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User Data Privacy : DataSafe
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Data safe is an online and mobile platform to help transportation app users by scraping information in terms and agreements of app’s privacy policies and converting into user understandable simplified visual report to enable user protect personal data.
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Research
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Individuals care about privacy but not to an extent that they will spend significant time and effort reading agreements
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Individuals require an ability to provide informed consent
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Building on GDPR data transparency law compliance (effective May 25, 2018) an Information Fiduciaries in the form of repository will facilitate awareness of what data is potentially used and certify firms’ practices and make them GDPR compliant.
Problem Framing​
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How might we create awareness among users about their personal data been harvested by service apps
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​How might we provide a way to educate users on privacy policies of the apps and provide an informed consent
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How might we become an Information fiduciary
Framing the solution : Design Principles
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Transparent in storing information
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Give user control to protect their personal data
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Provide a strong incentive and low friction app usage
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Show benefits vs personal information exchange imbalance
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Prototype
​Data Safe system diagram​
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