Protection of Privacy on the Web

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Author(s): Thomas M. Chen (Swansea University, UK)and Zhi (Judy) Fu (Motorola Labs, USA)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 18
Source title: Social Implications of Data Mining and Information Privacy: Interdisciplinary Frameworks and Solutions
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Ephrem Eyob (Virginia State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-196-4.ch002

Keywords: Data Mining / Data Mining and Databases / Information Science Reference / Library & Information Science

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Most people are concerned about online privacy but may not be aware of the various ways that their personal information is collected during routine Web browsing. We review the types of personal information that may be collected voluntarily or involuntarily through the Web browser or disclosed by a Web server. We present a taxonomy of regulatory and technological approaches to protect privacy. All approaches to date have only been partial solutions. By its nature, the Web was designed to be an open system to facilitate data sharing, and hence Web privacy continues to be a challenging problem.

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