In an excellent IAPP podcast interview by Angelique Carson, Woody Hartzog makes the compelling point that informed consent was originally developed for rare, high-risk and potentially life-threatening situations like surgery and medical research. The process of informed consent is not designed for, nor can it offer fair choices for, the “micro-permissions” that occur in our daily interaction with technology. There is a fundamental difference between health care (digital or analog) and our interactions with social media and the internet of things.
Full article: Why we must remember where informed consent comes from