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Some Recent Suggestions for Improvements and Practical Implementations

The problem of informed consent in information technology is not a new one. There have been several suggestions for improvements, including some user-tested implementations of these recommendations, as we saw with the cookies in the Mozilla Web browser in section 2.2. Here I will look at some suggestions and implementations of solutions for the problem of End User License Agreements, as well as some suggestions for how to encourage uptake and use of the system recommended in section 4.3. These examples were found through an extensive Internet search for suggestions for solutions to this problem (such as editorials calling for changes to EULAs), as well as actual solutions that have been developed (software, development frameworks), along with tools used for similar areas (such as copyright and fair use, certification for privacy or security) and analyse the benefits and limitations of each proposal or solution to the particular problem of informed consent in EULAs. Any proposal or solution that showed any sign of motivating improvements to End User License Agreements (such as EULAlyzer) or informed consent decisions by users (such as Creative Commons, TRUSTe) was examined. Also discussed are the potential ways a third-party trusted medium could enter the picture in order to attempt to regulate and standardise a system of license agreements to make it easier for users to give more informed consent decisions, building on the trust relationships described in section 3.1.2.



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Catherine Flick 2010-02-03