There is a very interesting (and fun to read) new paper on the “reverse privacy paradox”, authored by Jessica Colnago, Lorrie Cranor and Alessandro Acquisti. The authors investigate whether there is a reverse privacy paradox, i.e., a mismatch between participants’ dismissive perspectives on privacy and their privacy-protective behaviors In fact, I found the paper so well-written…
Continue reading →On February 27, I will participate in a panel discussion on privacy engineering and privacy by design in practice. I am very much looking forward to the discussion with Katharina Koerner, Patricia Thaine and Saima Fancy. The virtual event is organized and hosted by the IAPP Toronto and Calgary KnowledgeNet Chapters. You can learn more about and register for the…
Continue reading →As a result of discussion at the IAPP’s DPC22, I started to compile an initial list of privacy engineering beginners’ literature. You can find it under “Resources” in the main menu. It’s definitive not an exhaustive list and obviously a very subjective selection and I am more than happy to hear about any publications you…
Continue reading →This blog post is the third and last of a series of posts that aims at bringing some light into the terminological thicket of privacy engineering. The series primarily aims at illustrating the goals and functions of privacy engineering and how they can be implemented through different technologies. To inform this discussion, it will (if…
Continue reading →This blog post is the second of a series of posts that aims at bringing some light into the terminological thicket of privacy engineering. The series primarily aims at illustrating the goals and functions of privacy engineering and how they can be implemented through different technologies. To inform this discussion, it will (if only briefly)…
Continue reading →This blog post is the first of a series of posts that aims at bringing some light into the terminological thicket of privacy engineering. The series primarily aims at illustrating the goals and functions of privacy engineering and how they can be implemented through different technologies. To inform this discussion, it will (if only briefly)…
Continue reading →Over the last days, there was a lot of fuss about the European version of a Corona tracing app and the ever-escalating dissent between the (now often former) members of PEPP-PT, the umbrella organisation for Pan-European Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing. If you’re wondering what the whole discussion is all about, the following will bring you up…
Continue reading →With this post, the-privacy-blog.eu is finally officially opened! In the future, I will use this blog to write about my own research regarding privacy and information security, but also about more general, related topics. Actually, I planned to start blogging a lot earlier this year, but, ironically, coming up with a privacy policy that I…
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