The increased social networking capabilities provided by Web 2.0 technologies requires a
review of what we consider “private” and what we consider “personal” information, and will …

Web 2.0 technologies have made it possible to migrate traditional desktop applications to
the Web, resulting in a rich and dynamic user experience and in expanded functionality …

As Web architects, we might all agree on the need to protect privacy. But what is it that we
want to protect? In Brandeis and Warren's classic legal study [19], privacy is defined as the …

The popularity of social-networking sites, blogging and other content-sharing sites has
exploded, resulting in more personal information and opinions being available with less …

New developments on the Internet in the past years have brought up a number of online
social networking applications within the so-called Web 2.0 world that experienced …

Consumers using the Internet often indicate that the privacy of their personal data is their
foremost concern with the new technology. Different approaches to data privacy and …

The widespread use of Internet-based services is increasing the amount of information (such
as user profiles) that clients are required to disclose. This information demand is necessary …

the P3P (Platform for Privacy Preferences) specification developed by W3C (the World Wide
Web Consortium), defines an industry standard that provides a simple, automated way for …

The sudden popularity of social networks and web 2.0 applications changed radically the
Internet landscape and the users' behavior. Today's young people are the first generation …

The author examines privacy risks to user data in a Web environment and explores the
characteristics and roles of technical countermeasures, including mechanized privacy policy …