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A Survey on Transparency Tools for Enhancing Privacy

  • Hans Hedbom
Conference paper
Part of the IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology book series (IFIPAICT, volume 298)

Abstract

This paper provides a short survey on transparency tools for privacy purposes. It defines the term transparency tools, argues why they are important and gives examples for transparency tools. A classification of transparency tools is suggested and some example tools are analyzed with the help of the classification.

Keywords

Privacy Policy Policy Language Data Subject Data Controller Privacy Preference 
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© IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2009

Authors and Affiliations

  • Hans Hedbom
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  1. 1.Dept. of Computer ScienceKarlstad University KarlstadSweden

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