GDPRShield: AI-Powered GDPR Support for Software Developers in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.12640v2
• Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 07:24:34 GMT
• Title: GDPRShield: AI-Powered GDPR Support for Software Developers in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
• Authors: Tharaka Wijesundara, Mathew Warren, Nalin Arachchilage,
• Abstract summary: This paper introduces a novel AI-powered framework called "ShieldShield" specifically designed to enhance awareness of SME software developers.<n>"ShieldShield" boosts developers motivation to comply with data violations from early stages of software development.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: With the rapid increase in privacy violations in modern software development, regulatory frameworks such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) have been established to enforce strict data protection practices. However, insufficient privacy awareness among SME software developers contributes to failure in GDPR compliance. For instance, a developer unfamiliar with data minimization may build a system that collects excessive data, violating GDPR and risking fines. One reason for this lack of awareness is that developers in SMEs often take on multidisciplinary roles (e.g., front-end, back-end, database management, and privacy compliance), which limits specialization in privacy. This lack of awareness may lead to poor privacy attitudes, ultimately hindering the development of a strong organizational privacy culture. However, SMEs that achieve GDPR compliance may gain competitive advantages, such as increased user trust and marketing value, compared to others that do not. Therefore, in this paper, we introduce a novel AI-powered framework called "GDPRShield," specifically designed to enhance the GDPR awareness of SME software developers and, through this, improve their privacy attitudes. Simultaneously, GDPRShield boosts developers' motivation to comply with GDPR from the early stages of software development. It leverages functional requirements written as user stories to provide comprehensive GDPR-based privacy descriptions tailored to each requirement. Alongside improving awareness, GDPRShield strengthens motivation by presenting real-world consequences of noncompliance, such as heavy fines, reputational damage, and loss of user trust, aligned with each requirement. This dual focus on awareness and motivation leads developers to engage with GDPRShield, improving their GDPR compliance and privacy attitudes, which will help SMEs build a stronger privacy culture over time.

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