A Privacy-Considerate Framework for Identity Management in Mobile Services

  • Authors:
  • José M. Álamo;Antonio M. Fernández;Rubén Trapero;Juan C. Yelmo;Miguel A. Monjas

  • Affiliations:
  • Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain 28040;Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain 28040;Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain 28040;Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain 28040;Ericsson Technology and Innovation Unit, Madrid R&D Center, Madrid, Spain 28033

  • Venue:
  • Mobile Networks and Applications
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

The subscribers' personal information and services that mobile operators are able to provide to Web developers offer new and exciting possibilities in numerous domains. However, bringing mobile information services to the Web to enable a new generation of mobile Web services presents several research challenges on identity and privacy management. In this paper, we describe a framework for identity management in mobile services that empowers users to govern the use and release of their personal information. Our framework is based on a brokering approach that intermediates between the mobile operator's information services and the Web service providers. By leveraging on Web services, identity management infrastructure and privacy enhancing technologies, our framework provides an effective, privacy-considerate delivery of services over the mobile Web environment. This paper describes the design principles and architecture of the framework as well as the feasibility, applicability and user-experience evaluation we have carried out.