“Privacy notices on apps, do we have to read them?” We work in data protection, and we think so. Many of us use health tracker apps on our phones or smart watches. They have changed the way we look after ourselves. But some of the personal information the apps collect is extremely sensitive. Our poll showed that transparency and security of personal information were the biggest concerns to users of period or fertility tracking apps. Over the coming weeks we'll be delving into privacy notices to pick out the most important things to think about. Share them with your friends and family and encourage them to check the app privacy notices before they sign up: https://lnkd.in/ei_kYVCG You’re in control, so don’t press ‘agree’ unless you do.
Where children use these apps, is it appropriate for a child to be asked to consent to the privacy policies? Is an agreement they give legally meaningful? Is a child's consent a lawful mechanism for the collection of a child's sensitive data?
Tim Turner
2w
I think it’s extremely unwise for the data protection regulator to say “you are in control”. You don’t know that; you don’t know to what extent people actually have meaningful choice and control over how apps operate and what they collect. The message about the privacy notice is sound; the false reassurance is not.
Sara Newman
2w
You reference privacy notices here but click the link and you talk about policies. Can you please try and be consistent and get it right? This is about privacy notices, public facing.
Peter Austin
2w
Don't be silly. Ask your colleagues and I bet there's not one person working for Information Commissioner's Office who has read the privacy notice for every app on their phone. Let alone done so recently enough that they are sure they read the latest version.
Or...the regulator could require app developers to be transparent (in plain language) and not collect excessive sensitive data.
It needs to be A LOT easier to Reject All but essential cookies. In some sites the Reject All button is clear and easy to see, but on many others - often associated with news syndication websites, I've found - there are literally dozens of buttons to scroll through to turn off a handful of selections. I counted 63 in one list.
Laughable of the ICO to be making such a statement when it decides that parts of Lloyds Banking Group, like Scottish Widows, can automatically share data with Halifax Bank on it’s on line banking platform about a person’s pension fund. The customer most definitely is NOT in control and when it comes to data neither it appears is the ICO.
I'm really pleased to see some signing at the end of the clip as I raised the need for it to be used on many occasions during my time at the ICO, but you need to go further and have BSL interpretation throughout. English syntax is different from that of BSL and so sub-titles aren't necessarily as helpful as you might think for those who are BSL-dependent.
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2wThe issue of course is that so many privacy notices are in legalese. I see many organisations who think the only place they need a privacy notice is on the website (and it only relates to the website).