Launch of Smartphone Game Provides Insights into Personal Data Privacy Behaviours
Yazmin Morlet Corti, who is a PhD affiliate of the Centre for Data Culture & Society, has created a smartphone app that evaluates the privacy preferences of users through an interactive game. The game, called Yoshik, was created with a team of developers and supported by the Centre for Data, Culture & Society, the Edinburgh Futures Institute, and the Human-Data Interaction Network.
Yoshik creates a profile based on a user’s responses and returns a score based on their online behaviour, as identified through different game scenarios. The game has been designed as a “serious game” - an educational resource that can be used to promote safety and awareness of social issues. Smartphone users can now download the app for free from the Google Play Store.
Yazmin’s PhD research focuses on social science topics relating to online privacy, cyberspace as political space, political culture, big data analytics, and data protection.