Author(s):

Langheinrich, Marc

Title:

Privacy by Design - Principles of Privacy-Aware Ubiquitous Systems

Publication:

Ubicomp 2001: Ubiquitous Computing International Conference

Keywords:

notice and consent; privacy; trust

Paper Summary:

This paper develops six privacy principles to guide system design, including: notice, choice and consent, proximity and locality, anonymity and pseudonymity, security, and access and recourse. The author cites four reasons that privacy in ubiquitous applications deserves additional attention: ubiquity, invisibility, sensing and memory amplification. In a world where computers, unknown to us, can sense and record information about us at any time, anywhere, privacy becomes a significant issue.

Each of the six guidelines is described below:

1. Notice . Users must receive notice of being monitored and must have a choice. Systems that effectively only allow one choice are not really a choice at all.
2. Choice and Consent.
3. Anonymity and Pseudonymity. Users should have the choice to remain anonymous or assume a pseudonym in order to benefit from personalization services.
4. Proximity and Locality. When notice, consent, and anonymity prove too difficulty, proximity may be a way to preserve privacy. The concept of proximity would allow a smart device to record actions, whenever the owner is present. Locality would prevent information from being shared outside of a specified area. (This would ensure that information obtained in a company building would stay in the building.)
5. Adequate Security. The author believes that security and encryption of data is important but looks at how ubiquitous applications present new challenges.
6. Access and Recourse.

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