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  1. Decentralizing Privacy: Using Blockchain to Protect Personal Data

    Guy Zyskind, Oz Nathan, Alex Pentland · 2015 · 2,552 citations

    The recent increase in reported incidents of surveillance and security breaches compromising users' privacy call into question the current model, in which third-parties collect and control massive amounts of personal data. Bit coin has demonstrated in the financial space that trusted, auditable computing is possible using a decentralized network of peers accompanied by a public ledger. In this paper, we describe a decentralized personal data management system that ensures users own and control their data. We implement a protocol that turns a block chain into an automated access-control manager that does not require trust in a third party. Unlike Bit coin, transactions in our system are not s

  2. Digital Economics

    Avi Goldfarb, Catherine E. Tucker · 2019 · Journal of Economic Literature · 2,449 citations

    Digital technology is the representation of information in bits. This technology has reduced the cost of storage, computation, and transmission of data. Research on digital economics examines whether and how digital technology changes economic activity. In this review, we emphasize the reduction in five distinct economic costs associated with digital economic activity: search costs, replication costs, transportation costs, tracking costs, and verification costs. (JEL D24, D83, L86, O33, R41)

  3. Privacy-preserving data publishing

    Benjamin C. M. Fung, Ke Wang, Rui Chen, et al. · 2010 · ACM Computing Surveys · 1,649 citations

    The collection of digital information by governments, corporations, and individuals has created tremendous opportunities for knowledge- and information-based decision making. Driven by mutual benefits, or by regulations that require certain data to be published, there is a demand for the exchange and publication of data among various parties. Data in its original form, however, typically contains sensitive information about individuals, and publishing such data will violate individual privacy. The current practice in data publishing relies mainly on policies and guidelines as to what types of data can be published and on agreements on the use of published data. This approach alone may lead t

  4. Privacy in the Digital Age: a Review of Information Privacy Research in Information Systems1

    Bélanger, Robert E. Crossler · 2011 · MIS Quarterly · 1,331 citations

    Information privacy refers to the desire of individuals to control or have some influence over data about themselves. Advances in information technology have raised concerns about information privacy and its impacts, and have motivated Information Systems researchers to explore information privacy issues, including technical solutions to address these concerns. In this paper, we inform researchers about the current state of information privacy research in IS through a critical analysis of the IS literature that considers information privacy as a key construct. The review of the literature reveals that information privacy is a multilevel concept, but rarely studied as such. We also find that

  6. Big Data Surveillance: The Case of Policing

    Sarah Brayne · 2017 · American Sociological Review · 836 citations

    This article examines the intersection of two structural developments: the growth of surveillance and the rise of "big data." Drawing on observations and interviews conducted within the Los Angeles Police Department, I offer an empirical account of how the adoption of big data analytics does-and does not-transform police surveillance practices. I argue that the adoption of big data analytics facilitates amplifications of prior surveillance practices and fundamental transformations in surveillance activities. First, discretionary assessments of risk are supplemented and quantified using risk scores. Second, data are used for predictive, rather than reactive or explanatory, purposes. Third, th

  7. Sousveillance: Inventing and Using Wearable Computing Devices for Data Collection in Surveillance Environments.

    Steve Mann, Jason Nolan, Barry Wellman · 2002 · Surveillance & Society · 825 citations

    This paper describes using wearable computing devices to perform "sousveillance" (inverse surveillance) as a counter to organizational surveillance. A variety of wearable computing devices generated different kinds of responses, and allowed for the collection of data in different situations. Visible sousveillance often evoked counter-performances by front-line surveillance workers. The juxtaposition of sousveillance with surveillance generates new kinds of information in a social surveillance situation.

  8. What is data justice? The case for connecting digital rights and freedoms globally

    Linnet Taylor · 2017 · Big Data & Society · 764 citations

    The increasing availability of digital data reflecting economic and human development, and in particular the availability of data emitted as a by-product of people’s use of technological devices and services, has both political and practical implications for the way people are seen and treated by the state and by the private sector. Yet the data revolution is so far primarily a technical one: the power of data to sort, categorise and intervene has not yet been explicitly connected to a social justice agenda by the agencies and authorities involved. Meanwhile, although data-driven discrimination is advancing at a similar pace to data processing technologies, awareness and mechanisms for comba

  9. Information Security in Big Data: Privacy and Data Mining

    Lei Xu, Chunxiao Jiang, Jian Wang, et al. · 2014 · IEEE Access · 629 citations

    The growing popularity and development of data mining technologies bring serious threat to the security of individual,'s sensitive information. An emerging research topic in data mining, known as privacy-preserving data mining (PPDM), has been extensively studied in recent years. The basic idea of PPDM is to modify the data in such a way so as to perform data mining algorithms effectively without compromising the security of sensitive information contained in the data. Current studies of PPDM mainly focus on how to reduce the privacy risk brought by data mining operations, while in fact, unwanted disclosure of sensitive information may also happen in the process of data collecting, data publ

  10. Digital technologies: tensions in privacy and data

    Sara Quach, Park Thaichon, Kelly D. Martin, et al. · 2022 · Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science · 502 citations

