Title :
The use of communications networks to increase personal privacy
Author :
Maxemchuk, N.F. ; Low, S.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Communications networks can separate as well as join information. This ability can be used to increase personal privacy in an environment where advances in technology makes it possible to collect and correlate increasing amounts of information about individuals. The tools and principles necessary to increase personal privacy are demonstrated by creating an anonymous credit card, in which a person´s identity and purchases are separated, and a national health insurance plan, in which treatment, payment and an individual´s identity are separated. An analysis technique is developed to determine how well the information is separated
Keywords :
credit transactions; cryptography; data privacy; medical information systems; protocols; telecommunication networks; analysis technique; anonymous credit card; communications networks; cryptographic protocol; individual´s identity; information separation; national health insurance plan; payment; person´s identity; personal privacy; purchases; treatment; Advertising; Assembly; Communication networks; Costs; Credit cards; Cryptographic protocols; Insurance; Motion pictures; Pervasive computing; Privacy;
Conference_Titel :
INFOCOM '95. Fourteenth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies. Bringing Information to People. Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6990-X
DOI :
10.1109/INFCOM.1995.515915
