
The Privacy & Sociotechnical Systems Rhythm lab focuses on researching methodologies and developing privacy-enhancing tools to help incorporate a socially meaningful conception of privacy which meets peoples' expectations and is ethically defensible.
Research Interests (see selected publications)
- Usable privacy
- Sociotechnical systems
- Contextual Integrity: Theory and Applications
- Information Technology Policy
I am looking for students interested in working on topic of privacy in EdTech and other sociotechnical systems.
Please see the Join Us page for more details.
If you are interested in working on any of the above or other privacy related research topics, please check out the opportunities to join the lab.
News
- Prof Shvartzshnaider co-authored an article on EdTech Privacy in TheConversation: "We need approaches that consider contextual norms and respect social values, since privacy is about respecting the integrity of a social context. The values in the educational context have evolved over generations to ensure information flows in appropriate ways. Embracing […]
- Post for the Balkinization Symposium on Ignacio Cofone, The Privacy Fallacy: Harm and Power in the Information Economy Cambridge University Press (2023).
- Prof Shvartzshnaider gave a talk at the Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute, Waterloo University
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