Data protection and Facebook : an empirical analysis of the role of consent in social networks / by Patricia Rogosch and Erik Hohl.
2012
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Author
Title
Data protection and Facebook : an empirical analysis of the role of consent in social networks / by Patricia Rogosch and Erik Hohl.
Published
Zürich : Lit, 2012.
Call Number
KJC1682 .R64 2012
ISBN
9783643902504 (pbk.)
3643902506 (pbk.)
3643902506 (pbk.)
Description
vii, 64 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)800654519
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Purchased from the income of the Schiller Fund
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
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Table of Contents
1.
Introduction
1
2.
Methods used for research
3
2.1.
Analysed UGC services
3
2.2.
Examining the UGC services
4
3.
Areas of examination
5
3.1.
Part 1: Common purposes for which UGC service providers collect, use and disclose users' personal data
5
3.1.1.
Collection, usage and disclosure of data - What are the main purposes?
6
3.1.1.1.
Explanation
6
3.1.1.2.
Results of examination
7
3.1.2.
Informed user or obscured purposes?
9
3.1.2.1.
Explanation
9
3.1.2.2.
Results of examination
11
3.1.3.
Hide-and-seek: The favorite game of UGC providers?
12
3.1.3.1.
Explanation
12
3.1.3.2.
Results of examination
13
3.1.4.
Differentiation between the different data
16
3.1.4.1.
Explanation
16
3.1.4.2.
Results of examination
17
3.1.5.
Involving third parties in the processing of data
18
3.1.5.1.
Explanation
18
3.1.5.2.
Results of examination
19
3.2.
Part 2: Consenting once - consenting forever? Possibilities of refusing or withdrawing consent
20
3.2.1.
Is there a possibility of granting only partial consent?
20
3.2.1.1.
Explanation
20
3.2.1.2.
Results of examination
21
3.2.2.
consequences of not granting consent - The sink or swim approach
22
3.2.2.1.
Explanation
22
3.2.2.2.
Results of examination
23
3.2.3.
Can users withdraw their initial consent?
24
3.2.3.1.
Explanation
24
3.2.3.2.
Results of examination
24
3.2.4.
Is partial withdrawal possible? If so, to which extent can users withdraw consent?
25
3.2.4.1.
Explanation
25
3.2.4.2.
Results of examination
26
3.2.5.
After the withdrawal...
27
3.2.5.1.
Explanation
27
3.2.5.2.
Results of examination
28
3.2.6.
Hide-and-seek again: How is the user informed about his right to withdraw consent?
29
3.2.6.1.
Explanation
29
3.2.6.2.
Results of examination
30
3.2.7.
Do the privacy policy or the terms of service inform the user about the consequences for his or her generated content after deleting the account?
31
3.2.7.1.
Explanation
31
3.2.7.2.
Results of examination
32
3.2.8.
How does the process of withdrawing consent work technically?
32
3.2.8.1.
Explanation
32
3.2.8.2.
Results of examination
33
3.2.9.
Changing the privacy policy - changing consent?
34
3.2.9.1.
Explanation
34
3.2.9.2.
Results of examination
35
3.3.
Part 3: Policies and technical features used for obtaining consent
36
3.3.1.
"Accept privacy policy" - print now?
36
3.3.1.1.
Explanation
36
3.3.1.2.
Results of examination
37
3.3.2.
Technical features used for obtaining consent
38
3.3.2.1.
Explanation
38
3.3.2.2.
Results of examination
40
3.3.3.
Privacy policy and the terms of service - one document?
41
3.3.3.1.
Explanation
41
3.3.3.2.
Results of examination
42
3.3.4.
Hidden consent - the presentation of the privacy policy
43
3.3.4.1.
Explanation
43
3.3.4.2.
Results of examination
45
3.3.5.
Accessibility of privacy policy
47
3.3.5.1.
Explanation
47
3.3.5.2.
Results of examination
49
3.3.6.
Comprehensibility of privacy policy
50
3.3.6.1.
Explanation
50
3.3.6.2.
Results of examination
51
3.3.7.
Length of privacy policy
54
3.3.7.1.
Explanation
54
3.3.7.2.
Results of examination
54
3.3.8.
Boldface, colours and other means to facilitate the reading and understanding of the privacy policy
56
3.3.8.1.
Explanation
56
3.3.8.2.
Results of examination
57
3.3.9.
Process of amending the privacy policy
58
3.3.9.1.
Explanation
58
3.3.9.2.
Results of examination
59
3.3.10.
How is consent obtained when amending the privacy policy?
60
3.3.10.1.
Explanation
60
3.3.10.2.
Results of examination
61
4.
Conclusion and Future Prospects
63