Re: [projectvrm] Disconnect's privacy icons

[Mary Hodder < >]

Zbyněk

Partly the icon's complexity is technical.. but there are also at least two 
ways to go:

The icons each, individually, have meaning and unique design.. and have 
different states for each meaning. 9 icons x up to 4 states is 36 symbols and 
meanings for a user to remember.

The alternate way is to make the icons all the same, in a one shape and with 
two states.. let's say a color: red and green.. that are placed in a list of 
categories.

The individual would scan the icons and if they see a lot of red, look for a 
competitors rating to see if it's better.  That way the user can know zero, 
other than that they have to scan for more or less green.

There is also the other issue of how the rating is applied to the future us 
of one's data. Is this a rating done by a third party and probably crowd 
sourced by a trusted set of people who have reason to be doing this work 
thoughtfully, or as it not a rating at all but a self-assertion, done by the 
company about itself? 

But as this particular set of icons stands now, it asks the user to 
anticipate the effects of use of their data, and that won't work across the 
populace.
Instead, I think we have to rate by 3rd parties based upon what the company 
does now, and did in the past, about whether they are good or not with an 
aspect of data use today, as our standard. And then hold them to that, in 
contracts, such as Consent Receipts.

Mary


On Jun 24, 2014, at 9:52 AM, Zbyněk Loebl wrote:

> Hi, this is my first comment in this community so let me introduce myself 
> briefly - my name is Zbynek Loebl and I am founder of Youstice 
> (www.youstice.com). I like the idea of the icons because it is simple and 
> it should convey the information easily. It is also a clear progress from 
> the current state of play. I also agree that now they seem complex but this 
> is only a technical issue - for example there can be just one icon which 
> the users will know will contain the necessary info after clicking or we 
> can limit the number of icons... but the idea is a very good one.
> 
> Take care all,
> 
> Zbynek
> 
> Dne 24. 6. 2014 18:34, Mary Hodder napsal(a):
>> 
>> The icons aren't a rating of how a site is doing with some aspect of 
>> personal data. They are a statement of what will happen. But that leaves us
>