Options for Achieving Privacy in Online Social Networks and E-Commerce

Abstract

In Chapter 4 we have explained how OSNs can support the core values identified in Chapter 2: democratic participation, free self-determination, and economic well-being. In Chapter 5 we have identified, firstly, conditions that, when met, enable the implementation of these values: awareness, control, and trustworthiness. In a second step, we have identified a set of threats to the implementation of these values, and shown how they relate to the conditions: decontextualization, persistence, and re-identification. In this chapter, we present possible scopes of action, or options, that can help enable the conditions and counter the threats.