Digital privacy and smartphones: Finding the consent sweet spot
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CMT lecturer Sacha Molitorisz and RMIT senior lecturer James Meese have published Digital privacy and smartphones: Finding the consent sweet spot.  

Funded by the International Association of Privacy Professionals – Australia/New Zealand Chapter Inc, this project explores consumer experiences of informed consent regarding privacy on smartphone devices. The aim is to help develop practical resources for privacy professionals who deal with the problem of informed consent on mobile devices.

Six workshops were held in 2020 and desk-based research undertaken to identify a 'sweet spot' for notice-and-consent provisions on smartphones.

For an overview of the findings, download the summary here:

 

Or download the full research report here:

 

 The research also yielded an academic article, ‘From Shadow Profiles to Contact Tracing: Qualitative Research into Consent and Privacy’, published in 2021 in the open access journal Law, Technology and Humans. Find it here.

This research was funded by the International Association of Privacy Professionals – Australia/New Zealand Chapter Inc as part of its legacy grants scheme. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of the International Association of Privacy Professionals – Australia/New Zealand Chapter Inc.

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