Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Mitigating Privacy Harms from Deceptive Design in Virtual Reality
Agreement Number:
-
Agreement Value:
$58,708.00
Agreement Date:
Jun 3, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
Description:
This research will explore that negative effects of deceptive design on user information privacy in commercial VR applications. By identifying and classifying deceptive design patterns in VR that undermine and subvert users’ privacy, the researchers seek to develop countermeasures and guidelines to counteract their negative impact, increase awareness, and provide design and policy guidelines and recommendations to VR developers, policymakers, and government.
Organization:
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Location:
Waterloo, Ontario, CA
Reference Number:
CP-000076
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient's Operating Name:
University of Waterloo
Recipient's Legal Name:
University of Waterloo
Program:
Contributions Program