Privacy Policy Evaluation Framework
A Digital Child Working Paper from our ‘Methods and Methodologies’ series
Developed from a children’s rights perspective and influenced by a data justice approach, the Privacy Policy Evaluation Framework aims to help researchers develop a systematic and comprehensive way to analyse and compare privacy policies.
Privacy policies are important documents that disclose how organisations or companies collect and handle customers’ personal information. However, understanding the meanings and legal implications of the statements in these documents can be a daunting task, including for researchers. The Privacy Policy Evaluation Framework (PPEF) contains four domains: readability; visual analysis and accessibility; technical evaluation; and textual, legal and evaluative analysis.
This paper is part of a series consisting of digital research capacity building resource-rich discussion papers, offering more technical support for the research community and allied scholarship. This series is more focused on methods and methodologies. This paper has been checked by the sub-series editorial team to ensure it meets basic standards around clarity of expression and acceptable and inclusive language. It was also presented at a seminar held by the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, and feedback given has been considered and incorporated, as appropriate.
Volume/Number: 2024-02
Date published: 22 July 2024
Series type: Methods and Methodologies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26187/yf37-q611
Suggested citation: Bunn, A., Ng, R., Zhao, X., and Duffy, G. 2024 Digital Child Working Paper 2024-02, Privacy Policy Evaluation Framework. ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, Brisbane, Australia.