All of us have been at least once frustrated by the fact that every website we visit requires us to click on a consent or cookie dialog and pop-ups. Cookies are a technology used for decades to allow websites to offer a more personalized user experience (UX), to authenticate users and also to analyze…
DetailsTitle: The Case for a GDPR-specific Annotated Dataset of Privacy Policies Authors: Matthias Galle ́, Athena Christofi and Hady Elsahar Published in: AAAI workshop, Palo Alto, USA, March 25-27, 2019. Abstract: In this position paper we analyse the pros and con- tras for the need of a dataset of privacy policies, an- notated with GDPR-specific…
DetailsTitle: On The Ridiculousness of Notice and Consent: Contradictions in App Privacy Policies Authors: Ehimare Okoyomon, University of California, Berkeley Nikita Samarin, University of California, Berkeley Primal Wijesekera , University of California, Berkeley and International Computer Science Institute Amit Elazari Bar On, University of California, Berkeley Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez, International Computer Science Institute and IMDEA Networks…
DetailsTitle: Do You Get What You Pay For? Comparing The Privacy Behaviors of Free vs. Paid Apps Authors: Catherine Han, UC Berkeley Irwin Reyes, International Computer Science Institute Amit Elazari Bar On, UC Berkeley Joel Reardon, University of Calgary Álvaro Feal, IMDEA Networks Institute, and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Kenneth A. Bamberger, UC Berkeley…
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) with its implementation date, 25 May 2018, was the source of concerns among Latvians. The worries were partially due to prejudice concerning the minimum activities permitted. Most of the people thoughts every kind of data processing would be prohibited under the new data protection rules. Here is a series…
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The presence of organisations on the internet is constantly increasing and micro-enterprises are not an exception. There are many micro-enterprises providing their services online; from traditional businesses undertaking a digital transformation, to tech start-ups born in the digital age. However, due to the lack of resources, many micro-companies struggle with the General Data Protection Regulation…
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Communities are the way forward for organisations to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.They are also the place to get support and inspiration from peers, and to access exclusive content and Q&As with experts. This is what we believe, and to make this happen we count on an expert in online communities. Therefore, the SMOOTH…
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Modern mobile platforms host a wide range of personal and sensitive information about the user that can reveal that user’s identity, social interactions, and even locations visited. Because of the sensitivity of this data, the Android operating system protects access to sensitive resources through a permission model, which should be granted by the user to…
DetailsTHE SMOOTH Consortium is delighted to announce that Confartigianato Vicenza is the first member of the SMOOTH Advisory Board. The Advisory Board is composed of organisations and individuals that have expressed their interest in the project and are able to provide practical advice to the partners. Through this advisory board the SMOOTH consortium will be…
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