Can Explanations Support Privacy Awareness? A Research Roadmap

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 IEEE 29th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW)
EditorsTao Yue, Mehdi Mirakhorli
Pages176-180
Number of pages5
ISBN (electronic)9781665418980
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event29th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2021 - Virtual, Notre Dame, United States
Duration: 20 Sept 202124 Sept 2021
Conference number: 29

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering
Volume2021-September
ISSN (Print)1090-705X
ISSN (electronic)2332-6441

Abstract

Using systems as support tools for decision-making is a common part of a citizen's daily life. Systems support users in various tasks, collecting and processing data to learn about a user and provide more tailor-made services. This data collection, however, means that users' privacy sphere is increasingly at stake. Informing the user about what data is collected and how it is processed is key to reaching transparency, trustworthiness, and ethics in modern systems. While laws and regulations have come into existence to inform the user about privacy terms, this information is still conveyed in a complex and verbose way to the user, making it unintelligible to them. Meanwhile, explainability is seen as a way to disclose information about a system or its behavior in an intelligible manner. In this work, we propose explanations as a means to enhance users' privacy awareness. As a long-term goal, we want to understand how to achieve more privacy awareness with respect to systems and develop heuristics that support it, helping end-users to protect their privacy. We present preliminary results on private sphere explanations and present our research agenda towards our long-term goal.

Keywords

    Explainability, Privacy, Privacy Awareness, Privacy Policy, App Reviews

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Can Explanations Support Privacy Awareness? A Research Roadmap. / Brunotte, Wasja; Chazette, Larissa; Korte, Kai.
2021 IEEE 29th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW). ed. / Tao Yue; Mehdi Mirakhorli. 2021. p. 176-180 (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering; Vol. 2021-September).

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Brunotte, W, Chazette, L & Korte, K 2021, Can Explanations Support Privacy Awareness? A Research Roadmap. in T Yue & M Mirakhorli (eds), 2021 IEEE 29th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW). Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering, vol. 2021-September, pp. 176-180, 29th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2021, Virtual, Notre Dame, United States, 20 Sept 2021. https://doi.org/10.1109/REW53955.2021.00032
Brunotte, W., Chazette, L., & Korte, K. (2021). Can Explanations Support Privacy Awareness? A Research Roadmap. In T. Yue, & M. Mirakhorli (Eds.), 2021 IEEE 29th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW) (pp. 176-180). (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering; Vol. 2021-September). https://doi.org/10.1109/REW53955.2021.00032
Brunotte W, Chazette L, Korte K. Can Explanations Support Privacy Awareness? A Research Roadmap. In Yue T, Mirakhorli M, editors, 2021 IEEE 29th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW). 2021. p. 176-180. (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering). doi: 10.1109/REW53955.2021.00032
Brunotte, Wasja ; Chazette, Larissa ; Korte, Kai. / Can Explanations Support Privacy Awareness? A Research Roadmap. 2021 IEEE 29th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW). editor / Tao Yue ; Mehdi Mirakhorli. 2021. pp. 176-180 (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering).
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