Hackeriet = 10; Dark Patterns and the GDPR

IMPORTANT: This event has been POSTPONED due to the Corona virus situation in Oslo. Next mathematically fortuitous date is τ-day (June 28th)! Please set aside that date and/or update your participation! Changes in the scheduling (or date) may still occur.

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Have you ever felt a website tricked you into providing your data? If so, you probably encountered a "Dark Pattern". Service providers use tricks like defaults, countdowns and confusing language to get us to consent against our own interest. Understanding these patterns leads us into exploring how our decisions are shaped by psychological deficiencies, biases and rules of thumb.

The bad news: The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is currently unable to stop Dark Patterns.

The good news: It could, if we use it the right way. And we all can help to confront Dark Patterns. In this talk we'll get an idea of how both these things can work.

Quirin is a Ph.D. Candidate at University Speyer. He is currently a visiting Ph.D. researcher at the NRCCL/SERI, University of Oslo. At the German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer Quirin serves as the coordinator of the research cluster “Transformation of the State in the Age of Digitalization”. Quirin studied law at University Munich and Yale Law School. He clerked at the European Court of Human Rights and worked at the German Parliament’s Academic Research Service. He searches for good behaviorally informed regulation and even better randonée-skiing in Norway.

This talk is part of Hackeriet's 10-year day! Check out the full schedule at https://blog.hackeriet.no/hackeriet-10/