Security and Privacy Requirements for Electronic Consent

Electronic consent (e-consent) has the potential to solve many paper-based approaches. Existing approaches, however, face challenges regarding privacy and security. This literature review aims provide an overview of security requirements proposed by papers discussing e-consent implementations, as well manner in which state-of-the-art solutions address them. We conducted a systematic search using ACM Digital Library, IEEE Xplore, PubMed Central. included providing comprehensive discussions one or more technical aspects systems. Thirty-one met our inclusion criteria. Two distinct topics were identified, first being representations second implementations data sharing The main challenge for is gathering “valid” consent. For implementation papers, provided some but none overview. Blockchain identified solution transparency trust issues traditional client-server systems, several hinder it from applied practice. E-consent grant subjects control over their data. However, there no agreed-upon set that must be addressed platform. Therefore, security- privacy-by-design techniques should essential part development lifecycle such