Privacy metrics and boundaries

Pau, Louis-François (2007): Privacy metrics and boundaries.

Abstract

This paper aims at defining a set of privacy metrics (quantitative and qualitative) in the case of the relation between a privacy protector ,and an information gatherer .The aims with such metrics are : -to allow to assess and compare different user scenarios and their differences ;for examples of scenarios see [4]; -to define a notion of privacy boundary, and design it to encompass the set of information , behaviours , actions and processes which the privacy protector can accept to expose to an information gathering under an agreement with said party ; everything outside the boundary is not acceptable and justifies not entering into the agreement ; -to characterize the contribution of privacy enhancing technologies (PET). A full case is given with the qualitative and quantitative privacy metrics determination and envelope, i.e. a Cisco Inc. privacy agreement.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Privacy; Metrics; Set theory; Economics; Privacy enhancing technologies
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics > D18 - Consumer Protection; L - Industrial Organization > L8 - Industry Studies: Services > L84 - Personal, Professional, and Business Services; D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty > D82 - Asymmetric and Private Information ; Mechanism Design; F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F19 - Other; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C8 - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology ; Computer Programs > C89 - Other; D - Microeconomics > D0 - General > D03 - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles; A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics > A13 - Relation of Economics to Social Values; L - Industrial Organization > L8 - Industry Studies: Services > L86 - Information and Internet Services ; Computer Software; D - Microeconomics > D0 - General > D01 - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles

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