PEPR '23 - Beware, Data Processing! Proposing Categories for Risk Communication Related to the

PEPR '23 - Beware, Data Processing! Proposing Categories for Risk Communication Related to the Processing of Personal Data

Lukas Seiling, Weizenbaum Institute

Few people understand what they get themselves, and their personal data, into when they consent to data processing. Privacy policies are rarely read and people lack appropriate mental models of how their data is processed, which interferes with accurate risk perception and decision-making. This talk proposes information categories for risk communication based on an interdisciplinary research effort, based …

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