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Using real-world study data usually requires contractual agreements where research results may only be published in anonymized form. Requiring formal privacy guarantees, such as differential privacy, could be helpful for data-driven…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-07-08 Jonas Allmann , Saskia Nuñez von Voigt , Florian Tschorsch

Synthetic data (SD) have garnered attention as a privacy enhancing technology. Unfortunately, there is no standard for quantifying their degree of privacy protection. In this paper, we discuss proposed quantification approaches. This…

We propose a general statistical inference framework to capture the privacy threat incurred by a user that releases data to a passive but curious adversary, given utility constraints. We show that applying this general framework to the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-10-09 Flavio du Pin Calmon , Nadia Fawaz

Anonymity has become a significant issue in security field by recent advances in information technology and internet. The main objective of anonymity is hiding and concealing entities privacy inside a system. Many methods and protocols have…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2015-10-06 Morteza Yousefi Kharaji , Fatemeh Salehi Rizi

Privacy is important for all individuals in everyday life. With emerging technologies, smartphones with AR, various social networking applications and artificial intelligence driven modes of surveillance, they tend to intrude privacy. This…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-07-26 Priyam Rajkhowa , Pradipta Biswas

Valid and reliable measurement instruments are crucial for human factors in privacy research. We expect them to measure what they purport to measure, yielding validity, and to measure this consistently, offering us reliability. While there…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-08-17 Thomas Groß

Data sharing is a necessity for innovative progress in many domains, especially in healthcare. However, the ability to share data is hindered by regulations protecting the privacy of natural persons. Synthetic tabular data provide a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-17 Tobias Hyrup , Anton Danholt Lautrup , Arthur Zimek , Peter Schneider-Kamp

Privacy personas capture the differences in user segments with respect to one's knowledge, behavioural patterns, level of self-efficacy, and perception of the importance of privacy protection. Modelling these differences is essential for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-20 Olena Hrynenko , Andrea Cavallaro

In this paper, we explore the challenges of ensuring security and privacy for users from diverse demographic backgrounds. We propose a threat modeling approach to identify potential risks and countermeasures for product inclusion in…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-04-25 Dave Kleidermacher , Emmanuel Arriaga , Eric Wang , Sebastian Porst , Roger Piqueras Jover

The number of mobile devices, such as smartphones and smartwatches, is relentlessly increasing to almost 6.8 billion by 2022, and along with it, the amount of personal and sensitive data captured by them. This survey overviews the state of…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-07-19 Paula Delgado-Santos , Giuseppe Stragapede , Ruben Tolosana , Richard Guest , Farzin Deravi , Ruben Vera-Rodriguez

Due to successful applications of data analysis technologies in many fields, various institutions have accumulated a large amount of data to improve their services. As the speed of data collection has increased dramatically over the last…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-05-20 Wen Huang , Shijie Zhou , Tianqing Zhu , Yongjian Liao

Third-party tracking is common on almost all commercially operated websites. Prior work has studied in detail the extent of third-party tracking on the web, detection of third-party trackers, and defending against third-party tracking.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-11-18 Matius Chairani , Mathieu Chevalley , Abderrahmane Lazraq , Sruti Bhagavatula

In this paper, we propose a model that could be used by system developers to measure the privacy risk perceived by users when they disclose data into software systems. We first derive a model to measure the perceived privacy risk based on…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-10-01 Awanthika Senarath , Marthie Grobler , Nalin Asanka Gamagedara Arachchilage

The widespread adoption of continuously connected smartphones and tablets developed the usage of mobile applications, among which many use location to provide geolocated services. These services provide new prospects for users: getting…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-10-09 Primault Vincent , Boutet Antoine , Ben Mokhtar Sonia , Brunie Lionel

With smartphone technologies enhanced way of interacting with the world around us, it has also been paving the way for easier access to our private and personal information. This has been amplified by the existence of numerous embedded…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-07-10 Tanusree Sharma , Masooda Bashir

This systematic literature review investigates perceptions, concerns, and expectations of young digital citizens regarding privacy in artificial intelligence (AI) systems, focusing on social media platforms, educational technology, gaming…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Ajay Kumar Shrestha , Ankur Barthwal , Molly Campbell , Austin Shouli , Saad Syed , Sandhya Joshi , Julita Vassileva

In this note, we present a complete characterization of the utility metrics that allow for non-trivial differential privacy guarantees.

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2010-10-14 Robert Kleinberg , Katrina Ligett

The Internet of Things' potential for major privacy invasion is a concern. This paper reports on a systematic literature review of privacy-preserving solutions appearing in the research literature and in the media. We analysed proposed…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2016-11-11 Noura Aleisa , Karen Renaud

With an increasing number of users sharing information online, privacy implications entailing such actions are a major concern. For explicit content, such as user profile or GPS data, devices (e.g. mobile phones) as well as web services…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-08-08 Tribhuvanesh Orekondy , Bernt Schiele , Mario Fritz

Process mining employs event logs to provide insights into the actual processes. Event logs are recorded by information systems and contain valuable information helping organizations to improve their processes. However, these data also…

Databases · Computer Science 2020-12-23 Majid Rafiei , Wil M. P. van der Aalst