Enhancing the Accessibility of Privacy Policies Using Generative AI

Abstract

This project addressed the complexity of privacy policies, often inaccessible to users due to their length and technical language. To address this challenge, our team created a generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) WebUI tool for summarizing privacy policies. The tool uses user-specific inputs, including age and education level, to tailor privacy policy summaries to a user’s level of understanding. Furthermore, we incorporated prompt engineering and readability metrics for improved comprehension of privacy policies. The tool was developed and refined based on feedback received from surveying 100 WPI students and beta testing our tool with 5 WPI students. By simplifying privacy policies, this tool empowers users to make informed decisions regarding their digital privacy, and this tool has the opportunity to be further developed by future teams