Daniel Solove's Taxonomy Of Privacy

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@vikileaks30 broadcasted personal information about Vic Toews. The actions violated some categories of Daniel Solove’s taxonomy of privacy. By applying act utilitarianism, the actions of @vikileaks30 is ethically wrong and produced negative utility and happiness.

The third category of the taxonomy of privacy is violated by leaking private information about Vic Toews personal life. No utility was gained from leaking this information except having a negative effect on Vic Toews and his family. By spreading his private information through twitter, this would have brought a lot of embarrassment to his family and could possibly ruin his marriage with his wife and his relationships with his other family members. As a result, there is seemingly more