Nicky Fuganjananon

A Memory Just For Me: Experimental Camera
Consentful Interface

  • Click to use camera & see code

    • Sample Caputured Images


    Images captured with different slider values

    Design Process

    To design a consentful interface, I followed Una Lee's and Dann Toliver's "Building Consentful Tech" Zine. I made sure to follow the 5 acronyms of consentful interface, FRIES.

    Design Goals

    I wanted the interface to look friendly so I decided to design it in a playful way, using a female cartoon character to guide them through the consent form. The character also educates users on how to reverse their consent. I decided to use languages that are easy to understand and made the consent form very short - to the point.


    How does my design respond to FRIES?

    The app allows users to make their own decisions without pressure, force or manipulation. When users decide to click no, they are redirected to a page that says "we respect your privacy!" with a friendly cartoon face saying bye to the user. Users are also able to reverse their decision by changing their consent on the camera screen. Moreover, users are always informed on what consent they are giving. All technical jargon such as meta-data are defined for the users. Moreover, there is also a sample of the camera output for the users to see before they accept the terms and conditions. Although users may be enthusiastic to use the app, the app will always ask for their consent. Lastly, the consent form is specific and tells the users exactly what data is collected. In this case, none of their data's collected.

    Flow Chart & Page Drafts

    Below are the flow charts and page drafts I created prior to coding my interface.



    Reflection

    My consentful interface recontextualized user interaction and experience by making consent forms clear and concise. It is a system that is transparent, easy to understand, and reversible. The user has full knowledge of what they are consenting to all the time and there's no pressure for them to accept the app's terms and conditions. I think this is how all user interfaces should be. This way, we do not allow any company to collect and sell our data without our full knowledge, and users can feel safer entering a website.