Privacy policy analysis : a scoping review and research agenda
van der Schyff, Karl and Prior, Suzanne and Renaud, Karen (2024) Privacy policy analysis : a scoping review and research agenda. Computers and Security, 146. 104065. ISSN 0167-4048 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2024.104065)
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Abstract
Online users often neglect the importance of privacy policies - a critical aspect of digital privacy and data protection. This scoping review addresses this oversight by delving into privacy policy analysis, aiming to establish a comprehensive research agenda. The study's objective was to explore the analytic techniques employed in privacy policy analysis and to identify the associated challenges. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) checklist, the review selected n = 97 relevant studies. The findings reveal a diverse array of techniques used, encompassing automated machine learning and natural language processing, and manual content analysis. Notably, researchers grapple with challenges like linguistic nuances, ambiguity, and complex data harvesting methods. Additionally, the lack of privacy-centric theoretical frameworks and a dearth of user evaluations in many studies limit their real-world applicability. The review concludes by proposing a set of research recommendations to shape the future research agenda in privacy policy analysis.
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van der Schyff, Karl, Prior, Suzanne and Renaud, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7187-6531;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 90321 Dates: DateEvent30 November 2024Published21 August 2024Published Online15 August 2024AcceptedSubjects:
Law > Law (General)Department: Faculty of Science > Computer and Information Sciences Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 22 Aug 2024 15:13 Last modified: 02 Oct 2024 00:43 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/90321