Summer school on privacy and identity management for emerging Internet applications, Helsingborg, Sweden
2 August 2010 - 2 August 2010
Sweden
A summer school on privacy and identity management for emerging Internet applications will be held in Helsingborg, Sweden from 2 to 6 August 2010.
Emerging Internet applications increasingly pose privacy dilemmas. When they communicate over the Internet, individuals leave trails of personal data which may be stored for many years to come. In recent years, social network sites, where users tend to disclose very intimate personal details about their personal, social, and professional lives, have caused serious privacy concerns.
The collaborative character of the Internet enables anyone to compose services and distribute information. Due to the low costs and technical advances of storage technologies, masses of personal data can easily be stored. Once disclosed, this data may be retained forever and be removed with difficulty. It has become hard for individuals to manage and control their own data. They may even find it difficult to eliminate outdated or unwanted personal information.
These developments raise substantial new challenges for personal privacy at the technical, social, ethical, regulatory, and legal levels:
- How can privacy be protected in emerging Internet applications such as collaborative scenarios and virtual communities?
- What frameworks and tools could be used to gain, regain and maintain informational self-determination and lifelong privacy?
The summer school is sponsored by the EU-funded PrimeLife (Privacy and identity management in Europe for life') and ETICA ('Ethical issues of emerging information and communication technology applications') project and the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP).For further information, please visit:
http://www.it.kau.se/IFIP-summerschool/(opens in new window)
Emerging Internet applications increasingly pose privacy dilemmas. When they communicate over the Internet, individuals leave trails of personal data which may be stored for many years to come. In recent years, social network sites, where users tend to disclose very intimate personal details about their personal, social, and professional lives, have caused serious privacy concerns.
The collaborative character of the Internet enables anyone to compose services and distribute information. Due to the low costs and technical advances of storage technologies, masses of personal data can easily be stored. Once disclosed, this data may be retained forever and be removed with difficulty. It has become hard for individuals to manage and control their own data. They may even find it difficult to eliminate outdated or unwanted personal information.
These developments raise substantial new challenges for personal privacy at the technical, social, ethical, regulatory, and legal levels:
- How can privacy be protected in emerging Internet applications such as collaborative scenarios and virtual communities?
- What frameworks and tools could be used to gain, regain and maintain informational self-determination and lifelong privacy?
The summer school is sponsored by the EU-funded PrimeLife (Privacy and identity management in Europe for life') and ETICA ('Ethical issues of emerging information and communication technology applications') project and the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP).For further information, please visit:
http://www.it.kau.se/IFIP-summerschool/(opens in new window)