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Learn privacy fundamentals, threats, personal info control, FIP principles, practices, cookies, cryptography, and data mining. Understand ownership, threats, and storage of personal data. Discover FIP principles and privacy practices in different regions.
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PrivacyCSC385 Kutztown University Fall 2009 Oskars J. Rieksts
Notes on Privacy • Based on Lawrence Snyder • Fluency in Information Technology • Augmented with my notes • See also: http://faculty.kutztown.edu/rieksts/385/topics/privacy/notes.html Kutztown University
Outline • Privacy basics • Threats to privacy • Personal information control • FIP principles • Privacy practices • Cookies • Cryptography • Data mining Kutztown University
Privacy Basics • Definition – “The right of people to choose freely under what circumstances and to what extent they will reveal themselves to others.” – p. 481 • Rieksts: Privacy is the cornerstone of selfhood • Modern devices & privacy • Chief Justice, Louis Brandeis Kutztown University
Basis of Privacy Conflict • Modern life requires • Revelation of information • Financial transactions • Applications • Medical services • Etc. Kutztown University
Basic Privacy Issue • Ownership of information • Related IT ownership issue • Your machine • Contents of your machine • Files • Software Kutztown University
Threats to Privacy • Criminal element • Identity theft • Cyber-stalking • Organized crime • Business & industry • Marketing • Employment Kutztown University
Threats to Privacy • Enemies of public safety • Governments • Totalitarian regimes • Overzealous public servants • Social engineers Kutztown University
Spectrum of Personal Information Control • The lens • Transaction produces information • Basic categories • No uses • Opt-In or Approval • Opt-Out or Objection • Internal use only • No limits Kutztown University
Storage & Usebeyond transactional necessity • No uses • Delete information • Upon completion of transaction • Opt-In • Permission must be requested • Explicit approval required Kutztown University
Storage & Usebeyond transactional necessity • Opt-Out • S&U is OK • Unless specifically objected to • Internal use only • S&U OK • Only for business itself • No limits Kutztown University
FIP Principles • FIP = fair information practices • Standard 8 point list • Developed in 1980 by OECD • OECD = Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development Kutztown University
Eight FIP Principles • Limited Collection • Quality • Purpose • Use Limitation • Security • Openness • Participation • Accountability Kutztown University
Limited Collection Principle • Limits to data collected • Collection by • Fair means • Lawful means • Knowledge & consent required • If possible • When appropriate Kutztown University
Quality Principle • Relevance • Data must be relevant • to collection purpose • Data must be • Accurate • Complete • Up to date Kutztown University
Purpose Principle • Purpose of collection stated • Use limitation • Use limited to . . • stated purpose Kutztown University
Use Limitation Principle • Data not to be disclosed • No use for other purposes • Unless . . • Consent given by individual • Authority granted by law Kutztown University
Security Principle • Data controller must . . • Exercise reasonable security measures Kutztown University
Openness Principle • Data collection policies & practices . . • Open to the public • Public knowledge of . . • Existence of data • Kind of data • Purpose/use of data • Identity & contact information of • Data controller Kutztown University
Participation Principle • Individual able to determine . . • Whether data controller has information • What the information is • Denial of access can be challenged • Information can be challenged Kutztown University
Accountability Principle • Data controller accountable . . • for FIP Principles compliance Kutztown University
Privacy Practices – EU • European Union • Accepts OECD FIP principles • Has European Data Protection Directive • EU citizen protection standard • Extends beyond EU borders Kutztown University
Privacy Practices – U.S.A. • Sectoral approach • Freedom of Information Act – 1966 • Privacy Act of 1974 (wrt government) • Electronics Communication Privacy Act – 1986 • Video Privacy Protection Act – 1988 • Telephone Consumer Protection Act – 1991 • Drivers Privacy Protection Act – 1994 Kutztown University
Freedom of Information Act – Links • One • Two • Three • Four Kutztown University
Privacy Act of 1974 – Links • One • Two • Three Kutztown University
Electronic Communications Privacy Act • One • Two • Three • Efforts to update Kutztown University
Video Privacy Protection Act • One • Two • Three Kutztown University
Telephone Consumer Protection Act • One • Two • Three Kutztown University
Driver Privacy Protection Act • One • Two • Three • Four Kutztown University
Privacy Advocacy • EPIC • Electronic Privacy Information Center • About • Home Page • Privacy Rights Clearinghouse • Electronic Frontier Foundation • About • Wikipedia Kutztown University
Cookies • 7-field record • Uniquely identifies . . • customer session on website Kutztown University
Cookies – 3rd Party Problem • Advertiser on contacted website • Client/server relationship with customer • Allows 3rd party cookies • Placed • Accessed • from various sites • Discussion Kutztown University