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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was enforced in 2018. After this enforcement, many fines have already been imposed by national data protection authorities in the European Union (EU). This paper examines the individual GDPR…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-11-03 Jukka Ruohonen , Kalle Hjerppe

Organisations disclose their privacy practices by posting privacy policies on their website. Even though users often care about their digital privacy, they often don't read privacy policies since they require a significant investment in…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2024-04-02 Mukund Srinath , Shomir Wilson , C. Lee Giles

Privacy measurement instruments (e.g., CFIP, IUIPC, PAQ) predate GDPR by over a decade and measure privacy concerns, distinct from preferences for regulatory protections (e.g., data portability, erasure, automated decision-making rights).…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Yahya Hmaiti , Mykola Maslych , Amirpouya Ghasemaghaei , Trung Cuong Dang , Corey Pittman , David Mohaisen , Joseph J. LaViola

In this chapter, we review how the EU cybersecurity regulatory framework impacts providers of cloud computing services. We examine the evolving regulatory treatment of cloud services as an enabler of the EU's digital economy and question…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-03-10 Ian Walden , Johan David Michels

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has become a touchstone model for modern privacy law, in part because it empowers consumers with unprecedented control over the use of their personal information. However, this same power may be…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-12-03 James Pavur , Casey Knerr

It has become increasingly challenging for firms to comply with a plethora of novel digital regulations. This is especially true for smaller businesses that often lack both the resources and know-how to draft complex legal documents.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-10-08 Luka Nenadic , David Rodriguez

A new Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) was recently agreed upon in the European Union (EU). The paper examines and elaborates what new requirements the CRA entails by contrasting it with the older General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Jukka Ruohonen , Kalle Hjerppe , Eun-Young Kang

In this short paper, we consider the roles of HCI in enabling the better governance of consequential machine learning systems using the rights and obligations laid out in the recent 2016 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)---a law…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2018-03-19 Michael Veale , Reuben Binns , Max Van Kleek

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) forces IT companies to comply with a number of principles when dealing with European citizens' personal data. Non-compliant companies are exposed to penalties which may represent up to 4% of…

Operating Systems · Computer Science 2022-05-31 Alain Tchana , Raphael Colin , Adrien Le Berre , Vincent Berger , Benoit Combemale , Natacha Crooks , Ludovic Pailler

As cloud services become central in an increasing number of applications, they process and store more personal and business-critical data. At the same time, privacy and compliance regulations such as GDPR, the EU ePrivacy regulation, PCI,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-12-22 Immanuel Kunz , Valentina Casola , Angelika Schneider , Christian Banse , Julian Schütte

The GDPR grants data subjects certain rights, like the right to access their data from companies, but in practice multiple problems exist with exercising these rights such as unknown data holders or interpreting the received data. Small and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-02-17 Erik Klinger , Alex Wiesmaier , Andreas Heinemann

To protect users' privacy, legislators have regulated the usage of tracking technologies, mandating the acquisition of users' consent before collecting data. Consequently, websites started showing more and more consent management modules --…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-09-14 Nikhil Jha , Martino Trevisan , Luca Vassio , Marco Mellia

Understanding how data quality aligns with regulatory requirements in machine learning (ML) systems presents a critical challenge for practitioners navigating the evolving EU regulatory landscape. To address this, we first propose a…

Databases · Computer Science 2026-02-09 Yichun Wang , Kristina Irion , Paul Groth , Hazar Harmouch

We need to rethink our approach to defend privacy on the internet. Currently, policymakers focus heavily on the idea of informed consent as a means to defend privacy. For instance, in many countries the law requires firms to obtain an…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-12-08 Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius

Natural Language Processing (NLP) is an essential subset of artificial intelligence. It has become effective in several domains, such as healthcare, finance, and media, to identify perceptions, opinions, and misuse, among others. Privacy is…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-01-20 Andrick Adhikari , Sanchari Das , Rinku Dewri

The Solid specification aims to empower data subjects by giving them direct access control over their data across multiple applications. As governments are manifesting their interest in this framework for citizen empowerment and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-10-18 Christian Esposito , Olaf Hartig , Ross Horne , Chang Sun

The rapid growth of metaverse technologies, including virtual worlds, augmented reality, and lifelogging, has accelerated their adoption across diverse domains. This rise exposes users to significant new security and privacy challenges due…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Argianto Rahartomo , Leonel Merino , Mohammad Ghafari

Web tracking by ad networks, social networks, and other third parties is privacy-invasive. To protect users' privacy an increasing number of countries are adopting new privacy laws. However, a major reason why their application on the web…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-22 Harry Yu , Patton Yin , Sebastian Zimmeck

Privacy policies are expected to inform data subjects about their data protection rights and should explain the data controller's data management practices. Privacy policies only fulfill their purpose, if they are correctly interpreted,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-05-09 Vincent Freiberger , Erik Buchmann

Protecting online privacy requires users to engage with and comprehend website privacy policies, but many policies are difficult and tedious to read. We present the first qualitative user study on Large Language Model (LLM)-driven privacy…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-03-06 Vincent Freiberger , Arthur Fleig , Erik Buchmann