Exploring user behaviours when providing electronic consent on Health Social Networks: a ‘Just Tick Agree’ approach

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dc.contributor.authorRowan, Wendy
dc.contributor.authorO'Connor, Yvonne
dc.contributor.authorLynch, Laura
dc.contributor.authorHeavin, Ciara
dc.contributor.funderWellcome Trust
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-20T13:24:13Z
dc.date.available2018-02-20T13:24:13Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractIn an online world, the distinction between public and private is becoming increasingly blurred with rising concerns about the privacy and security of personal health information. The aim of this study is to explore electronic consent (eConsent) on a Health Social Network (HSN) – PatientsLikeMe - to improve both the form and accessibility of contractual information presented to HSN users. Participants registered on this HSN and their interaction/behaviours was observed when agreeing to the site’s Terms and Conditions (T&C’s) and Privacy Policy (PP) documents. Focus group discussions were used to help us understand how and why certain events occurred. Several themes emerged from this data - ‘Just Tick Agree’ phenomenon, perceived societal benefits for the public good, data privacy concerns and emotional drivers towards eConsent. By achieving a deeper understanding of the eConsent process to an HSN, contributions are presented for both theory and practice. We argue that the complex language used for T&C’s and PP statements when simplified would increase user knowledge, awareness and understanding. Furthermore, HSN user behaviours (i.e. ‘Just Tick Agree’) must change when registering on HSNs and, developers of HSNs should enable user choice on registration by changing how users’ control their personal health-related data.en
dc.description.sponsorshipWellcome Trust (CHASM Project Seed Award 201607/Z/16/Z)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationRowan, W., O’Connor, Y., Lynch, L. and Heavin, C. (2017) 'Exploring user behaviours when providing electronic consent on Health Social Networks: A ‘Just Tick Agree’ approach', Procedia Computer Science, 121, pp. 968-975. doi: 10.1016/j.procs.2017.11.125en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.procs.2017.11.125
dc.identifier.endpage975
dc.identifier.issn1877-0509
dc.identifier.journaltitleProcedia Computer Scienceen
dc.identifier.startpage968
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/5506
dc.identifier.volume121
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd.en
dc.relation.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187705091732327X
dc.rights© 2017, the Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjecteConsenten
dc.subjectPrivacyen
dc.subjectHealth Social Networksen
dc.subjectPatientsLikeMeen
dc.titleExploring user behaviours when providing electronic consent on Health Social Networks: a ‘Just Tick Agree’ approachen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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