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This paper focuses on some shortcomings in current privacy and data protection regulations' ability to adequately address the ramifications of AI-driven data processing practices, in particular where data sets are combined and processed by…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-01-18 Gábor Erdélyi , Olivia J. Erdélyi , Andreas W. Kempa-Liehr

The proliferation of digital technologies has led to unprecedented data collection, with facial data emerging as a particularly sensitive commodity. Companies are increasingly leveraging advanced facial recognition technologies, often…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-06 Lambert Hogenhout , Rinzin Wangmo

Big data has become a great asset for many organizations, promising improved operations and new business opportunities. However, big data has increased access to sensitive information that when processed can directly jeopardize the privacy…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-11-22 Nils Gruschka , Vasileios Mavroeidis , Kamer Vishi , Meiko Jensen

Coronavirus disease 2019, i.e. COVID-19 has imposed the public health measure of keeping social distancing for preventing mass transmission of COVID-19. For monitoring the social distancing and keeping the trace of transmission, we are…

Since the onset of the COVID-19's global spread we have been following the debate around contact tracing apps -- the tech-enabled response to the pandemic. As corporations, academics, governments, and civil society discuss the right way to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-05-28 Piotr Sapiezynski , Johanna Pruessing , Vedran Sekara

The world is under an ongoing pandemic, COVID-19, of a scale last seen a century ago. Contact tracing is one of the most critical and highly effective tools for containing and breaking the chain of infections especially in the case of…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-02-07 Nikolas Gritsch , Benjamin Tegeler , Faheem Hassan Zunjani

Recent regulations, such as the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), put stringent constraints on the handling of personal data. Privacy, like security, is a non-functional property, yet most software design tools are focused…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-11-25 Hanaa Alshareef , Sandro Stucki , Gerardo Schneider

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires an organisation that suffers a data breach to notify the competent Data Protection Authority. The organisation must also inform the relevant individuals, when a data breach threatens…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius , Hadi Asghari , Noël Bangma , Jaap-Henk Hoepman

While prospect of tracking mobile devices' users is widely discussed all over European countries to counteract COVID-19 propagation, we propose a Bloom filter based construction providing users' location privacy and preventing mass…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-07-21 Louis Tajan , Dirk Westhoff

The rapid spread of COVID-19 has made manual contact tracing difficult. Thus, various public health authorities have experimented with automatic contact tracing using mobile applications (or "apps"). These apps, however, have raised…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-02-04 Ruoxi Sun , Wei Wang , Minhui Xue , Gareth Tyson , Seyit Camtepe , Damith C. Ranasinghe

In this paper, we investigate the implications of the General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) on the design of an IoT healthcare system. On 25th May 2018, the GDPR has become mandatory within the European Union and hence also for all…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-01-09 Florian Kammüller , Oladapo O. Ogunyanwo , Christian W. Probst

Increased levels of digitalization in society expose companies to new security threats, requiring them to establish adequate security and privacy measures. Additionally, the presence of exogenous forces like new regulations, e.g., GDPR and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-04-12 Asmita Dalela , Saverio Giallorenzo , Oksana Kulyk , Jacopo Mauro , Elda Paja

This paper discusses the aspects of data reliability and user privacy for the emerging practice of mobile phone based contact tracing for the COVID-19 pandemic. Various countries and large technology companies have already used or plan to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-06-02 Georgios Magklaras , Lucia Nikolaia Lopez Bojorquez

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the world at multiple levels. Data sharing was pivotal for advancing research to understand the underlying causes and implement effective containment strategies. In response, many countries have promoted…

Databases · Computer Science 2024-09-02 Tânia Carvalho , Luís Antunes , Cristina Costa , Nuno Moniz

Internet of Things (IoT) applications have the potential to derive sensitive information about individuals. Therefore, developers must exercise due diligence to make sure that data are managed according to the privacy regulations and data…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-10-10 Atheer Aljeraisy , Masoud Barati , Omer Rana , Charith Perera

Data protection regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in the US affect how software may handle the personal data of its users. Prior literature…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-15 Anne Henning , Lukas Schulte , Steffen Herbold , Oksana Kulyk , Peter Mayer

EU Directive 95/46/EC and the upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation grant Europeans the right of access to data pertaining to them. Consumers can approach their service providers to obtain all personal data stored and processed…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2016-04-12 Dominik Herrmann , Jens Lindemann

A potentially powerful method of social-scientific data collection and investigation has been created by an unexpected institution: the law. Article 15 of the EU's 2018 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) mandates that individuals…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-11-20 Laura Boeschoten , Jef Ausloos , Judith Moeller , Theo Araujo , Daniel L. Oberski

Android apps collecting data from users must comply with legal frameworks to ensure data protection. This requirement has become even more important since the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by the European…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-11 Mugdha Khedkar , Michael Schlichtig , Eric Bodden

In this work we propose the design principles behind the development of a smart application utilized by mobile devices in order to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus disease that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-06-30 Christos Chondros , Christos Georgiou-Mousses , Stavros D. Nikolopoulos , Iosif Polenakis , Vasileios Vouronikos