Re: simple, standardized privacy policy discovery

On 8/21/13 3:50 AM, Hannes Tschofenig wrote:
> 
> On the other hand if you look at many of the smart phone applications
> and the permissions they request then in some sense those are 'tiny
> versions' (although without shiny icons) of the longer privacy notices
> already.

The U.S. Dept. of Commerce's NTIA just finished a year-long process to
develop a multistakeholder-driven "code of conduct" for mobile
application transparency, including some requirements for short notice
screens. While this has drifted from policy discovery, here are some
links if you want to learn more:

code of conduct:
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/july_25_code_draft.pdf

candidate screens from FPF/Intuit:
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/ntia_ui_comps_update_7.23.pdf

HTML5 version from ACT: http://j.mp/privacydashboard

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