Opt-in Dystopias

Authors

  • Nicklas Lundblad and Betsy Masiello * Senior Executive Vice President, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. ° Policy Analyst, Google Inc. The views in this paper reflect those of the authors alone and do not in any way represent those of their employer.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2966/scrip.%20070110.155

Abstract

This paper examines the possible consequences of mandatory opt-in policies for application service providers on the Internet. Our claim is that focusing the privacy debate on the opt-in / opt-out dichotomy creates false choices for end users. Instead, we argue for a structure in which providers are encouraged to create ongoing negotiations with their users.

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Published

01-Apr-2010

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2010): Volume 7

Section

Analysis