Privacy Engineering: Privacy-by-Policy vs. Privacy-by-Architecture

There are two main approaches to engineering privacy protection: privacy-by-policy and privacy-by-architecture. Privacy-by-policy relies on the Fair Information Practices and notice and choice. Privacy-by-architecture leverages privacy protective technologies. While they are normally considered dichotomous, privacy experts recommend a hybrid approach that integrates these two [...]

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Resisting Online Tracking: New Features & Tools

The three major internet browser providers – Mozilla, Google and Microsoft – respond to the Federal Trade Commission’s 2010 report calling for do-not-track mechanisms. The article introduces Mozilla’s Firefox do-not-track header, Google’s Chrome online tracking tool and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Tracking Protection feature, as well as other practices users may consider in order to reduce online [...]

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Fair Information Practice Principles

The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal [...]

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Choice and Consent

The development of information privacy and data protection laws has sought to give data subjects greater control over their personal information. The concepts of choice and consent have been key to granting data subjects such control by allowing them the opportunity to make informed choices regarding who has access to their information and how it may be [...]

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