Public Administration as Positive Example for Transparency in Data Collection and Sharing in the Life-Event ”Birth of Child”

Digital self-determination is crucial in a digitalized world. Given the recent advances in e-government and its increased usage, public administration is in a unique position to inform and educate citizens about data sharing and act as a best practice example for digital transparency. We present the results of a project to support citizens' digital sovereignty via interactive prototypes on e-government services (e.g. websites). A digital data sharing fable and a mystery game for the life event”birth of a child” have been developed that provide information about data sharing between government agencies. They were evaluated using randomized controlled trials (experiments) to determine causal effects of the interventions on digital sovereignty. Results indicate that these applications can foster knowledge about data sharing. Implications on digital sovereignty and future work are discussed.