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Social login, identity management, personal data, 0806 Information Systems, 1605 Policy and Administration, 1801 Law, 4804 Law in context, 4806 Private law and civil obligations

Abstract:

Social login is the use of a social network account to get access to other services. Since the internet in its architecture does not have the possibility to identify the internet user, for many services, social logins are the solution to authenticate users without the need to set up individual identity management systems. Social logins are not useful for all types of services, however, and the potential lock-in and lock-out of users needs to be considered.