Six Ways to enact Privacy by Design: Cognitive Heuristics that predict Users’ Online Information Disclosure S. Shyam Sundar Andrew Gambino Abstract Media Effects Research Laboratory Media Effects Research Laboratory The primary barrier preventing the implementation of College of Communications College of Communications Privacy by Design is a lack of understanding of user Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania State University psychology pertaining to privacy-related decision- University Park, PA 16802, USA University Park, PA 16802, USA making in everyday online and mobile contexts.
[email protected] [email protected] Through focus groups and a representative survey of US adults, we discovered six rules of thumb (or Jinyoung Kim Mary Beth Rosson “cognitive heuristics”) employed by online users while Media Effects Research Laboratory Center for Human–Computer making decisions about disclosing or withholding College of Communications Interaction information. We describe these cognitive heuristics and Pennsylvania State University College of Information Sciences propose that they be leveraged by the design University Park, PA 16802, USA and Technology community, by brainstorming design heuristics, in
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