Talk by Lachlan Urquhart

Lachlan Urquhart, a PhD student within the Mixed Reality Lab, will give a short talk to the lab on his current research.

Privacy by Design and The Internet of Things

My talk will look at how we can bring regulatory considerations into the design of ambient domestic technologies. Within my PhD work I’ve been trying to look at this concern from a number of angles: legally, theoretically, practically and through use of design interventions. For this talk, I will consider the challenges around implementing privacy by design for the internet of things. IoT poses a number of issues for end user rights (and creates complex designer responsibilities). One regulatory response is legally mandated privacy by design. Whilst this is conceptually useful, it remains practically challenging – clear guidance on how to actually do privacy by design is lacking. As a response to this, I’ll also be discussing my experience with privacy by design cards, an ideation technique that seeks to help introduce legal concepts into the design process in a structured manner.