Offer privacy-preserving participation alternatives such as on-site labs and bootable privacy-oriented operating systems¶

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Description¶

For sensitive data, the article recommends moving participation on-site into lab rooms allowing anonymous participation with privacy-oriented software, or having participants boot a privacy-oriented operating system from a USB flash drive. Such systems "neither record any data onto the hard drive nor transfer user data", enabling anonymous remote participation. The author notes the preparation requires participant effort and may strongly limit the number of willing participants, and that laboratories should use PCs whose operating systems do not transfer user data.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Participants must be willing to prepare a bootable USB drive; laboratories need PCs with operating systems that do not transfer any user data.

Constraints¶

• This more effortful mode of data collection may strongly limit the number of participants willing to take part, and on-site restriction may severely restrict many types of research projects.

Target Learners¶

• participants in studies collecting highly sensitive data
• researchers with limited participant pools

Target Learning Goals¶

• ensuring anonymity of participation and protecting sensitive personal data

Claims¶

Related Strategies¶

• Raise student and colleague awareness of AI-related privacy risks through research-ethics curricula

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Skulmowski, A. (2024). AI-Related Threats to Information Sovereignty and Challenges for Research Ethics. Educational Psychology Review, 36, 101. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09939-1