I am Definitely Manipulated, Even When I am Aware of it. It s Ridiculous! — Dark Patterns from the End-User Perspective

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityI am Definitely Manipulated, Even When I am Aware of it. It s Ridiculous! — Dark Patterns from the End-User PerspectiveKerstin Bongard-Blanchy, Arianna Rossi, Salvador Rivas, Sophie Doublet, Vincent Koenig, Gabriele LenziniAbstract:Online services pervasively employ manipulative designs (i.e., dark patterns) to influence users to purchase goods and subscriptions, spend more … Continued

All in one stroke? Intervention Spaces for Dark Patterns

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityAll in one stroke? Intervention Spaces for Dark PatternsArianna Rossi, Kerstin Bongard-BlanchyAbstract:This position paper draws from the complexity of dark patterns to develop arguments for differentiated interventions. We propose a matrix of interventions with a measure axis (from user-directed to environmentdirected) and a scope axis (from general to specific). We … Continued

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

Making the Case for Evidence-based Standardization of Data Privacy and Data Protection Visual Indicators

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityMaking the Case for Evidence-based Standardization of Data Privacy and Data Protection Visual IndicatorsRossi Arianna, Lenzini GabrieleAbstract:Lately, icons have witnessed a growing wave of interest in the view of enhancing transparency and clarity of data processing practices in mandated disclosures. Although benefits in terms of comprehensibility, noticeability, navigability of the … Continued

What’s in an Icon? Promises and Pitfalls of Data Protection Iconography

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityWhat’s in an Icon? Promises and Pitfalls of Data Protection IconographyRossi Arianna, Palmirani MonicaAbstract:Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), transparency of information becomes an obligation aimed at creating an ecosystem where data subjects understand and control what happens to their personal data. The definition of transparency stresses its user-centric … Continued

Proactive Legal Design: Embedding Values in the Design of Legal Artefacts

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityProactive Legal Design: Embedding Values in the Design of Legal ArtefactsRossi Arianna, Haapio HelenaAbstract:Legal Design is an umbrella term for merging forward-looking legal thinking with design think- ing. It applies human-centered design to prevent or solve legal problems. Legal Design takes an interdisciplinary and proactive approach to law, covering not … Continued

Legal Design Patterns: Towards A New Language for Legal Information Design

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityLegal Design Patterns: Towards A New Language for Legal Information DesignRossi Arianna, Ducato Rossana, Haapio Helena, Passera Stefania Abstract:Patterns are a central tool in legal design. They are conceptual schemes or entities describing solutions to a recurring legal problem, helping to make contracts, disclosures and policies accessible to users and … Continued

When Design Met Law: Design Patterns for Information Transparency

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityWhen Design Met Law: Design Patterns for Information TransparencyRossi Arianna, Ducato Rossana, Haapio Helena, Passera Stefania Abstract:The problems of online disclosures, notices, and terms are well-known and documented. Research and experience tell us that consumers dislike and do not read them. Much less has been said and done about the … Continued

Formalizing GDPR provisions in rei ed I/O logic: the DAPRECO knowledge base

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityFormalizing GDPR provisions in rei ed I/O logic: the DAPRECO knowledge baseRobaldo Livio, Bartolini Cesare, Lenzini Gabriele, Rossi Arianna, Palmirani Monica, Martoni Michele Abstract:The DAPRECO knowledge base is the main outcome of the interdisciplinary project bearing the same name (https://www.fnr.lu/projects/data-protection-regulation-compliance). It is a repository of rules written in LegalRuleML, an … Continued