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– March 8, 2019 –
The paper “The Johari Window as a tool for analyzing personal data privacy” was published in the magazine “Ciência da Informação“, of the Brazilian Institute of Information on Science and Technology (IBICT-Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia).
The work is the result of CEST’s weekly discussions on the need for a method to model data privacy requirements of shared digital environments that will be available on the internet.
According to CEST’s academic coordinator, Dr. Edison Spina, “Many questions have aroused about how to ensure the privacy of users’ personal data on systems that are, or will be, available on the internet. There are many companies that, unfortunately, use their users’ data indiscriminately to benefit or make a profit, and many people do not realize that they have consented to this situation when they created their profiles and logins “.
In October last year, CEST organized an event that touched on important points about Law 13,709, Brazil’s General Law of Data Protection, in force since August 14, 2018. This law reflects a broad discussion on data privacy held in several European countries and the United States.
For example, the European General Data Protection Regulation, in force since May 25, 2018, has become a worldwide landmark with respect to personal data privacy and protection. Any company operating in the European Economic Area, regardless of its country of origin, must comply with the clauses and requirements of this regulation according to the way in which personal information is processed in the European Union. This means that the companies’ processes and, consequently, the systems that are created, should be modeled and implemented, from its inception, adopting measures that respect the principles stipulated in the general regulation.
According to a study by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAAP), privacy and data protection laws will help create 75,000 new jobs around the world. Therefore, the association anticipates that there will be a demand for new professionals who can act as Data Protection Officers and who know how to properly model the requirements of the systems in accordance with applicable laws.
“We identified that the Johari Window, a conceptual tool in the field of psychology created in 1955 to assist the understanding of interpersonal communication and group relationships, could be used in modeling current systems for data privacy and protection. Being a visual tool, it allows the identification of diverse information asymmetries that exist when one is modeling the privacy requirements that a system must meet”, highlights Professor Spina.
The article, which can be accessed on the IBICT website, was written by the following authors: Clovis Armando Alvarenga Netto, Carolina Cássia Conceição Abilio, Sônia Maria Viggiani Coutinho, Lucas Segismundo Moreno Lago, and Edison Spina.