    Driven by data proliferation, digital technologies have transformed the marketing landscape. In parallel, significant privacy concerns have shaken consumer-firm relationships, prompting changes in both regulatory interventions and people's own privacy-protective behaviors. With a comprehensive analysis of digital technologies and data strategy informed by structuration theory and privacy literature, the authors consider privacy tensions as the product of firm-consumer interactions, facilitated by digital technologies. This perspective in turn implies distinct consumer, regulatory, and firm responses related to data protection. By consolidating various perspectives, the authors propose three

  11. COVID-19 contact tracing apps: a stress test for privacy, the GDPR, and data protection regimes

    Laura Bradford, Mateo Aboy, Kathleen Liddell · 2020 · Journal of Law and the Biosciences · 169 citations

    Digital surveillance has played a key role in containing the COVID-19 outbreak in China, Singapore, Israel, and South Korea. Google and Apple recently announced the intention to build interfaces to allow Bluetooth contact tracking using Android and iPhone devices. In this article, we look at the compatibility of the proposed Apple/Google Bluetooth exposure notification system with Western privacy and data protection regimes and principles, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Somewhat counter-intuitively, the GDPR's expansive scope is not a hindrance, but rather an advantage in conditions of uncertainty such as a pandemic. Its principle-based approach offers a functional

  12. Using warping for privacy protection in video surveillance

    Pavel Korshunov, Touradj Ebrahimi · 2013 · 103 citations

    The widespread use of digital video surveillance systems has also increased the concerns for violation of privacy rights. Since video surveillance systems are invasive, it is a challenge to find an acceptable balance between privacy of the public under surveillance and the functionalities of the systems. Tools for protection of visual privacy available today lack either all or some of the important properties such as security of protected visual data, reversibility (ability to undo privacy protection), simplicity, and independence from the video encoding used. In this paper, we propose an algorithm based on well-known warping techniques (common for animation and artistic purposes) to obfusca

  13. General Data Protection Regulation—A Global Standard? Privacy Futures, Digital Activism, and Surveillance Cultures in the Global South

    Payal Arora · 2019 · Surveillance & Society · 28 citations

    This paper asks the question whether current data regulations designed to curb digital surveillance are enabling for Global South activists seeking to create systemic social change in today’s data-driven societies. This text proposes five measures to answer this question and devise a decolonial pathway to improve the human condition, namely: a) Recognize the long legacy of distrust of the law among activists; b) Channel our energies more on local governance and less on (trans)national regulation; c) Shift focus from the individual to the collective rights approach; d) Attend to motivations for publicity over privacy; e) Re-frame activism from grand movements to everyday creative insurgencies

  15. DATA PRIVACY AND DIGITAL RIGHTS: PROTECTING PRIVACY THROUGH LAW SURVEILLANCE AND CONSENT

    Sijuola Atanda Lawal · 2025 · International Journal of Security, Privacy and Trust Management · 1 citations

    In our increasing digital society, personal data has become a valuable commodity. The spontaneous increase of online services, social media, and connected devices has led to unprecedented data collection and processing. This article explores the evolution of data privacy and digital rights, examining key legislation such as the GDPR, CCPA, and NDPR, and analyzing the challenges posed by surveillance, consent, and data breaches. Through case studies like the Cambridge Analytica scandal and recent fines imposed on tech companies, this article further highlights the importance of data protection frameworks and the ongoing struggle to balance innovation with individual rights.

  17. Indigenous data protection in wastewater surveillance: balancing public health monitoring with privacy rights

    Melissa L. Perreault, Lawrence D. Goodridge · 2025 · Genomic Psychiatry · 1 citations

    Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has revolutionized public health surveillance by enabling real-time monitoring of disease patterns across populations through analysis of community wastewater. This innovative approach provides precise geographical tracking of pathogen levels and disease spread by detecting viral RNA and bacterial DNA signatures. Beyond pathogen detection, wastewater analysis reveals comprehensive community health data, including human genomic information and biomarkers of prescription medication and substance use patterns. For Indigenous populations, whose communities often occupy distinct geographical areas, this detailed biological data collection raises significant pri

  21. Safeguarding the rights to privacy and digital protection of children in Africa: Nigeria and South Africa in focus

    Grace Ayodele Arowolo · 2025 · African Journal on Privacy & Data Protection

    In its General Comment 25 (2021), the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child encourages state parties to ensure the protection and upholding of children’s rights on the internet. To achieve this, a strong legislative framework is required. Therefore, this article aims to examine the degree to which children’s rights to privacy and data protection are incorporated and enshrined into the Nigerian and South African regulatory frameworks. These countries are state parties to various regional and international laws that safeguard the rights of children. The article also aims to explore relevant legislation in the European Union (EU) and the United States of America, as both are assum

  23. Surveillance, privacy and the policy challenges: Decolonizing personal data protection in India

    Faheem Muhammed, Samarjit Kachari · 2025 · Journal of Digital Media & Policy

    This article explores the conditions and continuities of coloniality in India’s data protection regime by analysing the personal data protection legislation. With poststructuralist policy analysis, the article traces the evolution of personal data protection legislation from to the . In doing so, the article draws on the coloniality of the data protection regime and problematizes its underlying rationales that give excessive power to the state. Privacy, surveillance and data protection in India need to be understood in relation to the long history of colonialism and surveillance infrastructures built by the colonial British. Understanding the nuances of colonialism’s influence on data prote

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