scholarly journals Online Privacy Analysis and Hints for Its Improvement

10.28945/3216 ◽  
2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanja Krunic ◽  
Ljiljana Ruzic-Dimitrijevic

The idea of the paper is to investigate how much the online user privacy is respected by website owners, and how online privacy can be improved. We first focus ourselves on issues like possibilities of misusing personal data, data collecting and user-tracking. Then we give a short report about legislation in the EU concerning user privacy. Some facts about user confidence are given as well. They are follows by a brief list of hints for the users to protect their personal data when surfing the Web. Then we give an overview of actions website owners should take in order to support user privacy. Finally, we present the results of our investigation of the condition of user privacy in practice, and give some suggestions on its improvement.

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Zeni Marchiori ◽  
Jaqueline Lopes

RESUMO A presente investigação objetiva apresentar os princípios de informação equitativa nas políticas de privacidade dos sites das principais empresas brasileiras (segundo lista da revista americana Forbes do ano de 2014). A verificação e análise apoiaram-se em um checklist elaborado a partir de documentos emanados pela Federal Trade Commission e pela Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. O levantamento envolveu 14 empresas selecionadas de um universo de 25, considerando-se o critério de imediatez de acesso à política de privacidade nos respectivos sites. O princípio de segurança é o fundamento mais difundido nas políticas de privacidade das empresas selecionadas (existente em 8 das 14 políticas analisadas), e o princípio de responsabilidade é o de menor aderência, pois não está contemplado em quaisquer das políticas de privacidade online examinadas. A Sabesp apresenta a política de privacidade da web mais completa diante dos princípios de informação equitativa, se comparada às outras políticas analisadas, enquanto que a WEG não apresenta qualquer um dos princípios identificados no levantamento documental. Quanto ao comércio eletrônico, o número de empresas que assume algum princípio é ainda mais reduzido. Conclui-se que, para o universo selecionado, a adesão aos princípios de informação equitativa é incipiente ainda que se ressalte a sua não obrigatoriedade. A discussão aberta do projeto de lei de proteção de dados pessoais no Brasil deverá ter um papel importante na criação de orientações mais completas na temática. Propõem-se estudos adicionais envolvendo a percepção de usuários de tais sites, assim como um recorte de empresas voltadas diretamente ao comércio eletrônico, considerando-se que este contexto pode exigir o alinhamento efetivo aos princípios e outras orientações voltadas à proteção da privacidade e dos dados pessoais no ambiente web.Palavras-chave: Princípios de Informação Equitativa; Política de Privacidade Online; Proteção de Dados Pessoais.ABSTRACT This article aims to present the Fair Information Principles in the privacy policies of the websites of major Brazilian companies (according to the 2014 Forbes Magazine list). The research and analysis were supported by a checklist compiled from documents issued by the Federal Trade Commission and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. The study selected fourteen companies from a universe of twenty-five, considering the immediacy criterion of access to the privacy policy on their websites. The security (safeguards) principle is the most widespread foundation in the privacy policies of the companies selected (existing in eight of the fourteen analyzed policies); and the principle of responsibility receives less adhesion since it is not covered in any of the examined online privacy policies. The Sabesp Company presents the most complete privacy policy, considering the compliance with the Fair Information Principles when compared to the others perused, while WEG does not present any of the principles identified in the documental survey. As for e-commerce, the number of companies that assume some of the Principles is even smaller. For the selected universe, adherence to the Fair information Principles is still incipient, and its use is not mandatory. An open discussion of the proposed Brazilian law about personal data protection should play an important role in creating further guidance on the subject. Additional studies in this subject should involve the perception of users, as well as a cutout of companies which target e-commerce, considering that an effective alignment with these principles and other guidelines are required in order to protect the user’s privacy and personal data in the web environment.Keywords: Fair Information Principles; Privacy Policies; Personal Data Protection.


2021 ◽  
pp. 203228442199492
Author(s):  
Catherine Van de Heyning

The submission discusses the provisions in the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on data protection as well as the consequences for the exchange of passenger name record data in the field of criminal and judicial cooperation. The author concludes that the impact of the Agreement will depend on the resolvement of the United Kingdom to uphold the standards of protection of personal data equivalent to the EU’s in order to reach an adequacy decision.


BioTech ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Takis Vidalis

The involvement of artificial intelligence in biomedicine promises better support for decision-making both in conventional and research medical practice. Yet two important issues emerge in relation to personal data handling, and the influence of AI on patient/doctor relationships. The development of AI algorithms presupposes extensive processing of big data in biobanks, for which procedures of compliance with data protection need to be ensured. This article addresses this problem in the framework of the EU legislation (GDPR) and explains the legal prerequisites pertinent to various categories of health data. Furthermore, the self-learning systems of AI may affect the fulfillment of medical duties, particularly if the attending physicians rely on unsupervised applications operating beyond their direct control. The article argues that the patient informed consent prerequisite plays a key role here, not only in conventional medical acts but also in clinical research procedures.


This new book provides an article-by-article commentary on the new EU General Data Protection Regulation. Adopted in April 2016 and applicable from May 2018, the GDPR is the centrepiece of the recent reform of the EU regulatory framework for protection of personal data. It replaces the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive and has become the most significant piece of data protection legislation anywhere in the world. This book is edited by three leading authorities and written by a team of expert specialists in the field from around the EU and representing different sectors (including academia, the EU institutions, data protection authorities, and the private sector), thus providing a pan-European analysis of the GDPR. It examines each article of the GDPR in sequential order and explains how its provisions work, thus allowing the reader to easily and quickly elucidate the meaning of individual articles. An introductory chapter provides an overview of the background to the GDPR and its place in the greater structure of EU law and human rights law. Account is also taken of closely linked legal instruments, such as the Directive on Data Protection and Law Enforcement that was adopted concurrently with the GDPR, and of the ongoing work on the proposed new E-Privacy Regulation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-38
Author(s):  
Paul Graßl ◽  
Hanna Schraffenberger ◽  
Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius ◽  
Moniek Buijzen

Dark patterns are (evil) design nudges that steer people’s behaviour through persuasive interface design. Increasingly found in cookie consent requests, they possibly undermine principles of EU privacy law. In two preregistered online experiments we investigated the effects of three common design nudges (default, aesthetic manipulation, obstruction) on users’ consent decisions and their perception of control over their personal data in these situations. In the first experiment (N = 228) we explored the effects of design nudges towards the privacy-unfriendly option (dark patterns). The experiment revealed that most participants agreed to all consent requests regardless of dark design nudges. Unexpectedly, despite generally low levels of perceived control, obstructing the privacy-friendly option led to more rather than less perceived control. In the second experiment (N = 255) we reversed the direction of the design nudges towards the privacy-friendly option, which we title “bright patterns”. This time the obstruction and default nudges swayed people effectively towards the privacy-friendly option, while the result regarding perceived control stayed the same compared to Experiment 1. Overall, our findings suggest that many current implementations of cookie consent requests do not enable meaningful choices by internet users, and are thus not in line with the intention of the EU policymakers. We also explore how policymakers could address the problem.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Mechant ◽  
Ralf De Wolf ◽  
Mathias Van Compernolle ◽  
Glen Joris ◽  
Tom Evens ◽  
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