Online Privacy – Towards Informational Self-Determination on the Internet

Digital Enlightenment Yearbook 2013 (Hildebrandt, M., O'Hara, K., Waidner, M., eds.)

16 Pages Posted: 21 Jul 2014

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Simone Fischer-Hübner

Karlstad University

Chris Jay Hoofnagle

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law; University of California, Berkeley - School of Information

Ioannis Krontiris

Goethe University

Kai Rannenberg

Goethe University Frankfurt

Michael Waidner

Fraunhofer SIT; TU Darmstadt, Dept. Computer Science

Caspar Bowden

Independent

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Date Written: August 28, 2013

Abstract

While the collection and monetization of user data has become a main source for funding “free” services like search engines, online social networks, news sites and blogs, neither privacy-enhancing technologies nor their regulations have kept up with user needs and privacy preferences. The aim of this chapter is to raise awareness of the actual state of the art of online privacy, especially in the international research community and in ongoing efforts to improve the respective legal frameworks, and to provide concrete recommendations to industry, regulators, and research agencies for improving online privacy. In particular we examine how the basic principle of informational self-determination, as promoted by European legal doctrines, could be applied to infrastructures like the internet, Web 2.0 and mobile telecommunication networks.

Keywords: Online privacy, privacy-enhancing technologies, transparency-enhancing tools, data protection directive

Suggested Citation

Fischer-Hübner, Simone and Hoofnagle, Chris Jay and Krontiris, Ioannis and Rannenberg, Kai and Waidner, Michael and Bowden, Caspar, Online Privacy – Towards Informational Self-Determination on the Internet (August 28, 2013). Digital Enlightenment Yearbook 2013 (Hildebrandt, M., O'Hara, K., Waidner, M., eds.) , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2468556

Simone Fischer-Hübner

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Ioannis Krontiris

Goethe University ( email )

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Kai Rannenberg

Goethe University Frankfurt ( email )

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Michael Waidner

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Caspar Bowden

Independent ( email )

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