[Commlist] CfP: 4th Interdisciplinary Summer school on Privacy (ISP 2019) - Dark Patterns

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                         Call for Participation

        4th Interdisciplinary Summer school on Privacy (ISP 2019)

      September 1-6, 2019, Berg en Dal / Nijmegen (The Netherlands)

                         Theme:  Dark Patterns

                          https://isp.cs.ru.nl

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We invite doctoral researchers working on privacy, data protection,
security, surveillance and ethics to participate in the fourth
Interdisciplinary Summer school on Privacy (ISP 2019) to be held from
September 1 - 6, 2019 in Berg en Dal (The Netherlands), close to Radboud
University (Nijmegen).

# Teachers

Confirmed teachers so far (more names to be added)

- Gloria Gonzalez Fuster (VUB, Belgium)
- (Name to be confirmed) (EDPS, Belgium)
- Narseo Vallina Rodriguez (IMDEA, Spain)
- Colin Gray (Purdue University, USA)
- Michael Dieter (Warwick U.)
- Nora A. Draper (University of New Hampshire)

# Background of the summerschool

The interdisciplinary summerschool on privacy (ISP) provides an 
intensive one week academic post-graduate programme teaching privacy 
from a technical, legal and social perspective. The goal of the 
summerschool is to provide students with a solid background in the 
theory of privacy construction, modelling and protection from these 
three different perspectives. It also aims to help them to establish a 
first international network with peers and senior academics across these 
disparate disciplines.

Participants of the summerschool are awarded two ECTS (study credits) 
and receive a certificate of attendance issued by the Radboud University 
attesting this.

For more information [click here](https://isp.cs.ru.nl)

# Theme: Dark Patterns

[According to Gray et 
al.](http://colingray.me/wp-content/uploads/2018_Grayetal_CHI_DarkPatternsUXDesign.pdf) 
dark patterns started as a practitioner led initiative uncovering 
features of interface design crafted to trick users into doing things 
they may not want to do, but which benefit the business in question. 
More formally, the authors define it as instances in which designers use 
their knowledge of human behavior (e.g., psychology), and the desires of 
end users to implement deceptive functionality that is not in the user's 
best interest.

At this summer school, we want to focus on dark patterns that impact 
users' privacy or their ability to practice their data protection 
rights. Dark patterns raise crucial questions regarding compliance with 
European data protection legislation and ethical technology deployment. 
In January 2019 the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) imposed a 
fine of 50 million Euros on Google "in accordance with the General Data 
Protection Regulation (GDPR), for lack of transparency, inadequate 
information and lack of valid consent regarding the ads 
personalization", according to the CNIL. This sky-high fine illustrates 
the importance paid by regulators to combating dark patterns. Also 
consumer organisations, like the [Norwegian Consumer 
Council](https://www.forbrukerradet.no/undersokelse/no-undersokelsekategori/deceived-by-design), 
have reported on how users are ‘deceived by design’ by tech companies, 
discouraging people to exercise their rights to privacy. In this 
summerschool we also propose to look beyond the interface, and ask, 
where do dark patterns emerge in the production of internet-based 
services, in the organizing of software and hardware infrastructures, in 
the elaboration and interpretation of laws, in the push for certain 
economic models, and conceptions of data, systems, users, and the 
social. How do we come to recognize, uncover, resist and prevent dark 
patterns in these different socio-technical contexts?

Dark patterns as a concept is a not easy to pin down, since manipulation 
of environment and behavior can be seen as a part of any design 
intervention. Yet, the rise of the concept is indicative that there are 
a considerable set of practices that are identified under the label of 
dark patterns. In this context, at the summer school, we will discuss 
study dark matters and ask whether intentions matter, or outcomes can 
also serve as a way to identify whether a practice may qualify as a dark 
pattern in the context of privacy and data protection. Being able to 
think collectively about this hard question will provide us with tools, 
methods and arguments to address the continuum between poor design or 
decisions, lack of resources, incompetence, recklessness, optimization, 
externalization of costs, and intentional patterns that lead to 
manipulation, deception or unwarranted levels of persuasion. We will 
explore together where we can productively draw the line when it comes 
to patterns that harm vs. patterns that just do, and how technical, 
social, ethical, legal and economic practices may be reimagined to 
address these practices.

# Format

The summer school is interdisciplinary, involving the following 
disciplines: computer science, law and social sciences / media and 
communication studies. The school lasts one week, with nine scheduled 
lectures (five morning lectures and four afternoon lectures) of two 
hours each. These nine lectures are equally distributed over the three 
disciplines, with top-notch lectures from each of the disciplines. The 
lectures will lay the grounds for an interdisciplinary conversation 
among students and lecturers coming from a variety of backgrounds.

The remaining time is used for hands on working group sessions to study 
practical cases. The cases will be offered by businesses, governments, 
government related institutions (like DPAs) and civil society/NGOs. 
Groups of six students, ideally two from each discipline, are formed to 
tackle the cases and report back on their results in a plenary session.

The school is held in a location that encourages dialogue and social 
interactions between both the staff and the students, both during 
lectures and in the evening. Staff (i.e. lecturers) are encouraged to 
stay at the summer school for the whole length of the school. The summer 
school is foremost aimed at PhD students from computer science, law and 
social sciences.

# Practical Information

The summer school is held at [Hotel Erica](http://www.hotelerica.nl), 
Berg en Dal, The Netherlands. The hotel is well equipped and ideally 
situated in the woods close to Nijmegen, and easily reached by bus from 
Nijmegen train station. Nijmegen has direct train connections with 
Schiphol, the Dutch national airport.

## Registration

Visit the following web page to register:

https://isp.cs.ru.nl/registration.php

We offer the following options.

- Single room: € 1085 (late: € 1185)
- Shared room: € 785 (late: € 885)
- No room (lunch/diner/school only): € 590 (late: € 690)
 (for local people who do not need accommodation)

Payment by credit card accepted. Early registration fees expire on June 
1. Admission after June 1 subject to availability. Registration may 
close earlier if the maximum number of participants (40) is reached.

## Stipends

A limited number of stipends is available. To see whether you would 
qualify for a stipend, and to start the application process, see

https://isp.cs.ru.nl/stipends.php

## Contact

For further information please consult our website

https://isp.cs.ru.nl

or contact us by email at (summerschool /at/ pilab.nl)

## Organiser

- Jaap-Henk Hoepman (Radboud University /PI.lab)

## Steering Committee

- Claudia Diaz (KU Leuven / imec),
- Seda Gürses (KU Leuven / imec),
- Eleni Kosta (TILT - Tilburg University / PI.lab),
- Jo Pierson (Vrije Universiteit Brussel / imec), and
- Thorsten Strufe (TU Dresden)

## Supported by

- PI.lab - The Privacy & Identity Lab.
- Radboud University

(more support to be announced soon)
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