Transparency by Design in Data-Informed Research: a Collection of Information Design Patterns

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityTransparency by Design in Data-Informed Research: a Collection of Information Design PatternsRossi Arianna, Lenzini GabrieleAbstract:Oftentimes information disclosures describing personal data-gathering research activities are so poorly designed that participants fail to be informed and blindly agree to the terms, without grasping the rights they can exercise and the risks derived from … Continued

Can Visual Design Provide Legal Transparency? The Challenges for Successful Implementation of Icons for Data Protection

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityCan Visual Design Provide Legal Transparency? The Challenges for Successful Implementation of Icons for Data ProtectionRossi Arianna, Palmirani MonicaAbstract:Design is a key player in the future of data privacy and data protection. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) established by the European Union aims to rebalance the information asymmetry between … Continued

Evaluating ambiguity of privacy indicators in a secure email app

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityEvaluating ambiguity of privacy indicators in a secure email appStojkovski Borce, Lenzini GabrieleAbstract:Informing laymen of security situations is a notoriously hard problem. Users are usually not cognoscenti of all the various secure and insecure situations that may arise, and this can be further worsened by certain visual indicators that instead … Continued

Dark by design: regulating manipulation in online environments

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityDark by design: regulating manipulation in online environmentsThursday, January 28, 20212:15​ PM to 3:30 PM​ Conference Online services are scrupulously designed to offer the best experience to their users, accommodate their needs and direct their actions towards desirable outcomes. Yet, online services can also use manipulative design strategies to circumvent … Continued

From Strategy to Practice – Data Intermediaries in the EU

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityFrom Strategy to Practice – Data Intermediaries in the EUWednesday, December 11, 2020- Conference Several members of the Privacy Icons Forum (PIF) participated at the session “From Strategy to Practice – Data Intermediaries in the EU” held during the MyData 2020 online Conference on December 11, 2020 and hosted by … Continued

Cybersecurity in the pandemic

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityCybersecurity in the pandemicThursday, October 29, 20206:00 PM to 7:30 PM Talk Are you ready to face the pandemic privacy and security challenges like a Zen? Whatever your answer is, don't miss our after-work event organized in the framework of the EU cybersecurity month! COMPLEMENTING LARGE-SCALE TESTING WITH ANONYMOUS DATAHow … Continued

Arianna Rossi: “legal design offers a human-centered perspective to the law”

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityArianna Rossi: “legal design offers a human-centered perspective to the law”Tuesday, October 13, 2020- Talk How would you describe and define legal design? With my colleagues Margaret Hagan, Helena Haapio, Stefania Passera, Rossana Ducato, and Monica Palmirani, we attempted to provide a definition, that however might still evolve in the … Continued

Dark Patterns: Privacy UX and boundaries of online manipulation

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityDark Patterns: Privacy UX and boundaries of online manipulationTuesday, June 16, 20206:00 PM to 7:30 PM Talk The way online services are designed is never neutral: social media, e-commerce websites, travel booking services, dating apps, and streaming platforms all use strategies to make users spend money and time, and disclose … Continued

Legal Design Methodology: A pre-Blueprint

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityLegal Design Methodology: A pre-BlueprintWednesday-Thursday, April 1-2, 202010:00 AM to 5:15 PM (April 1), 9:30 to 12:30 PM (April 2)   Program - April 1 10.00-10.30: Waiting roomAll participants are free to enter the Meeting to test the audio and video. 10.30-10.40: e-welcoming of participants by Rossana Ducato and Alain … Continued