DocumentCode
2081317
Title
Amending P3P for clearer privacy promises
Author
Karjoth, Günter ; Schunter, Matthias ; Van Herreweghen, Els ; Waidner, Michael
Author_Institution
Zurich Res. Lab., IBM Res., Zurich, Switzerland
fYear
2003
fDate
1-5 Sept. 2003
Firstpage
445
Lastpage
449
Abstract
The Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) can be a viable tool for organizations to clarify their privacy promises. In this paper, we summarize our experiences and describe some of the problems we have encountered when using P3P. Our main criticisms on P3P are its complicated structure, ambiguities in the specification, and missing guidelines for user agents. We suggest several improvements such as an extended but simplified syntax and a revised consent model that groups opt-in/opt-out choices into one "consent block", which can be associated with multiple statements.
Keywords
Internet; Web sites; data privacy; software agents; P3P; Platform for Privacy Preferences; World Wide Web; consent block; opt-in/opt-out choices; privacy promises; privacy protection; revised consent model; syntax; user agent; user agents; Data privacy; Guidelines; IEEE news; Laboratories; Law; Legal factors; Protection; Technology management; Usability; XML;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Database and Expert Systems Applications, 2003. Proceedings. 14th International Workshop on
ISSN
1529-4188
Print_ISBN
0-7695-1993-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/DEXA.2003.1232062
Filename
1232062
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