Privacy-Friendly cloud storage for the data track: an educational transparency tool

  • Authors:
  • Tobias Pulls

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden

  • Venue:
  • NordSec'12 Proceedings of the 17th Nordic conference on Secure IT Systems
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

The Data Track is a transparency-enhancing tool that aims to educate users by providing them with an overview of all their data disclosures. In this paper, we describe a cryptographic scheme for storing all data disclosures tracked by the Data Track centrally in the cloud in a privacy-friendly way. Our scheme allows users to store their data anonymously, while keeping the cloud provider accountable with regard to the integrity of the data. Furthermore, we introduce a separation of concerns for the different components of the Data Track, well suited for tracking data disclosures from semi-trusted devices that may become compromised. We provide an informal evaluation of our scheme and briefly describe a proof of concept implementation.