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Automated informed consent

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Online privacy policies or terms and conditions ideally provide users with information about how their personal data are being used. The reality is that very few users read them: they are long, often hard to understand, and ubiquitous. The average internet user cannot realistically read and understand all aspects that apply to them and thus give informed consent to the companies who use their personal data. In this article, we provide a basic overview of a solution to the problem. We suggest that software could allow users to delegate the consent process and consent could thus be automated. The article investigates the practical feasibility of this idea. After suggesting that it is feasible, we develop some normative issues that we believe should be addressed before automated consent is implemented.

Source: Big Data & Society

DOI: 10.1177/20539517241289439

Authors: Adam John Andreotta, Björn Lundgren

Institutions: Curtin University, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Language: English

Topic: Privacy, Security, and Data Protection

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,000

Funder: Curtin University of Technology