An exploratory mixed-methods study on general data protection regulation (gdpr) compliance in open-source software

L Franke, H Liang, S Farzanehpour, A Brantly… - Proceedings of the 18th …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Background: Governments worldwide are considering data privacy regulations. These laws,
such as the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), require software …

Stuck in the permissions with you: Developer & end-user perspectives on app permissions & their privacy ramifications

M Tahaei, R Abu-Salma, A Rashid - … of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
While the literature on permissions from the end-user perspective is rich, there is a lack of
empirical research on why developers request permissions, their conceptualization of …

Recruiting participants with programming skills: A comparison of four crowdsourcing platforms and a CS student mailing list

M Tahaei, K Vaniea - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Reliably recruiting participants with programming skills is an ongoing challenge for empirical
studies involving software development technologies, often leading to the use of …

“Track every move”: Analyzing developers' privacy discourse in GitHub README files

K Levi-Eshkol, R Ribak - New Media & Society, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
We adopt a socio-material perspective to examine how developers translate privacy, as a
social value, into user applications. Our comprehensive survey of the research on …

A Narrative Review of Factors Affecting the Implementation of Privacy and Security Practices in Software Development

L Nurgalieva, A Frik, G Doherty - ACM Computing Surveys, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Privacy and security are complex topics, raising a variety of considerations and
requirements that can be challenging to implement in software development. Determining …

Charting app developers' journey through privacy regulation features in ad networks

M Tahaei, M Ramokapane, T Li… - The 22nd Privacy …, 2022 - research-information.bris.ac.uk
Mobile apps enable ad networks to collect and track users. App developers are given
“configurations” on these platforms to limit data collection and adhere to privacy regulations; …

A survey on solutions to support developers in privacy-preserving IoT development

P Kühtreiber, V Pak, D Reinhardt - Pervasive and Mobile Computing, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices are rising in popularity and their usefulness often
stems from the amount of data they collect. Data regulations such as the European General …

Privacy Engineering in the Wild: Understanding the Practitioners' Mindset, Organisational Aspects, and Current Practices

LH Iwaya, MA Babar, A Rashid - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Privacy engineering, as an emerging field of research and practice, comprises the technical
capabilities and management processes needed to implement, deploy, and operate privacy …

Understanding challenges for developers to create accurate privacy nutrition labels

T Li, K Reiman, Y Agarwal, LF Cranor… - Proceedings of the 2022 …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Apple announced the introduction of app privacy details to their App Store in December
2020, marking the first ever real-world, large-scale deployment of the privacy nutrition label …

How website owners face privacy issues: Thematic analysis of responses from a covert notification study reveals diverse circumstances and challenges

A Stöver, N Gerber, H Pridöhl, M Maass… - Proceedings on …, 2023 - petsymposium.org
Many websites contain services from third parties. Misconfigurations of these services can
lead to missing compliance with legal obligations and privacy risks for website users …