Ethical guidelines for nudging in information security & privacy. Issue 120 (December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Renaud, Karen; Zimmermann, Verena
• Is Part Of: International journal of human-computer studies. Issue 120(2018)
• Page Start: 22
• Page End: 35
• Publication Date: 2018-12
• Subjects: Human-machine systems -- Periodicals; Systems engineering -- Periodicals; Human engineering -- Periodicals; Human engineering; Human-machine systems; Systems engineering; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 004.019
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2018.05.011
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1071-5819

Abstract

Abstract: There has recently been an upsurge of interest in the deployment of behavioural economics techniques in the information security and privacy domain. In this paper, we consider the nature of one particular intervention, the nudge, and the way it exercises its influence. We contemplate the ethical ramifications of nudging, in its broadest sense, deriving general principles for ethical nudging from the literature. We extrapolate these principles to the deployment of nudging in information security and privacy. Furthermore, we explain how researchers can use these guidelines to ensure that they satisfy the ethical requirements during nudge trials in information security and privacy. Our guidelines also provide guidance to ethics review boards that are required to evaluate nudge-related research.