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Website operators are not the enemy either-Analyzing options for creating cookie consent notices without dark patterns

Stöver, Alina ; Gerber, Nina ; Cornel, Christin ; Henz, Mona ; Marky, Karola ; Zimmermann, Verena ; Vogt, Joachim (2022)
Website operators are not the enemy either-Analyzing options for creating cookie consent notices without dark patterns.
Mensch und Computer 2022: Facing Realities. Darmstadt, Germany (04.-07.09.2022)
doi: 10.18420/muc2022-mci-ws01-458
Konferenzveröffentlichung, Bibliographie

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Users frequently receive cookie consent notices when they enter a website. They are supposed to enable an informed decision about data collection. Instead, they often contain deceptive designs - also known as dark patterns - that can nudge users to consent and thus compromise their privacy. In this paper, we explore the causes of the widespread use of dark patterns in cookie consents. To do so, we take the perspective of website operators, who are responsible for the use of cookie consent notices and are increasingly making use of Consent Management Platforms (CMPs) to manage end-user consent. CMPs usually contain certain design templates. To find out whether it is possible for website operators to generate notices without dark patterns using CMPs, we analyzed a selection of the templates offered by major CMPs. We show that 60% of the notices created with default settings contain at least one dark pattern. A notice that does not nudge toward a certain choice could only be generated with 62.5% of the CMPs. Our results imply that the responsibility for privacy-friendly notices lies more with the CMPs than with the website operators.

Typ des Eintrags: Konferenzveröffentlichung
Erschienen: 2022
Autor(en): Stöver, Alina ; Gerber, Nina ; Cornel, Christin ; Henz, Mona ; Marky, Karola ; Zimmermann, Verena ; Vogt, Joachim
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Website operators are not the enemy either-Analyzing options for creating cookie consent notices without dark patterns
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 4 September 2022
Verlag: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
Buchtitel: Mensch und Computer 2022-Workshopband
Veranstaltungstitel: Mensch und Computer 2022: Facing Realities
Veranstaltungsort: Darmstadt, Germany
Veranstaltungsdatum: 04.-07.09.2022
DOI: 10.18420/muc2022-mci-ws01-458
URL / URN: https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/39083
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Users frequently receive cookie consent notices when they enter a website. They are supposed to enable an informed decision about data collection. Instead, they often contain deceptive designs - also known as dark patterns - that can nudge users to consent and thus compromise their privacy. In this paper, we explore the causes of the widespread use of dark patterns in cookie consents. To do so, we take the perspective of website operators, who are responsible for the use of cookie consent notices and are increasingly making use of Consent Management Platforms (CMPs) to manage end-user consent. CMPs usually contain certain design templates. To find out whether it is possible for website operators to generate notices without dark patterns using CMPs, we analyzed a selection of the templates offered by major CMPs. We show that 60% of the notices created with default settings contain at least one dark pattern. A notice that does not nudge toward a certain choice could only be generated with 62.5% of the CMPs. Our results imply that the responsibility for privacy-friendly notices lies more with the CMPs than with the website operators.

Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): DFG-Graduiertenkollegs
DFG-Graduiertenkollegs > Graduiertenkolleg 2050 Privacy and Trust for Mobile Users
Hinterlegungsdatum: 30 Mär 2023 08:24
Letzte Änderung: 30 Mär 2023 08:24
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