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Online privacy; myth or reality?
The document discusses online privacy as a fundamental right that involves personal data protection and the implications of technology on privacy. It highlights concerns about data collection by employers and websites, the use of cookies, and government monitoring, alongside proposed standards for fair information practices. Ultimately, it emphasizes the need for individuals to understand the extent of their online privacy and the accessibility of their information by others.
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Online privacy; myth or reality?
- 1. ONLINE PRIVACY; MYTHOR REALITY? Swaleh A. Ahmed
- 2. Privacy? • Refersto the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others. • Every person has the right to privacy, which includes the right not to have-- a) their person, home or property searched; b) their possessions seized; c) information relating to their family or private affairs unnecessarily required or revealed; or d) the privacy of their communications infringed. http://www.kictanet.or.ke/?p=19844
- 3. Internet privacy involvesthe right or mandate of personal privacy concerning the storing, repurposing, provision to third parties, and displaying of information pertaining to oneself via the Internet. Internet privacy is a subset of computer privacy.
- 4. Privacy Questions •Where is my data? • How is it used? • Who sees it? • Is anything private anymore? Everything about you is in at least one computer file
- 5. How Did TheyGet My Data? • Loans • Charge accounts • Orders via mail • Magazine subscriptions • Tax forms • Applications for schools, jobs, clubs • Insurance claim • Hospital stay • Sending checks • Fund-raisers • Advertisers • Warranties • Military draft registration • Court petition
- 6. Your Boss isSpying on You! Monitoring software – Screens – E-mail – Keystrokes per minute – Length of breaks – What computer files are used and for how long Privacy groups want legislation requiring employers to alert employees that they are being monitored.
- 7. Monitoring by WebSites Records: • City • Site you just left • Everything you do while on the site • Hardware and software you use • Click stream – Series of clicks that link from site to site – History of what the user chooses to view
- 8. Monitoring by WebSites Cookie • Stores information about you • Located on your hard drive • Beneficial uses – Viewing preferences – Online shopping – Secure sites retain password in cookie • Controversial use – Tracking surfing habits for advertisers • Can set browser to refuse cookies or warn before storing • Software available to manage cookies
- 9. P3P Platform forPrivacy Preference Project • Standards proposed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) – User sets privacy preferences – Web server transmits privacy policies – Software determines if web site meets users’ requirements • Participation by web site is voluntary
- 10. We lose Privacy:Technology • Ubiquitous communications capacity • Walls evaporate for reading, viewing • transactions can be observed anywhere • Extensive processing capacity • Inefficiency & cost protect privacy • Aggregating and access • Data-mining – analysis algorithms • Communications + processing • Transactional data collection • Profiling • Data mining
- 11. We lose Privacy:Business • Information as competitive tool • Customized preference formation: advertising • Customized service/goods delivered • Customized price/price discrimination • Customer’s life-long consumption as primary asset of firm • Proprietary information fends off competitive pressures
- 12. We lose Privacy:Politics • U.S. & other governments highly sophisticated information gatherers • 1990s saw the encryption wars, US Government partially lost • September 11th released the leash • Governments back into an explicit role of extensive information collection and processing • Including by access to market-actor collected information
- 13. Fair Information Practices • Minimal standards imposed by law with a supporting regulatory framework • As opposed to “privacy preferences” • EU Data protection • OECD Guidelines
- 14. Fair Information Practices • Collection Limitation • Data Quality • Purpose Specification • Use Limitation • Security Safeguards • Openness • Individual Participation • Accountability
- 15. RFID Story •Clothing manufacturers sew RFID into cloth. Include garment characteristics, cloth batch etc for recalls & quality control • Stores, malls, etc. install readers to limit pilfering & for inventory management • Question • Mall owners use the information to dynamically change the advertisements they project on billboards in the Mall • Police officers use the information to track the location of cloths that match crime scene evidence
- 16. Hypothetical Amazon Story • Collects information to tailor offerings • Provides good recommendations for books to read • Suggests music you like • Offers good advice when you seem to need it, usually guesses right what you need • How far would you go with this? • Buying a car or furniture • Financing/loan services • Physician referral service
- 17. discussion • Howprivate is your online experience?
- 18. “The only trueprotection is to understand that anything you put up there can be accessed by somebody else.”