Software developers are inundated with responsibility to incorporate privacy artifacts into software design from the onset in line with best practices. However, little is understood about the struggles developers face in incorporating these privacy artifacts into software design. This work will undertake: (1) a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to understand developers interpretation or lack thereof of privacy regulations while incorporating privacy into software systems; (2) task-based studies to analyze software developers’ privacy compliance to ascertain whether or not they are able to comply with regulatory standards in implementing privacy into software design; (3) analyze mental models adopted by developers when trying to ameliorate their struggles, and (4) then design and evaluate a framework that helps developers make informed privacy decisions.

Anthony Mazeli is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom. He has a background in Cyber Security, Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering as well as International Affairs and Strategic studies.

His main research interest is in Developer Centered Privacy and associated complexities in software design. He is presently investigating developers struggles with implementing privacy features into software systems, with a view to developing useful tools that support developers overcome these pertinent Privacy-by-Design issues at scale.