Gauging the unemployed's perceptions of online consent forms

Paul van Schaik; Karen V. Renaud

Gauging the unemployed's perceptions of online consent forms

Paul van Schaik, Karen V. Renaud

Department of Cybersecurity and Computing

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Abstract

Background: Online users are presented with consent forms when they create accounts on new websites. Such forms request consent to collect, store and process the web user's personal data. Forms vary, displaying a range of statements to persuade people to grant such consent.

Aim: In this paper, we report on a study we carried out to gauge unemployed users' opinions of such forms.

Methods: We commenced by reviewing the literature on consent forms and deriving several statements about consent forms that unemployed people could either agree or disagree with. We then used Q-methodology to gauge agreement with these statements.

Results: Unemployed people care about their data but feel pressured to consent to giving their data away when confronted with these kinds of forms.

Conclusions: A redesign of consent forms is required, because, in their current state, online users - especially the unemployed - are not granting informed consent for the collection, storage and processing of their data.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2024
Editors	Tung X. Bui
Place of Publication	Honolulu
Publisher	University of Hawaii at Manoa
Pages	4764-4773
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9780998133171
Publication status	Published - 3 Jan 2024
Event	57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort, Honolulu, United States Duration: 3 Jan 2024 → 6 Jan 2024 Conference number: 57th

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Publisher	University of Hawaii at Manoa
ISSN (Electronic)	2572-6862

Conference

Conference	57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Abbreviated title	HICSS 2024
Country/Territory	United States
City	Honolulu
Period	3/01/24 → 6/01/24

Keywords

Online consent
Needs
Q-methodology
Unemployed

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van Schaik, P., & Renaud, K. V. (2024). Gauging the unemployed's perceptions of online consent forms. In T. X. Bui (Ed.), Proceedings of the 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2024 (pp. 4764-4773). (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences). University of Hawaii at Manoa. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/106956

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van Schaik, P & Renaud, KV 2024, Gauging the unemployed's perceptions of online consent forms. in TX Bui (ed.), Proceedings of the 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2024. Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, pp. 4764-4773, 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 3/01/24. <https://hdl.handle.net/10125/106956>

Gauging the unemployed's perceptions of online consent forms. / van Schaik, Paul; Renaud, Karen V.
Proceedings of the 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2024. ed. / Tung X. Bui. Honolulu: University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2024. p. 4764-4773 (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences).

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