Accountable Design : Bringing Law into Human-Centred Computing

This book is for academic and industry researchers, practitioners and postgraduate students working across technology law, human-computer interaction, design research, and science and technology studies. It uniquely synthesises and translates across disciplines to provide frameworks for designing legally accountable, human-centred technologies.

In the face of the everchanging and increasingly complex regulatory and socio-technical challenges posed by AI and the Internet of Things, there is an urgent need for closer collaboration between technology designers and lawyers. Accountable Design provides a timely framework for bridging disciplines to design legally accountable technologies. Proposing the new concept of Accountable Design, Lachlan David Urquhart explores how to incorporate legal values into human-centered design processes. Three novel case studies ground discussion by showcasing uses of new technologies in cities, homes, and biometric applications while exploring how to design for privacy, security, trust, and safety. The book synthesizes insights from across technology law, human-computer-interaction, design research, science and technology studies, and philosophy of technology to address the challenges of building better technological design futures for humans and society.