The practical politics of sharing personal data
The focus of this paper is upon how people handle the sharing of personal data as an interactional concern. A number of ethnographic studies of domestic environments are drawn upon in order to articulate a range of circumstances under which data may be shared. In particular a distinction is made bet...
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| description | The focus of this paper is upon how people handle the sharing of personal data as an interactional concern. A number of ethnographic studies of domestic environments are drawn upon in order to articulate a range of circumstances under which data may be shared. In particular a distinction is made between the in situ sharing of data with others around you and the sharing of data with remote parties online. A distinction is also drawn between circumstances of purposefully sharing data in some way and circumstances where the sharing of data is incidental or even unwitting. On the basis of these studies a number of the organisational features of how people seek to manage the ways in which their data is shared are teased out. The paper then reflects upon how data sharing practices have evolved to handle the increasing presence of digital systems in people’s environments and how these relate to the ways in which people traditionally orient to the sharing of information. In conclusion a number of ways are pointed out in which the sharing of data remains problematic and there is a discussion of how systems may need to adapt to better support people’s data sharing practices in the future. |
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| spelling | nottingham-450562020-05-04T19:01:28Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45056/ The practical politics of sharing personal data Tolmie, Peter Crabtree, Andy The focus of this paper is upon how people handle the sharing of personal data as an interactional concern. A number of ethnographic studies of domestic environments are drawn upon in order to articulate a range of circumstances under which data may be shared. In particular a distinction is made between the in situ sharing of data with others around you and the sharing of data with remote parties online. A distinction is also drawn between circumstances of purposefully sharing data in some way and circumstances where the sharing of data is incidental or even unwitting. On the basis of these studies a number of the organisational features of how people seek to manage the ways in which their data is shared are teased out. The paper then reflects upon how data sharing practices have evolved to handle the increasing presence of digital systems in people’s environments and how these relate to the ways in which people traditionally orient to the sharing of information. In conclusion a number of ways are pointed out in which the sharing of data remains problematic and there is a discussion of how systems may need to adapt to better support people’s data sharing practices in the future. Springer 2017-08-22 Article PeerReviewed Tolmie, Peter and Crabtree, Andy (2017) The practical politics of sharing personal data. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing . ISSN 1617-4917 Personal data; Privacy; Information sharing; Domestic data management practices; Ethnomethodology https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00779-017-1071-8 doi:10.1007/s00779-017-1071-8 doi:10.1007/s00779-017-1071-8 |
| spellingShingle | Personal data; Privacy; Information sharing; Domestic data management practices; Ethnomethodology Tolmie, Peter Crabtree, Andy The practical politics of sharing personal data |
| title | The practical politics of sharing personal data |
| title_full | The practical politics of sharing personal data |
| title_fullStr | The practical politics of sharing personal data |
| title_full_unstemmed | The practical politics of sharing personal data |
| title_short | The practical politics of sharing personal data |
| title_sort | practical politics of sharing personal data |
| topic | Personal data; Privacy; Information sharing; Domestic data management practices; Ethnomethodology |
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