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Informed Consent to Address Trust, Control, and Privacy Concerns in User Profiling

Informed Consent to Address Trust, Control, and Privacy Concerns in User Profiling Thea van der Geest, Willem Pieterson, Peter de Vries. Administrative burden. Background: Governments as form factories Jobseekers allowances Tax repayment National insurance Child care benefits

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Informed Consent to Address Trust, Control, and Privacy Concerns in User Profiling

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  1. Informed Consent to Address Trust, Control, and Privacy Concerns in User Profiling Thea van der Geest, Willem Pieterson, Peter de Vries

  2. Administrative burden Background: Governments as form factories • Jobseekers allowances • Tax repayment • National insurance • Child care benefits • Incapacity benefits • Reduced earnings allowance • Study loans • etc, etc, etc PEP05 Edinburgh July 25 2005

  3. Objectives of e-government UK Inland revenue, for example: “a target of 100% all government services to be available on-line by 2005 and to achieve 50 % take up of those services” “ Delivering public services that are high quality and efficient, […] exploiting to the full technological opportunities and seeking to operate simpler processes” PEP05 Edinburgh July 25 2005

  4. E-strategy From: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ PEP05 Edinburgh July 25 2005

  5. The Alter Ego projecton user profiling User Organisation ICT application User profile system PEP05 Edinburgh July 25 2005

  6. A thought experiment PEP05 Edinburgh July 25 2005

  7. Defining the user profile A user profile is a (structured) data record, containing user-related information, such as …. • Identifiers • Characteristics • (Dis-)abilities • Needs and interests • Preferences • Personality traits • Previous behaviour in contexts relevant for predicting and influencing future behaviour …. supporting communication, interaction and transaction between organisations and their clients. PEP05 Edinburgh July 25 2005

  8. Literature review What are the conditions for acceptance and intention to use by users? • Acceptance of the technology • Acceptance of the collection of data for creating and maintaining a user profile • Acceptance of the use/application of the user profile PEP05 Edinburgh July 25 2005

  9. Major factors determining acceptance • Trust • Control • Privacy concerns • Access PEP05 Edinburgh July 25 2005

  10. Trust Multilayered, e.g. • Propensity to trust • “Stable” personality trait • Trust in the organisation • Perceived shared values, commitment • Quality of communication, experience • Perceived benefits, perceived risks • Trust in the technology • Consistency, perceived ease of use • Perceived benefit of technology PEP05 Edinburgh July 25 2005

  11. Control Sense of being in charge of: • Technology used (self-efficacy) • Transaction with organisation But also in charge of: • (The quality of the) personal information • To whom information is provided • Application of the information in new situations PEP05 Edinburgh July 25 2005

  12. Privacy concerns = data protection? • Improper acquisition of information • Improper use of information • Privacy invasion • Improper and insecure storage and delivery What they say ≠ what they do What they say ≠what they are PEP05 Edinburgh July 25 2005

  13. Informed consent • Required by EU law: 1995 and 2002 Data Protection Directives • ??? Consent can be dealt with by ticking off checkbox on web site??? PEP05 Edinburgh July 25 2005

  14. Informed consentis a continuous process • Disclosure • Nature of the personal data collected • Organisation’s objectives and its effects for users, including sharing data with other organisations and their objectives • Alternatives when no or just some information is collected • Relevant risks, benefits and uncertainties • Comprehension • Voluntariness • Competence • Agreement PEP05 Edinburgh July 25 2005

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