Binding privacy rules to location on the web

As a tool for mitigating the potential privacy risks of gathering and transmitting location information on the Web, we suggest in this paper a model for conveying location information together with privacy rules to govern the use of that information. Binding privacy rules to the conveyance of location information is one useful tool to help developers build location-based systems and services that comport with the concept of fair information practices (FIPs)—a set of widely accepted principles that create a basis for privacy-protective systems. We offer as a model one fully developed set of standards for binding location data conveyed across IP networks to privacy rules. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.3.5 [Online Information Services]: Web-based services; Data sharing; K.4 [Computers and Society]: Public Policy Issues – Privacy; Regulation; Ethics; K.5 [Legal Aspects of Computing]: Governmental Issues - Regulation; General Terms Design, Human Factors, Standardization, Legal A...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: LOCWEB
• Authors: Alissa Cooper, John Morris
• Keywords: Internet Technology, Location Information, LOCWEB 2009, Potential Privacy Risks, Privacy Rules