When people sign-up to new online services, privacy notices are the initial means by which
data handling practices are communicated. Yet, their design seldom ensures users' privacy …

This paper addresses the question whether the recently proposed approach of concise
privacy notices in apps and on websites is effective in raising user awareness. To assess the …

Privacy policies are often too long and difficult to understand, and are therefore ignored by
users. Shorter privacy notices with clearer wording may increase users' privacy awareness …

Privacy policies as a means of communicating with customers still prove ineffective.
Researchers have recently suggested that a specific usage context should be considered to …

Although the importance of format and presentation of privacy notices has been extensively
studied in the privacy literature, less explored is the interplay of presentation and content in …

Online users' attitudes toward privacy are context-dependent. Studies show that contextual
cues are quite influential in motivating users to disclose personal information. Increasingly …

Increasingly, icons are being proposed to concisely convey privacy-related information and
choices to users. However, complex privacy concepts can be difficult to communicate. We …

Online privacy policies should enable users to make informed decisions. Current text
policies, however, lack usability: users often miss crucial information and consent to them …

Notifying users about a system's data practices is supposed to enable users to make
informed privacy decisions. Yet, current notice and choice mechanisms, such as privacy …

We conducted a series of in-depth focus groups wherein users provided rationales for their
own online privacy behaviors. Our data suggest that individuals often take action with little …