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Student assistant wanted

The Situated Computing Lab (sitcom) at the Institute of Geoinformatics at the WWU Münster has a vacancy for a student assistant in the SIMPORT project as soon as possible. The […]

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Protecting privacy on the internet – Rainer Mühlhoff in an interview with WDR5

What does the constant monitoring by artificial intelligence mean for our privacy? Do we need a new regulation of data protection? How do you protect your privacy on the internet? […]

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Ethics-by-Design with personas

In the SIMPORT project we follow an ethics-by-design approach. Ethics-by-Design as a method aims to deal with ethical issues visibly and comprehensibly during the design process. In doing so, all […]

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New publication: ‘Informed’ consent in popular location based services and digital sovereignty

In many countries, informed consent is required before a service provider can collect personal data from a user. For location-based services (LBS), this applies in particular to personal location information, […]

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User Design Workshop – Designing control options for sharing location data

Many users are not aware that deep conclusions about their lives can be drawn on the basis of their location history. This occurs when apps not only query the location […]

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Developer Workshop Experience

Location data is potentially highly sensitive information that allows deep conclusions to be drawn about individuals – which is why we are looking for different ways to strengthen people’s digital […]

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User Workshop Experience

How do people feel about location information and privacy, and what are their concepts, worries and issues related to using apps which ask for permission to access location information? Which […]

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Towards a Privacy Toolkit for Location Based Apps

The GPS location history of a smartphone can be used to draw deep conclusions about users. Most smartphones pass on this information by default without explaining the risks to users […]

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How is the privacy of location data and user consent handled in popular apps?

With SIMPORT, we want to enable users to manage their own location information on their mobile devices. In order to find out where to start, it is first necessary to […]

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The project is starting

The SIMPORT project has started (with a small delay) und is running for several weeks now. Due to the COVID-19 situation the meetings with the participants of the projects are […]