Smart Privacy Management in Ubiquitous Computing Environments

  • Authors:
  • Christian Bünnig

  • Affiliations:
  • Institute of Computer Science Chair for Information and Communication Services, University of Rostock,

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the Symposium on Human Interface 2009 on Human Interface and the Management of Information. Information and Interaction. Part II: Held as part of HCI International 2009
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Privacy in ubiquitous computing environments is primarily considered as a problem of protecting personal information from unauthorized access and misuse. Additionally it can also be seen as a process of interpersonal communication where not hiding but selective disclosure of personal information is the central issue, i.e. how users can practice privacy intuitively and dynamically in computerized environments similar to the analog world. In this work we discuss the management of private information concerning interpersonal privacy implications in smart environments. Existing work mostly does not match the intuitive and dynamic aspects of privacy in context of interpersonal communication. As an alternative we suggest an ad hoc approach to privacy management which uses learning techniques for an in situ disclosure assistance and present user interaction models for this disclosure assistance.