1. II. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TERMS AND CLARIFICATIONS

II. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TERMS AND CLARIFICATIONS

For the purposes of this paper, the terms “domestic violence” and “intimate partner violence” are used interchangeably. The term “domestic violence” typically deals with violence within the familial household, including abuse between married spouses as well as between parents and

¹⁸ NAT’L NETWORK TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 13TH ANNUAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNTS REPORT 8 (2019), https://nnedv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Library_census_2018_full_report_high-res.pdf [https://perma.cc/WTX2-USKE].

¹⁹ Deborah M. Weissman, *The Politicization of Domestic Violence, in *THE POLITICIZATION OF SAFETY: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPONSES 38, 38 (Jane K. Stoever ed., 2019).

children²⁰, whereas the term “intimate partner violence” addresses abuse between intimate partners, regardless of marital or cohabitational status.²¹ This paper focuses on abuse between intimate partners, regardless of marital or cohabitational status.

For the purposes of this paper, the terms “victim(s)” and “survivor(s)” are used interchangeably for a person who has suffered abuse from an intimate partner. In the domestic violence advocacy community, “survivor(s)” is used to describe those who have left an abusive relationship while “victim(s)” is used to describe those who are still in an abusive relationship.²² However, many consider “victim(s)” to be problematic as it suggests inferiority or weakness.²³

In addition, this paper focuses on violence against women by their male intimate partners as it looks at abused women as a specific vulnerable social group impacted by domestic violence and data privacy laws. While both men and women experience intimate partner violence, violence against women by their intimate partners is reported at a higher rate. One in four women experience sexual violence, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner compared to one in ten men experiencing the same. ²⁴

Table of Contents

• I. INTRODUCTION
• II. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TERMS AND CLARIFICATIONS
• III. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LEGAL STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM
• IV. ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS AS NON-LEGAL RELIEF FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS
• V. TECHNOLOGY AS A NEW TOOL FOR ABUSE
• VI. DATA AND INFORMATION-DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY ABUSE
• VII. DATA PRIVACY PROTECTION LAWS
• VIII. WHERE DATA PRIVACY PROTECTION LAWS CAN HELP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS
• IX. SAFETY PLANNING IN THE MODERN AGE
• X. CONCLUSION