LGBTQ+ individuals are disproportionately victimized by online privacy violations, according to a report released by the Future of Privacy Forum in collaboration with LGBT Tech. The report found while LGBTQ+ communities were "historically" early adopters of technology, they were also more likely to experience some form of harm. The report called on “policymakers and organizations to learn from past privacy and LGBTQ+ history” and consider how data privacy can protect LGBTQ+ persons while continuing to work to “(reduce) bias and risk to mitigate or even avoid individual and collective harms.”
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