Design is a key player in the future of data privacy and data protection. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) established by the European Union aims to rebalance the information asymmetry between the organizations that process personal data and the individuals to which that data refers. Machine-readable, standardized icons that present a “meaningful overview of the intended processing” are suggested by the law as a tool to enhance the transparency of information addressed to data subjects. However, no specific guidelines have been provided, and studies on privacy iconography are very few. This article describes research conducted on the creation and evaluation of icons representing data protection concepts. First, we introduce the methodology used to design the Data Protection Icon Set (DaPIS): participatory design methods combined with legal ontologies and machine-readable representations. Second, we discuss some of the challenges that have been faced in the development and evaluation of DaPIS and similar icon sets. Third, we provide some tentative responses and indicate a way forward for evaluation of the effectiveness of privacy icons and their widespread adoption.

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视觉设计能否提供法律透明度？成功实施数据保护图标的挑战

设计是未来数据隐私和数据保护的关键参与者。欧盟制定的通用数据保护条例 (GDPR) 旨在重新平衡处理个人数据的组织与该数据所指的个人之间的信息不对称。法律建议使用机器可读、标准化的图标来呈现“对预期处理的有意义的概述”，作为提高针对数据主体的信息透明度的工具。然而，没有提供具体的指导方针，对隐私图像的研究也很少。本文描述了对代表数据保护概念的图标的创建和评估进行的研究。首先，我们介绍用于设计数据保护图标集 (DaPIS) 的方法：参与式设计方法与法律本体和机器可读表示相结合。其次，我们讨论了在开发和评估 DaPIS 和类似图标集时所面临的一些挑战。第三，我们提供了一些初步的回应，并指出了评估隐私图标有效性及其广泛采用的方法。