Category "Privacy" (1/3)
From discussing the societal impact of privacy (and lack thereof) to design strategies and tools for privacy-by-design. Strongly biased towards a human-rights approach, and commonly from a European (incl. GDPR) perspective. While I may discuss legal aspects as well, I am not a lawyer (#IANAL).
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Hacking a traffic jam into Google Maps
Google Maps Hacks by Berlin artist Simon Weckert is performance art at its best: not only for the artifact it creates (in the most ephemeral way, in form of a live data stream on Google Maps), but for the awareness it creates. 99 second hand smartphones are transported in a handcart to generate…
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Three voices to be heard on Data Protection Day 2020
January 28 is Data Protection Day, and here are three voices I strongly would like to see heard.
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Reply to a Tweet by Aral Balkan
For Wordpress sites, another data-minimalist stats tool (no personal data, no cookies) is Statify by Pluginkollektiv (also the makers of the privacy-friendly Akismet alternative Antispam Bee)
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NYT axed behavioural ads in EU - a case of privacy UX paying off?
Cutting back on privacy-invading ad tech, the NYT managed to increase their EU ad revenue. A significant finding - and proof for privacy-centred UX thinking to pay off?
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Video of my talk at WUD Hamburg (in German)
The video recording of my talk on privacy as UX from Nov 2018 (“Datenschutz als User Experience”) is now available online.
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70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Adopted 70 years ago today, Art. 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights grants protection of privacy - today enforced by GDPR and similar laws (Photo: Eleanor Roosevelt holding an UDHR poster in 1949; public domain).
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I got "sketchnoted"!
Big thank you to Ania Groß for this souvenir from Hamburg.
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Links und Quellen zu meinem Talk beim World Usability Day Hamburg 2018
[In German] Sources and mentioned resources from my talk on “Privacy as UX” at the World Usability Day 2018 in Hamburg/Germany.
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User-centred transparency design for privacy – Part II: Content design
This follow-up on the “layered approach” discusses the EDPB guidelines’ suggestions for shaping the transparency information itself: content, language, accessibility, intelligibility, etc.
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How did the GDPR come to be? And what do a film maker and two NGOs think about it?
Brief notes from a public screening of “Democracy”, an award-winning documentary about how the new European data protection law came to be, followed by a podium discussion with the director and representatives of privacy NGOs. If you are a German-speaker, you can watch the film on the…
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Event picks for Privacy Week Berlin 2018
Privacy Week Berlin is taking place next week for the first time, with a range of interesting events (mostly in German, it appears). Here are my picks, if only my schedules allow.
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The costs and benefits of tracking scripts - business vs. user
Jeremy Keith: “Too many businesses treat analytics and tracking scripts as victimless technologies—they only see the benefits (in data acquisation) without understanding the costs (in performance).”
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Upcoming talk at Webkongress Erlangen, 11-13 Sep 2018
On my blog: a teaser on one topic from my #wke2018 “Privacy as UX” talk: User-centred transparency design for privacy – Part I: The layered approach German-speaking web professional? Join us at Webkongress Erlangen, 11-13 Sep! Past eventTue 11 September 2018— Thu 13…
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User-centred transparency design for privacy - Part I: The layered approach
The EDPB’s official “Guidelines on Transparency” under GDPR are a valuable, yet little-known, resource for designers. In this article, I examine the 40-pager for contributions on putting individuals in control of their personal data through user-centred design - beyond compliance…
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Self-hosting maps: taking control over UX and users' privacy
OpenMapTiles allows for efficient self-hosting of embeddable OSM maps without significant resource requirements and with reasonable effort for a web professional.
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Reposting a Tweet by Frederike Kaltheuner
“Privacy was once misconstrued as being about hiding and secrecy. Now it’s understood to be something much more pressing: power dynamics between the individual, the state and the market.”
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Can we PLEASE talk about privacy, not GDPR, now?
Let’s not bury this under “achievement unlocked by May 25” but use the momentum to work on new ideas how to proceed from here. Likely everybody had to take shortcuts in recent weeks. Now, with pressure off, is the time to share what we have learned – and continue to keep working on new ideas for privacy first, compliance second.
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Reposting a Tweet by DataEthics
“Data Ethics” is an inspiring book making the case for ethical design of businesses and products; PDF now available for free
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The Indieweb privacy challenge (Webmentions, silo backfeeds, and the GDPR)
Originally intended to showcase a privacy-centred implementation of emerging social web technologies - with the aim to present a solution not initially motivated by legal requirements, but as an example of privacy-aware interaction design - my “social backfeed” design process unveiled…
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Event: "Website Privacy Extreme" (16 May in Helsinki/FIN)
An experimental hacking event for active webizens concerned about privacy first and legal compliance second. The goal is to take it to the extreme: challenging ‘common practices’ and pushing the boundaries.
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Collaborative list of GDPR-compliant DPA contracts
One of many GDPR tasks before May 25 is to sign Data Processing Agreements with third-party services you use for your website, newsletter, etc. For an easy start, we created a collaborative online list to provide an easy starting point - please use for your benefit! …and contribute back?
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"Working Draft" podcast on privacy and GDPR (in German)
Baltasar, Joschi and I discuss importance and implications of the GDPR for web designers and developers - on the Working Draft podcast, hosted by Hans Christian Reinl.
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Challenge GDPR: undesirable effort or entrepreneurial opportunity?
The efficient combination of legal risk management and privacy-sensitive design ensures a good ROI for GDPR compliance efforts.
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Eight valuable insights from a discussion panel on opportunities of the GDPR
A high-profile expert panel met in Berlin on 31 Jan to discuss the nature and risks, but above all the rewards and opportunities of the GDPR. This blog post summarizes eight key thoughts emerging from the presentations and discussions at this inspirational and positively spirited discussion of the…
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#DataProtectionDay 2018
All personal data stored may eventually pose a risk to somebody. Three stories of how data stored or shared can have unwanted consequences.
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