Abstract
Software has become an integral part of human life. This gives rise to the need of developing software that respects human values such as transparency, fairness and privacy. Software that compromises on human values (e.g. privacy) can affect people's reputation and impinges on their ability to function in society with the usual freedom and autonomy. Integrating human values into software is, however, a challenging task due to its imprecise and subjective nature. Enforcing regulations is one way to make software development considerate of the desired standards and values. The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on software is one such effort to protect EU citizens' data and personal information. GDPR prescribes data protection principles and data subject rights mainly to protect user privacy. Looking beyond privacy, we studied GDPR to identify the extent to which it covers human values. We mapped GDPR's data protection principles and data subject rights to a widely accepted human values structure adopted from social sciences. Our results show that GDPR addresses not only privacy but also several other human values including power, security and universalism. Moreover, fairness and transparency stand out as the most value-conscious principles prescribed in GDPR.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings - 27th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference |
Editors | Daniela Damian, Anna Perini |
Place of Publication | Piscataway NJ USA |
Publisher | IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Pages | 404-409 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781728139128 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781728139135 |
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Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Event | IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference 2019 - Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of (South) Duration: 23 Sep 2019 → 27 Sep 2019 Conference number: 27th http://re19.ajou.ac.kr/ https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/8910334/proceeding (Proceedings) |
Conference
Conference | IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference 2019 |
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Abbreviated title | RE 2019 |
Country/Territory | Korea, Republic of (South) |
City | Jeju Island |
Period | 23/09/19 → 27/09/19 |
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Keywords
- GDPR
- Human Values
- Software Requirement