Towards an Architecture for Balancing Privacy and Traceability in Ubiquitous Computing Environments

@inproceedings{weber:architecture, abstract = {Privacy Preservation has been identified as an important factor to the success and acceptance of Ubiquitous Computing systems. Traceability, i.e. attributing events and actions to those who caused them, seems to be a directly contradicting goal. However, harnessing sensitive data collected by Ubiquitous Computing infrastructures for traceability applications in a privacy-respecting manner may clearly bring further benefits, for different concerned parties. Automated working hours recording and personalized insurances are first examples of such applications.To contribute to this matter, this paper presents an architecture that allows for balancing between privacy and traceability in Ubiquitous Computing environments. We describe its foundations and components and illustrate its benefits. Moreover, we discuss important existing research approaches on privacy protection and traceability applications in Ubiquitous Computing settings.}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, author = {Weber, Stefan G. and Heinemann, Andreas and M\"{u}hlh\"{a}user, Max}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES)}, citeulike-article-id = {3135424}, doi = {10.1109/ARES.2008.195}, isbn = {978-0-7695-3102-1}, journal = {ares}, keywords = {privacy, ubicomp}, location = {Barcelona, Spain}, month = {March}, pages = {958--964}, posted-at = {2008-08-19 07:47:09}, priority = {2}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, title = {Towards an Architecture for Balancing Privacy and Traceability in Ubiquitous Computing Environments}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ARES.2008.195}, volume = {0}, year = {2008} }

TY - CONF ID - weber:architecture L3 - citeulike-article-id:3135424 N2 - Privacy Preservation has been identified as an important factor to the success and acceptance of Ubiquitous Computing systems. Traceability, i.e. attributing events and actions to those who caused them, seems to be a directly contradicting goal. However, harnessing sensitive data collected by Ubiquitous Computing infrastructures for traceability applications in a privacy-respecting manner may clearly bring further benefits, for different concerned parties. Automated working hours recording and personalized insurances are first examples of such applications.To contribute to this matter, this paper presents an architecture that allows for balancing between privacy and traceability in Ubiquitous Computing environments. We describe its foundations and components and illustrate its benefits. Moreover, we discuss important existing research approaches on privacy protection and traceability applications in Ubiquitous Computing settings. CY - Barcelona, Spain JF - ares SN - 978-0-7695-3102-1 AD - Los Alamitos, CA, USA EP - 964 TI - Towards an Architecture for Balancing Privacy and Traceability in Ubiquitous Computing Environments PB - IEEE Computer Society VL - 0 T2 - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES) SP - 958 KW - privacy KW - ubicomp AU - Weber, Stefan AU - Heinemann, Andreas AU - Mühlhäuser, Max PY - 2008/03// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ARES.2008.195 ER -