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Privacy-enhancing technologies (PET) aim to design information and communication systems in accordance with privacy law such as the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2016). PET consist of technical and organizational building blocks to minimizing the collection of personal data as well as their protection against unauthorized access, modification and/or destruction.
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Technical building blocks of PET consist of (1) general security mechanisms of modern computer systems, such as access control, cryptographic protection (encryption, message authentication codes, digital signatures) and redundancies, in order to fulfil the classical protection goals confidentiality, integrity, authenticity and availability, and (2) advanced protection measureswhich eliminate or minimize the use of personal data (and thereby prevent unnecessary or...
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Federrath, H. (2021). Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PET). In: Jajodia, S., Samarati, P., Yung, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cryptography, Security and Privacy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27739-9_1597-1
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