This article presents three privacy dark patterns observed in identity management. Dark patterns are software design patterns that intentionally violate requirements, in the given case privacy requirements for identity management. First, the theoretical background is presented, and then next, the observed patterns are ...

The General Data Protection Regulation represents great challenges for companies. This paper proposes a model of consent management for personal data that uses blockchain technology to help address part of these challenges. On the one hand, the model aims to facilitate compliance with the regulation and offer an agile ...

The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) introduces privacy requirements that pose a complex challenge especially for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). In this paper, we present a software-supported process model developed by us that helps SMEs to establish processes ensuring the rights of the data ...

Privacy issues concerning biometric identification are becoming increasingly relevant due to their proliferation in various fields, including identity and access control management (IAM). The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires the implementation of a data protection impact assessment for privacy critical ...

This article outlines issues in the current ecosystem of data sharing based on consent and the role of identity and identification. It argues how the consent mechanism is hostile to individuals in the form of: (a) inscrutable third parties who remain largely unknown; (b) denying ability to identify and manage consent; ...

Data are essential in the platform economy to create value. Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) demands a high level of protection for personal data, it becomes challenging for small- and medium-sized businesses to provide both: data-based services and compliance to the GDPR. Therefore, the paper focuses ...