{"id":10808,"date":"2025-06-11T09:36:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T07:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/?p=10808"},"modified":"2025-06-11T12:50:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T10:50:55","slug":"itu-researcher-wins-mydata-global-awards-for-thought-leadership-on-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/news\/itu-researcher-wins-mydata-global-awards-for-thought-leadership-on-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"IT:U Researcher wins MyData Global Awards for Thought Leadership\u00a0on Human Rights &amp; Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>IT:U researcher <a href=\"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/persons\/team\/soheil-human\/\">Soheil Human <\/a>has been honored with <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/mydata.org\/mydata-award-winners-2024-2025\/\"><em>the MyData Award<\/em><\/a><em> for 2024 and 2025. The international recognition highlights not only Soheil\u2019s visionary work but also reflects IT:U\u2019s commitment to shaping ethical, inclusive, and human-centric digital solutions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Redesigning Privacy for People: The ADPC Project<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At the heart of this recognition is ADPC \u2013 Advanced Digital Protection Control\u2014a technology designed to strengthen online privacy and digital rights. ADPC enables seamless, human-compatible exchanges of privacy and other human rights data between users and service providers across browsers, mobile apps, IoT devices, and AR\/VR platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A familiar example is the issue of cookie banners. Most users face confusing, repetitive consent pop-ups that lead to frustration and privacy fatigue. ADPC addresses this by embedding standardized privacy controls directly into browsers or client-side systems. Preferences are stored and applied automatically, making consent simple, consistent, and easy to manage. ADPC\u2019s inclusive design supports a broad range of users, including vulnerable groups. Frameworks like ADPC-KIDS help families and children manage privacy with confidence. In 2023, the project was awarded the Austrian Internet Foundation Award in AI for its ethical, AI-driven approach to protecting digital rights and promoting human empowerment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Human Rights and Technology at IT:U<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Soheil Human is part of IT:U\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/research\/research-groups\/human-rights-and-technology\/\">Human Rights and Technology research group<\/a> led by <a href=\"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/research\/professors\/ben-wagner\/\">Professor Ben Wagner<\/a>, which investigates how digital infrastructures can protect and promote fundamental rights such as privacy, freedom of expression, and democracy. Led by Professor Ben Wagner, the group brings together expertise from computer science, law, social sciences, and science and technology studies. Their work focuses on how digital systems impact society\u2014and how they can be shaped to serve the public good. From algorithmic accountability to digital regulation, the group develops applied solutions that connect research, policy, and real-world change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More About Soheil Human and the MyData Global Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/soheil-human-03990189\/\">Soheil Human<\/a> is a researcher at IT:U and an assistant professor at the WU Vienna where he directs the Sustainable Computing Lab. His work bridges cognitive science, AI, ethics, and human rights, with a focus on inclusive and human-compatible solutions. The MyData Global Awards recognize leadership in advancing fair and sustainable digital practices\u2014values that are deeply embedded in both Soheil\u2019s research and IT:U\u2019s mission to shape ethical, interdisciplinary digital transformation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT:U researcher Soheil Human has been honored with the MyData Award for 2024 and 2025. The international recognition highlights not only Soheil\u2019s visionary work but also reflects IT:U\u2019s commitment to shaping ethical, inclusive, and human-centric digital solutions. Redesigning Privacy for People: The ADPC Project At the heart of this recognition is ADPC \u2013 Advanced Digital [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":10816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>IT:U Researcher wins MyData Global Awards for Thought Leadership\u00a0on Human Rights &amp; Technology | IT:U<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/news\/itu-researcher-wins-mydata-global-awards-for-thought-leadership-on-human-rights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IT:U Researcher wins MyData Global Awards for Thought Leadership\u00a0on Human Rights &amp; Technology | IT:U\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"IT:U researcher Soheil Human has been honored with the MyData Award for 2024 and 2025. 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