Privacy enhancing technologies for solving the privacy-personalization paradox: Taxonomy and survey

N Kaaniche, M Laurent, S Belguith - Journal of Network and Computer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Personal data are often collected and processed in a decentralized fashion, within different
contexts. For instance, with the emergence of distributed applications, several providers are …

Multi-group ObScure logging (MG-OSLo) A privacy-preserving protocol for private web search

M Ullah, R Khan, MIU Haq, A Khan, W Alosaimi… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Web Search Engine (WSE) is a software system used to retrieve data from the web
successfully. WSE uses the user's search queries to build the user's profile and provide …

On the self-adjustment of privacy safeguards for query log streams

D Pàmies-Estrems, J Garcia-Alfaro - Computers & Security, 2023 - Elsevier
Internet-based services process and store numerous search queries around the globe. The
use of web search engines, such as Bing and Google, as well as personal assistants (eg …

ObSecure Logging (OSLo): a framework to protect and evaluate the web search privacy in health care domain

M Ullah, MA Islam, R Khan, M Aleem… - Journal of Medical …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Users around the world send queries to the Web Search Engine (WSE) to retrieve data from
the Internet. Users usually take primary assistance relating to medical information from WSE …

NN‐QuPiD Attack: Neural Network‐Based Privacy Quantification Model for Private Information Retrieval Protocols

R Khan, M Ullah, A Khan, MI Uddin, M Al-Yahya - Complexity, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Web search engines usually keep users' profiles for multiple purposes, such as result
ranking and relevancy, market research, and targeted advertisements. However, user web …

Poshida II, a multi group distributed peer to peer protocol for private web search

M Ullah, R Khan, MA Islam - 2016 International Conference on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Web Search Engines allow the user to retrieve data from the Internet using search query.
WSEs maintain search query log to improve the result quality by retrieving personalized …

State of the Art in Distributed Privacy-Preserving Protocols in Private Web Search

M Ullah, AW Abbas, L Rukh, K Ullah… - Protecting User Privacy in …, 2023 - igi-global.com
Web search engine (WSE) is an inevitable software system used by people worldwide to
retrieve data from the web by using keywords called queries. WSE stores search queries to …

A Survey on Performance Evaluation Mechanisms for Privacy-Aware Web Search Schemes

RU Khan, M Ullah, B Shafi, I Ihsan - Protecting User Privacy in Web …, 2023 - igi-global.com
Due to the exponential growth of information on the internet, web search engines (WSEs)
have become indispensable for effectively retrieving information. Web search engines store …

[PDF][PDF] Obsecure logging: A framework to protect and evaluate the web search privacy

M Ullah - 2020 - cust.edu.pk
Abstract Web Search Engine (WSE) is an inevitable software system used by people around
the world to retrieve data from the web. WSE stores search queries to build the user's profile …

Web Search Privacy Evaluation Metrics

RU Khan, M Ullah, B Shafi - Protecting User Privacy in Web Search …, 2023 - igi-global.com
Privacy quantification methods are used to quantify the knowledge the adverse search
engine has obtained with and without privacy protection mechanisms. Thus, these methods …