Contextual integrity as a conceptual framework to protect privacy on digital media
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https://doi.org/10.3145/infonomy.24.058Keywords:
Contextual integrity, Digital communication, Digital media, Informational flows, Informational norms, Data protection, Privacy, Mediated public sphere, General Data Protection Regulation, GDPRAbstract
This text delves into the concept of ‘contextual integrity’, a benchmark developed by Helen Nissenbaum aimed at protecting users’ privacy when interacting with sociotechnical systems. Her work on privacy and surveillance has been applied to address a huge variety of issues related to the collection of personal data on digital media, be it on social networks, by search engines such as Google, big data technologies or facial recognition systems. Nissenbaum offers a comprehensive approach by starting from the premise that privacy protection is linked to the users’ understanding of information flows governing each digital context. In doing so, she proposes a fluid approach to privacy protection, avoiding the task of defining any context provided by technology, thus creating a benchmark which can be applied to any cultural or changing conception of privacy. This benchmark has also influenced regulations on personal data, such as the GDPR, and on information security.References
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