A privacy expectations and security assurance offer system

  • Authors:
  • Jeffrey Hunker

  • Affiliations:
  • Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

  • Venue:
  • NSPW '07 Proceedings of the 2007 Workshop on New Security Paradigms
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Consumers accessing web sites for information or to purchase products face limited opportunity to express their privacy preferences, and even less recourse if security violations lead to inadvertent disclosure of privacy sensitive information. A privacy expectations and security assurance offer system is proposed in which on-line organizations with web sites offer consumers, in exchange for a fee, a choice of privacy preferences and information security levels; if privacy is violated under the terms of this privacy expectations and security assurance instrument, consumers will be compensated. The proposed offer system directly links responsibility and accountability for security of privacy information to the on-line organization, and has other benefits. Adoption is problematic, and will require market experimentation.