Open AccessON PRIVACY CLASSIFICATION IN UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING SYSTEMS
Author(s) -
Daniel Cvrček,
Václav Matyáš,
Marek Kumpošt
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
computing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.184
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2312-5381
pISSN - 1727-6209
DOI - 10.47839/ijc.4.2.334
Subject(s) - computer science , anonymity , k anonymity , profiling (computer programming) , formal description , internet privacy , focus (optics) , information privacy , computer security , data science , physics , optics , programming language , operating system
Many papers and articles attempt to define or even quantify privacy, typically with a major focus on anonymity. A related research exercise in the area of evidence-based trust models for ubiquitous computing environments has given us an impulse to take a closer look at the definition(s) of privacy in the Common Criteria, which we then transcribed in a bit more formal manner. This led us to a further review of unlinkability, and revision of another semi-formal model allowing for expression of anonymity and unlinkability – the Freiburg Privacy Diamond. We propose new means of describing (obviously only observable) characteristics of a system to reflect the role of contexts for profiling – and linking – users with actions in a system. We believe this approach should allow for evaluating privacy in large data sets.