Re: [ietf-privacy] Is there an official working definition for Privacy Online?

Fred Yeboah <fredyeboah@gmail.com> Mon, 20 April 2015 15:16 UTC

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Subject: Re: [ietf-privacy] Is there an official working definition for Privacy Online?
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Can Privacy online be defined as "the control an individual or 
organization has over data or information provided either mandatory or 
voluntary relating to accessing any online service(s) with an 
understanding that individual/organization does not infringes on other 
users privacy online".

On 04/18/2015 11:59 PM, taxakis wrote:
> Probably for some unnoticed, check out:
> http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/it-privacy/
>
> -- Bertil
>
>     
>     On Friday, April 17, 2015, at 9:14 AM, Dave Crocker wrote
>     > ...
>     > This translates into "privacy relates to controlling disclosure of
>     > information about a person or organization."  Then add the
>     > scope-of-control portion.
>     
>     There is indeed some fuzziness in the definition of privacy. I like the
>     analysis in this Pew Research Center study on "Public Perceptions of
>     Privacy and Security in the Post-Snowden Era:"
>     http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/11/12/public-privacy-perceptions/. I
> think
>     they do a good job relating threats to privacy and threats to personal
>     security. To quote: "Beyond the frequency of individual words, when
>     responses are grouped into themes, the largest block of answers ties to
>     concepts of security, safety, and protection. For many others, notions of
>     secrecy and keeping things 'hidden' are top of mind when thinking about
>     privacy."
>     
>     -- Christian Huitema
>     
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