Europäischer Datenschutztag / European Data Protection Day

Today, for a change, in German and English. Heute ist der 18. Europäische Datenschutztag – ein guter Anlass, sich die grundlegende Funktion des Datenschutzes und der Privatheit in freiheitlichen, offenen Gesellschaften ins Gedächtnis zu rufen. Umso mehr, als diese in und außerhalb Europas von multiplen Krisen und ihren Feinden im Inneren wie Äußeren so stark…

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New Paper on Data Ecosystems and Digital Trust

Fabian Schäfer, Jeremy Rosen, Felix Wortmann and I teamed up to write “Unleashing The Potential of Data Ecosystems: Establishing Digital Trust through Trust-Enhancing Technologies“, which was was presented at ECIS 2023. In the article, we apply the theory of system trust and investigate the potential of technology to strengthen trust in data ecosystems. In particular, we…

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The Reverse Privacy Paradox

There is a very interesting (and fun to read) new paper on the “reverse privacy paradox”, authored by Jessica Colnago, Lorrie Cranor and Alessandro Acquisti. The authors investigate whether there is a reverse privacy paradox, i.e., a mismatch between participants’ dismissive perspectives on privacy and their privacy-protective behaviors In fact, I found the paper so well-written…

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User study on safety, security and privacy in teleoperable robotaxis

tl;dr: I co-authored a HICCS publication on user preferences regarding control-related aspects of teleoperation in robotaxis. This blog post provides an overview of our study’s results. Background Despite the COVID situation, HICSS ’21 took place at the beginning of January, albeit unfortunately only in a virtual setting and not on Hawaii where it’s usually held….

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