related
- rationale
- A tracked complaint/dispute channel gives individuals meaningful recourse against the organization.
- UC-DATA-05 — Provide privacy notices and transparency to data subjects mitigates Power imbalance and loss of self-determination over personal data
- strength
- related
- rationale
- Disclosing purposes, recipients, retention, and rights reduces the informational asymmetry between organization and individual.
- UC-AI-10 — Meet transparency obligations for AI systems mitigates Power imbalance and loss of self-determination over personal data
- strength
- related
- rationale
- Disclosure and instructions reduce the informational asymmetry and opacity of algorithmic decisions the risk names.
- UC-DATA-07 — Keep personal data accurate and honor correction requests mitigates Power imbalance and loss of self-determination over personal data
- strength
- related
- rationale
- A correction/amendment right directly addresses the named 'inability to correct' facet of lost self-determination.
- UC-DATA-02 — Obtain and honor consent for collection, use, and disclosure mitigates Power imbalance and loss of self-determination over personal data
- strength
- related
- rationale
- Freely-given consent with withdrawal/opt-out as easy as opt-in partly counters take-it-or-leave-it asymmetry.
- UC-DATA-18 — Govern automated matching of PII under formal agreements mitigates Power imbalance and loss of self-determination over personal data
- strength
- related
- rationale
- Required notice and human verification before adverse action reduce opaque automated decisioning over individuals.
- UC-DATA-06 — Provide data subjects access to their personal data mitigates Power imbalance and loss of self-determination over personal data
- strength
- primary
- rationale
- Giving individuals confirmation and a copy of their data plus recipient/category detail directly restores knowledge and control over their own data.
- UC-DATA-08 — Execute deletion and other rights requests within deadlines mitigates Power imbalance and loss of self-determination over personal data
- strength
- primary
- rationale
- Operating deletion, restriction, and objection rights directly restores individuals' ability to delete and restrict processing of their data.