The new European legal framework for data protection (the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR) suggests the use of standardized icons to accompany privacy statements “in order to give in an easily visible, intelligible and clearly legible manner a meaningful overview of the intended processing” (Art. 12).

Although the explicit mention in the law of visual representations to enhance legal communication is ground-breaking, there is little guidance on the design process of these icons.

During this one-day workshop, we will bring lawyers and designers together to create a set of possible standard icons for privacy statements.