diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 8db47cc..5e9b5e6 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ When deployed thoughtfully, these mechanisms can improve [=people=]'s [=autonomy=]. Often, however, they are used as a way to avoid putting in the difficult work of deciding which -types of [=processing=] are [=appropriate=] and which are not, offloading [=privacy labour=] +types of [=processing=] are [=appropriate=] and which are not, offloading [=privacy labor=] to the people using a system. [=People=] should be able to [=consent=] to data sharing that would @@ -767,21 +767,21 @@ for the scale of processing implied by web systems), and experience with existing systems shows that they make it hard for [=people=] to exercise their rights. -### Privacy Labour {#privacy-labour} +### Privacy Labor {#privacy-labor} -Privacy labour is the practice of having a [=person=] do +Privacy labor is the practice of having a [=person=] do the work of ensuring [=data processing=] of which they are the subject or recipient is [=appropriate=], instead of putting the responsibility on the [=actors=] who are doing the processing. Data systems that are based on asking [=people=] for their [=consent=] tend to increase -[=privacy labour=]. +[=privacy labor=]. -More generally, implementations of [=privacy=] often offload [=labour=] to [=people=]. This is +More generally, implementations of [=privacy=] often offload [=labor=] to [=people=]. This is notably true of the regimes descended from the Fair Information Practices ([=FIPs=]), a loose set of principles initially elaborated in the 1970s in support of individual [=autonomy=] in the face of growing concerns with databases. The [=FIPs=] generally assume that there is sufficiently little [=data processing=] taking place that any [=person=] will be able to carry out sufficient diligence to be [=autonomous=] in their decision-making. Since they offload -the [=privacy labour=] to people and assume perfect, unlimited [=autonomy=], the [=FIPs=] do not +the [=privacy labor=] to people and assume perfect, unlimited [=autonomy=], the [=FIPs=] do not forbid specific types of [=data processing=] but only place them under different procedural requirements. This approach is no longer [=appropriate=]. @@ -1703,7 +1703,7 @@ These forms might be governmental bodies at various administrative levels, standards organisations, worker bargaining units, or civil society fora. Even though collective decision-making can be better than offloading -[=privacy labour=] to [=individuals=], it is not a panacea. +[=privacy labor=] to [=individuals=], it is not a panacea. Decision-making bodies need to be designed carefully, for example using the Institutional Analysis and Development framework. @@ -1935,7 +1935,7 @@ Attempts to obtain consent to [=processing=] that is not in accordance with the person's -true preferences result in imposing unwanted [=privacy labour=] on the person, and may +true preferences result in imposing unwanted [=privacy labor=] on the person, and may result in people erroneously giving consent that they regret later. An [=actor=] should not prompt a [=person=] for consent if the