About the Book
Are your designs protecting--or exposing--your users? In Design for Privacy, you'll uncover how shifting technologies threaten personal data and what that means for your work. This book offers practical guidelines and proven strategies to create experiences that respect and protect people's privacy, while helping you foster a culture of "privacy by design" in your organization and practice.
Who Should Read This Book
All designers--UX, interface, or product--are waking up to the importance of privacy. But if you're a strategist, a developer, a producer, or a product manager, online privacy is your job, too. Design for Privacy dissects and explains the ever-changing field of designing for privacy in depth.
Takeaways
In the fluid world of online privacy, this book explains how to address:
Critical privacy issues, such as cyberstalking and bullying
How to handle your role as a designer of privacy issues
Why your business should care about your customers' privacy
What it means to handle data responsibly
How to use careful language with regard to privacy
Which privacy tools work
How to create a privacy-by-design scenario in your business
How AI is impacting online privacy
How legal, ethical, and moral issues affect privacy
How to comply with federal and international laws of privacy
What your rights are where privacy is concerned
About the Author :
Robert Stribley is a user experience design professional with some 25 years of experience. He works with brands both big and small across diverse sectors to provide thoughtful user experience solutions. He worked for many years at both Razorfish and Publicis Sapient, and recently started his own UX consulting company, Technique. Although he has particular experience designing for automotive and financial services, Robert has worked with companies as diverse as the American Red Cross, FreshDirect, JP Morgan, Mercedes-Benz, Travel Channel, and Women's Wear Daily. He teaches user experience design at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. A chronic student himself, Robert earned degrees in journalism and English education and certificates in political journalism, privacy and data security, and global affairs.
Robert often writes on the topics of UX design, privacy by design, internet culture, and immigration. He writes regularly on Medium, but his writing has also been featured in publications such as Creative Loafing, The Huffington Post, The Observer, Open Global Rights, UX Collective, and UX Magazine. He has spoken or conducted workshops multiple times at SXSW and The Internet Freedom Festival, the Brooklyn Product Design Meetup, as well as Chanel, Design Museum Week, Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE), the University of Maryland and New York University and UX Sketch Camp NYC.
He grew up in Australia, taught English in Pusan, Korea, and feels privileged to have traveled on every continent, even Antarctica, where he went for a brief but energizing swim. He and his wife Amy live in Brooklyn.
You can learn more about Robert at robertstribley.com or find him posting on many of the typical social media haunts.
Review :
"Privacy lies at the heart of the user-technology relationship. Robert Stribley offers invaluable tactical advice and the broader context that designers need to make that relationship as safe as possible."
--Alexandra Schmidt, Author of Deliberate Intervention
"The stakes for data misuse or accidental exposure are incredibly high. This book is a must-read for any design leader looking to build products that respect and protect users' privacy."
--Bryan Hamilton, Global Head of Design, BNY
"Finally--a book that treats privacy not as a compliance box, but as a core design principle. Stribley's essential guide bridges the inexplicable gap between these disciplines."
--Pepe Borras, Cofounder, Internet Freedom Festival, Internet Freedom Expert, and Product Director "As a designer, you have more power over users' privacy than you may realize. Robert shows you how to leverage that power for good with practical tips on how to get your organization to care, plenty of real examples, and clear guidance. This is the go-to privacy book written by a designer, for designers."
--Heidi Trost, Author of Human-Centered Security
"Privacy isn't about compliance: It's about helping people to negotiate their boundaries. Designers have long needed expert advice on the arguments and tactics that make that principle a reality. At last, help has arrived."
--Cennydd Bowles, Technology Ethicist"The definitive privacy-by-design guide for these evolving days of AI's design acceleration. Essential reading to prevent catastrophic privacy failures that obliterate customer trust and your product success."
--Chad Borlase, SVP, North American Experience Design Lead, Merkle--a dentsu compan
