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Those concerned about privacy worry that personal data changes hands too easily. We argue that the actual challenge is the exact opposite: our data does not flow well enough, cultivating a reliance on questionable and often unlawful…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-12-04 Beatriz Esteves , Ruben Verborgh

Context: Privacy legislation has impacted the way software systems are developed, prompting practitioners to update their implementations. Specifically, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-12-12 Georgia M. Kapitsaki , Maria Papoutsoglou , Christoph Treude , Ioanna Theophilou

The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) brings new challenges for companies who must ensure they have an appropriate legal basis for processing personal data and must provide transparency with respect to personal data…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-07-16 Sabrina Kirrane , Javier D. Fernández , Piero Bonatti , Uros Milosevic , Axel Polleres , Rigo Wenning

In today's digital society, issues related to digital privacy have become increasingly important. Issues such as data breaches result in misuse of data, financial loss, and cyberbullying, which leads to less user trust in digital services.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-09-05 Mehmet Berk Cetin

As privacy issues have gained social salience, entrepreneurs have begun to offer privacy enhancing technologies (PETs) and the U.S. has begun to enact privacy legislation. But "privacy" is an ambiguous notion. In the liberal tradition, it…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2007-05-23 David J. Phillips

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was implemented in 2018 to strengthen and harmonize the data protection of individuals within the European Union. One key aspect is Article 15, which gives individuals the right to access their…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-08-30 Daniela Pöhn , Niklas Mörsdorf , Wolfgang Hommel

Citizens have gained many rights with the GDPR, e.g. the right to get a copy of their personal data. In practice, however, this is fraught with problems for citizens and small data holders. We present a literature review on solutions…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-03-26 Nico Puhlmann , Alex Wiesmaier , Patrick Weber , Andreas Heinemann

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides new rights and protections to European people concerning their personal data. We analyze GDPR from a systems perspective, translating its legal articles into a set of capabilities and…

Databases · Computer Science 2020-03-18 Supreeth Shastri , Vinay Banakar , Melissa Wasserman , Arun Kumar , Vijay Chidambaram

Policymakers worldwide draft privacy laws that require trading-off between safeguarding consumer privacy and preventing economic loss to companies that use consumer data. However, little empirical knowledge exists as to how privacy laws…

General Economics · Economics 2021-10-20 Julia Schmitt , Klaus M. Miller , Bernd Skiera

The paper examines a question of how much more resources do organized business interests have when compared to resources of civil society groups in the context of privacy lobbying in the European Union (EU). To answer to the question, the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-06-06 Jukka Ruohonen

The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) grants European users the right to access their data processed and stored by organizations. Although the GDPR contains requirements for data processing organizations (e.g.,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-03-07 Daniela Pöhn , Nils Gruschka

The Solid specification aims to empower data subjects by giving them direct access control over their data across multiple applications. As governments are manifesting their interest in this framework for citizen empowerment and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-10-18 Christian Esposito , Olaf Hartig , Ross Horne , Chang Sun

Since its implementation in May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has prompted businesses to revisit and revise their data handling practices to ensure compliance. The privacy policy, which serves as the primary means of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-07-10 Lu Zhang , Nabil Moukafih , Hamad Alamri , Gregory Epiphaniou , Carsten Maple

This article focuses on the legal issues associated with open government data licenses. This study compares current open data licenses and argues that licensing terms reflect policy considerations, which are quite different from those…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-02-05 Jyh-An Lee

The emergence of digital technology has fundamentally transformed all facets of human existence, posing important queries about the safeguarding and implementation of human rights in the digital domain. The research focuses on important…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-09-02 Shaleeza Yaqoob Siddiqui , Sara Farooqi , Wajeeh ur Rehman , Laiba Zulfiqar

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is one of the most demanding and comprehensive privacy regulations of all time. A year after it went into effect, we study its impact on the landscape of privacy policies online. We conduct…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-06-26 Thomas Linden , Rishabh Khandelwal , Hamza Harkous , Kassem Fawaz

Advances in data analytics bring with them civil rights implications. Data-driven and algorithmic decision making increasingly determine how businesses target advertisements to consumers, how police departments monitor individuals or…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2017-06-13 Solon Barocas , Elizabeth Bradley , Vasant Honavar , Foster Provost

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

From the early days of the information economy, personal data has been its most valuable asset. Despite data protection laws and an acknowledged right to privacy, trading personal information has become a business equated with "trading…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-05-14 Sarah Spiekermann , Alexander Novotny

The emergence of big data, AI and machine learning has allowed sellers and online platforms to tailor pricing for customers in real-time. While online algorithmic pricing can increase efficiency, market welfare, and optimize pricing…

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