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Add LGBTQ+ data use examples

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#### LGBTQ+ example(s)

From Chi Hack Night talk: https://chihacknight.org/events/2019/06/25/soren-spicknall.html

Dangers include allowing for targeting/discrimination, outing people in places where they aren't out, etc. Possible examples to use:
- How Police Abuse Phone Data to Persecute LGBTQ People, https://www.wired.com/story/lgbtq-phone-data-police/
- Grindr User Data Was Sold Through Ad Networks, https://www.wsj.com/articles/grindr-user-data-has-been-for-sale-for-years-11651492800?mod=djemalertNEWS
- One example of the general problem of lack of data sensitivity outing people: https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/08/12/opinion-outing-of-a-priest-and-data-privacy-in-the-lgbtq-community/
- Facial recognition software and non-binary people (collection bias, failure to anonymize data sufficiently): https://www.vice.com/en/article/7xnwed/facial-recognition-software-regularly-misgenders-trans-people, https://time.com/6083323/bishop-pillar-grindr-data/

Possible sections in deon:
- A.3 limit PII exposure
- B.1 data security

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