{"id":36499,"date":"2017-10-13T10:50:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T08:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiig.de\/?p=36499\/"},"modified":"2023-03-28T15:31:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T13:31:20","slug":"serious-games-as-a-tool-for-privacy-by-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiig.de\/en\/serious-games-as-a-tool-for-privacy-by-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Serious Games as a Tool for Privacy-by-Design"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a digitised society, where individual communication is increasingly based on the processing of personal data, explaining the complexity of privacy is hardly feasible. That\u2019s why we at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) decided to organise the \u201cGame Jam: Unveil the Privacy Threat<\/a>\u201d in order to develop games that could exactly achieve that! Maximilian von Grafenstein<\/a>, head of the research program \u201cGovernance of Data-Driven Innovation\u201d, presents which serious game ideas were developed for which specific educational goal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Privacy in a digitised society<\/h3>\n

How can we explain the complexity of privacy to citizens? How can data-driven companies sensitise their employees to the privacy threats that may be caused by their behaviour? Addressing these questions is a highly difficult task because privacy does not mean not disclosing any personal information at all. A strict non-disclosure of personal information could be an effective solution. However, in a digitised society, where individual communication is increasingly based on the processing of personal data, it is hardly feasible. Privacy thus means controlling the potential risks for individuals caused by a disclosure of personal information. But these risks depend on the context in which the information will be used, and on the implementation of legal, technical and organisational measures that control such use (i.e. privacy and security by design). This is the inherent reason why attempts to explain the meaning of privacy often fail: the task seems to be too complex (and also counter-intuitive in light of our everyday behavior in a digitized world).<\/p>\n

The Game Jam Idea<\/h3>\n

That\u2019s why we at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society decided to develop games! Games can make very complex matters understandable in a playful and highly intuitive way. However, many games developed for educational purposes in privacy are rather boring. The game mechanics are often so simplistic that most people would only play them if  they are forced to do so: Play the game or you\u2019re fired! Games like this don\u2019t achieve their actual learning goals (explaining privacy in a really playful and intuitive manner).<\/p>\n

In order to create games that intuitively explain the complexity of privacy to its players, we organized, as part of the research project Privacy by Design in Smart Cities<\/a>, the Game Jam: Unveil the Privacy Threat<\/a>, which took place last weekend in Berlin. 26 game designers, developers, privacy experts, and artists, who came from all over Europe, the Middle East and even South America, worked on six different game concepts during a two-day development marathon. All game concepts were based on three use cases, each of which were presented by a keynote speaker who is active in this field. The first speaker, Jillian York, Director of International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation gave five reasons for why this statement is wrong in her keynote \u201cI\u2019ve nothing to hide!\u201d. In her keynote \u201cOops… wrong recipient ?<\/b>\u201d, the second speaker, Michelle Dennedy, Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer at Cisco, illustrated how challenging it is, in globally operating data-driven companies, to sensitize employees to privacy when setting up a properly working privacy-by-design methodology. In his keynote \u201cUnravel the anonymization paradox!\u201d, the third speaker, Jonathan Fox, Director Strategy and Planning, Chief Privacy Office, Security & Trust Organization at Cisco ( \u201cthe Fox\u201d for short), demonstrated the challenges of data anonymisation. All three use cases were intended to give the game jam participants an initial understanding of the many facets of privacy before they started to develop game concepts that addressed one or even all of them. Some of the game jam participants even worked through the night, supported and guided by several privacy mentors (such as by Michelle Dennedy herself)!<\/p>\n

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