Consent Boundaries by Play: A CI-Grounded Micro-Game for Eliciting Stable Preferences and Diagnosing Opt-Out Friction in Web Consent (CCF B)

Published in European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW 2026), 2026

This paper presents a contextual-integrity-grounded micro-game for eliciting web consent boundaries, separating stable preferences, UI-induced noise, and opt-out friction across a two-session study.

Keywords: Web Consent, Contextual Integrity, Privacy Preferences, Micro-Game, Opt-Out Friction, Dark Patterns

Acceptance rate: 26/82 papers (31.7%)

Recommended citation: Fan, G., Liu, D., Pan, L., Zhang, R., & Sabri, A.Q.M. (2026). Consent Boundaries by Play: A CI-Grounded Micro-Game for Eliciting Stable Preferences and Diagnosing Opt-Out Friction in Web Consent. In Proceedings of the 2026 European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW 2026). EUSSET.