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@MISC{Herreweghen_privacy-enhancingidentity,
author = {Els Van Herreweghen},
title = {Privacy-Enhancing Identity Management},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
Issue: Individual privacy is an increasingly important issue in the context of the information society. Privacy-enhancing identity management (IM) offers a means whereby individuals controls the nature and amount of personal information about them that is disclosed. In particular, to achieve privacy, individuals can use pseudonyms and determine the degree of linkability between different occurrences of their data. Through the secure and authenticated use of pseudonyms, accountability of an individual for his or her actions can be achieved without giving away personal data. Thus, privacy-enhancing identity management systems (IMSs) enable users to assert their right to "informational self-determination " better than before. Such systems are needed in all computer-mediated communications, even more so now with the advent of new technologies like mobile communication, UMTS, or ubiquitous computing. Relevance: Surveys have shown that the lack of trust in privacy and security is an important hindrance for the success of e-commerce. Identity management implements the concept of notification and choice and empowers users. Transparency and putting users in control is expected to enhance users ’ trust. Today’s existing identity management systems have no, or limited, privacy goals or functionality, or may even threaten users ’ privacy if they store and process personal information without appropriate protection measures. Thus there is a need for new systems to be designed and built into the infrastructure. The views expressed here are the author’s and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission.
Keyphrases
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