Principled Electronic Consent Management: A Preliminary Research Framework

Consent is a multifaceted concept that has not received much attention in information systems literature. In this paper we categorise current electronic consent decision making systems into first generation, ex-post and principled Electronic Consent Management. We argue for the adoption of principled ECM as a way forward to consent management in information systems, and outline a research framework for ECM, proposing three key components: consent theory, ECM norms, and ECM norms´ manifestation. A real world context is then selected to illustrate the framework´s intention.