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Privacy is shaped by both technology and people—what the phone allows users to do, and how users perceive and act on those options. This article explores how people understand and manage privacy on their mobile phones and shows that protecting personal information is not just about having the right features but also about how users think, feel and behave.

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Writing this article was a deeply rewarding experience, shaped by many conversations about how people actually live with their mobile devices. Coming from an information technology industry background, it allowed me to bring together my long‑standing interest in the human side of technology and deepen my engagement with the literature in Human–Computer Interaction and Information Systems. The process reinforced my belief that good design starts with understanding people, not just features. More than anything, I hope this article encourages readers to pause and reflect on how design and mindset together influence the way we protect ourselves online.

Parvathy Venkatachalam
T A Pai Management Institute, Bengaluru, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India

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This page is a summary of: Bring-in Privacy Provisions But Shape-up Attitude Too: Building Privacy Experience in Mobile Platform Ecosystem, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, February 2026, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery),
DOI: 10.1145/3796219.
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