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Respecting People and Respecting Privacy.

The article explains how data minimization can help protect user privacy and increase security. Topics discussed include the good design practice under the Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) Code of Ethics, the lack of awareness about Internet public key infrastructure (PKI) certificates, a...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 58; no. 7; pp. 27 - 29
Main Author: Camp, L. Jean
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Jul2015
Subjects:
Computer security
Data privacy
Internet privacy
Data security
Information resources management
Computer ethics
Information technology
Computer science
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article explains how data minimization can help protect user privacy and increase security. Topics discussed include the good design practice under the Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) Code of Ethics, the lack of awareness about Internet public key infrastructure (PKI) certificates, and the increased risk of data exfiltration through data collection and transmission. Also mentioned are the ability of data minimization to reduce business risk and legal problems, the reasons why people accept privacy-violating products, and the failure of computer users to understand the privacy risks of their own choices.