Paris Design Jam - GDPR for Startups

Overview

I was invited to participate in TTC Labs' Paris Design Jam as a design expert.
With designers, developers and privacy experts, we used design thinking practices to design potential solutions to solve digital privacy issues for privacy-first products.

Context

Event: Paris Design Jam.
Organizer: TTC Labs
Topic: Privacy by Design & Data Protection
Format: Joint workshop based on design jam methodology

Role

Design Expert

What we did

We used TTC Labs's process for this activity: a condensed schedule, quick ideation and collaborative problem-solving.
This layout allowed us to move quickly from abstract ideas about privacy to tangible product examples.

Framing

Establish key challenges around data transparency and privacy.

Ideation

Brainstorm to find ambitious ideas .

Prototyping

Transform ideas into sketches and mock-ups.

Sharing

Demonstrate prototypes and co-reflection.

Yellow post-it notes on a whiteboard
How Might we...?

My Expertise & Contributions

Product was at the forefront of:
- Translating abstract ideas about data usage or privacy policy into tangible interactions.
- Enabling the collaboration between various teams, from startups to researchers.
- Demonstrating how design might balance clarity, simplicity, and respectfulness for users
in tackling sensitive topics.

A table with Sharpies and sheet of paper with 6 people sitting. They look at the whiteboard at the end of the table.
Collaboration

Insights & Learnings

Design as Enabler of Privacy

I was invited to participate in TTC Labs' Paris Design Jam as a design expert. With designers, developers and privacy experts,
we used design thinking practices to design potential solutions to solve digital privacy issues for privacy-first products.

Early Integration

To boost conversion rates with better user journey

Collaborative Problem-Solving

To help buyers and customers with better brand reinsurance

Innovation through constraint

To explore and consider new design approaches in order to find design solutions.

Product was at the forefront of:
- Translating abstract ideas about data usage or privacy policy into tangible interactions.
- Enabling the collaboration between various teams, from startups to researchers.
- Demonstrating how design might balance clarity, simplicity, and respectfulness for users
in tackling sensitive topics.

At the forefront a workgroup sitting at a table, one member holds a mic and talk, other smiling people in the room turn to look at him.
Sharing

Future Practice

Privacy as User Experience

Incorporating privacy concerns should naturally be part of the user experience and not something extra or a second thought.

Communication Design

On the whole, privacy design is really communication design—informing users about what's going on with their data and enabling them to make informed decisions.

Focus