• DocumentCode
    944078
  • Title

    Protecting privacy, in continuous location-tracking applications

  • Author

    Gruteser, Marco ; Liu, Xuan

  • Author_Institution
    Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    28
  • Lastpage
    34
  • Abstract
    Although some users might willingly subscribe to location-tracking services, few would be comfortable having their location known in all situations. The authors investigate disclosure-control algorithms that hide users´ positions in sensitive areas and withhold path information that indicates which areas they have visited.
  • Keywords
    data privacy; mobile radio; continuous location-tracking applications; disclosure-control algorithms; location-tracking services; path information withholding; privacy protection; sensitive areas; user position hiding; visited areas; Application software; Cellular phones; Contracts; Inference algorithms; Monitoring; Navigation; Privacy; Protection; Radiofrequency identification; Tracking;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Security & Privacy, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSECP.2004.1281242
  • Filename
    1281242